Category Archives: Sales

I am such a lousy customer….

To the agents I talked to yesterday from my favourite phone service provider.  I’m sorry.  I truly am. I’m sure your employer really does have a sense of customer service.  I just can’t see it.  It’s probably unfair of me … Continue reading

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AntiSocial – Undercurrents of Anger

I had coffee with a friend this morning.  The topic turned to customer experience —  as if often does.  Not only do I do a lot of work in CRM, but I’m planning a new series of podcasts on the … Continue reading

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Teach me how to fail – we need the money!

We only learn by our failures. Yeah, yeah. I’ve heard that before. And your cheque is in the mail. We all repeat this by rote like a demented parrot. How many actually believe it? And if we do, why don’t … Continue reading

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Catherine Tries A Tweet – Why We Suck At Commercializing Web Technology

The Cluetrain Manifesto made the best statement about customers that I’d ever heard. “We aren’t eyeballs, or clicks — We are people. Live with it.” Yet as I hear the debate resurface about how we commercialize social networks, I wonder … Continue reading

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