Feedback questionnaires: why do we have to rate every littl...

October 1, 2024
rating
I bought tickets for an event in London the other day. It was simply "click and buy." It took about five seconds. And about five seconds after that, I got this...
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1 Comments · Blog, Opinion

How did customer-centric behavior become obsolete?

April 5, 2022
customer-service
Ever feel like tearing out your hair after trying to reach "customer service?" Or after an interaction with a business that left you feeling unheard? There was a day...
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20 Comments · Blog

When the consumer wasn’t invisible

November 15, 2016
old-days
Who among us can't appreciate a good rant that has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with nostalgia for the good-old-days? This piece recently appeared...
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26 Comments · Blog

Please DO NOT

September 12, 2016
pet-peeve
It's time to unload not just a pet peeve, but an entire kennel of irritation. I'll bet you share some of these. So here goes: Do not tell me you miss me unless you are...
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33 Comments · Blog

Come on over and vent

June 5, 2015
Yes, I know. I am supposed to be above the little, petty irritations of life.  I should have a lofty view. After all, I have a blog named Heart Mind Soul,...
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18 Comments · Blog

Definitely NOT neighborly

May 29, 2015
Our neighborhood has an online "back fence" on which neighbors chat about neighborly things.  (I know. Hey, it's Silicon Valley, right?)  Once in a while, situations...
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25 Comments · Blog

Customer service secrets of big companies

January 10, 2015
Today I'm revealing customer service secrets that big companies don't want you to know. Did you know that many big companies have special departments to handle...
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24 Comments · Blog

Why consultants fail

November 11, 2014
why-consultants-fail
As a young public relations professional I had the luck to begin my career with a century-old company. It was a regional telephone company with a long history of...
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When customer service goes right. Mostly, anyway.

January 27, 2014
In a day when many companies are placing increasing distance between them and their customers, one company that’s doing exactly the opposite stands out. That company...
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4 Comments · Reviews, Travel

Service, shaving & what we can learn from India

November 17, 2013
We're a self-service country, so it's interesting to see that in India, people engage others to do such daily tasks as laundry (see my post on the huge outdoor laundry...
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5 Comments · Travel

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