Category Archives: customer satisfaction

What’s Really Wrong With United Airlines?

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

Over the last 15 months or so United Airlines has received a lot of well deserved negative publicity. Here is a partial list: In January of 2017 they were blamed for killing a passenger’s Golden Retriever dog because it didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Danger of Automated Processes

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

In an effort to increase efficiency, many companies are automating customer experience processes; resulting in unintended problems with effectiveness. I experienced this first hand recently with the Ford Motor Company. I’ve been a fan of Ford since they didn’t take … Continue reading →

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How Do You Know If It Is Good Enough?

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

I found a good article in Entrepreneur Magazine discussing the frustrations of perfection vs good enough. As the title states, the author provides two questions she feels you should ask to help you know when good enough really is. Her … Continue reading →

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No Action Talk Only

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

I have accused the airlines, who spend countless dollars claiming to be customer-focused, of operating on the premise that passengers are an inconvenience to the efficient movement of airplanes. I recently discovered an amazon vendor that may have the airlines … Continue reading →

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Dealing with a Bad Online Review of Your Business

Posted on August 1, 2017 by

Online review sites are the rage. Unfortunately they often are given more credibility than they deserve. I wrote a piece back in 2016 about some disturbing things I have heard more than once about Yelp. Experts agree that negative reviews … Continue reading →

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Digital Marketing Failure

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

It’s my opinion that many marketers who focus on digital marketing stop thinking. They become enamored with the automated nature of the process, and the fact that it’s “free,” and therefore don’t think, as they should. Here is recent example. … Continue reading →

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Over-Promise and Under-Deliver

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

My son recently closed on a condominium in Santa Cruz and the closing process reminded me of the difficulties many companies have in delivering on their promise. To be fair I don’t know if the “sales department” over-promised or the … Continue reading →

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