by Jeff Yablon | Jun 26, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service
Somewhere along the line, PayPal became a bank. Your bank. You probably missed it, but it happened. And somewhere else, PayPal started acting like a bank, too. Now, when PayPal uses your money or profits off you, they talk as though they’re doing you a favor....
by Jeff Yablon | May 15, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service, Search Engine Optimization SEO
Sometimes the best way to see where you’re going is to look back at where you’ve been. As a big proponent of drinking your own Kool-Aid, I was thinking back on some of the things I write about frequently, and what I’m passionate about. We have three...
by Jeff Yablon | May 8, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service
Today is the fourth birthday of two of the three computers I use regularly. I talk about the three computers I use as though that’s all there are, but of course I really use many more computers than that. Not including my SmartPhone, I also use cloud-based...
by Jeff Yablon | Apr 19, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service
Yesterday, this very short message showed up in my inbox: i need to access the Verizon wireless internal systems It found its way to me through our Contact Us page, and I was so incredulous I did a little research. That research led me to this public document at the...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 26, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service, Design
What the heck have we done to Answer Guy Central? Unless you’ve never visited us before, you’re rubbing your eyes right now, wondering what happened to the design of this web site. What happened to that simple design and the handful of buttons? Well, we...
by Jeff Yablon | Mar 20, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service
Despite the fact that my Galaxy Nexus SmartPhone has a screen resolution that rivals desktop computers, there are some things that all those pixels just don’t represent very well. For example, here’s Answer Guy Central as seen on the Galaxy Nexus: Looks...