by Jeff Yablon | Feb 8, 2013 | Customer Service, Influency
Infleuncy is a tricky subject. Unless it isn’t. Be everywhere, all the time, be ready to handle your customers’ needs, and unless you’re after negative influency, never accuse your customers of committing fraud. I’m a long-time Verizon Wireless...
by Jeff Yablon | Nov 19, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service, Influency
Regular readers know that I lost my sister a few months ago. It was and has been, either surprisingly (you’re both in your 50s!) or unsurprisingly (I lost my sister!) a tremendously impactful and painful thing. Barbara and I were close and in pretty much...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 29, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service, Marketing
As Frankenstorm/Hurricane Sandy bears down on New York City and I wonder whether I’ll be able to keep doing business for much of this week, I’m thinking about customer service, business change, and marketing. Last year, ahead of Hurricane Irene, New York...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 26, 2012 | Business Process, Customer Service, Influency, Marketing, Search Engine Optimization SEO
It’s Friday, and I was planning to put the lid on the continuing saga of Bad Customer Service at Virgin America today. But through the innocuous act of checking the long-term weather forecast this morning, those plans have changed. Virgin America, I’ll...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 24, 2012 | Customer Service
I have a very simple message today. This post has no shiny picture to lure people, and isn’t being nearly so aggressively Search Engine Optimized as much of what I write. It’s just . . . a story. Customer Service is hard. OK, maybe not. Customer Service...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 23, 2012 | Customer Service, Influency
Sometimes, pushing is the wrong strategy. Of course, if you believe that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease”, you push. You push all the time. You explore. As I’ve heard pointed out in various ways by many people, “little boys just can’t...
