by Jeff Yablon | Jul 6, 2017 | Business Process, Content, Customer Service
How many friends do you have? How many are “internet friends”? Even more: how much thought have you given to what it takes to make friends—or about keeping friends on the Internet? I’m not talking about how unsocial social media can be. I’m...
by Jeff Yablon | Jun 12, 2017 | Business Process, Customer Service
You wouldn’t think that precision guesswork was something you wished to strive for or even get better at. Really, you probably wouldn’t think precision guesswork was even a thing. Precision and guesswork put together sound awfully oxymoronic. You’d...
by Jeff Yablon | May 1, 2017 | Business Process, Customer Service
If we met … if you knew me … there’s a distinct possibility that you’d think I talk too much. For me, it’s about transparency and honesty. That said, most people find it endearing for a little while, but sooner or later something...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 11, 2017 | Business Change Highlights, Business Process, Customer Service
It’s time to raise your prices. Maybe. Back in the days of The WordPress Helpers, I came to know a young man who happens to be one of the more successful members of The WordPress Community. And Pippin Williamson has recently started questioning the way his...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 10, 2017 | Business Process, Customer Service
There’s a place in the world for standards. In fact, there are lots of places where standards do everybody a ton of good. But when someone else forces a standard on you for reasons that may or may not work for you, standards feel pretty much like being whomped...
by Jeff Yablon | Jan 30, 2017 | Customer Service
More every day, the most important process you can tweak in growing your business is honing your customer service. Not a little—a lot—with a laser focus on what’s working and what isn’t. Look at it every day. Improve it every day. And for Pete’s...
