Are We Having Fun Yet?

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Warning: Crude language ahead! Today, we continue our count down to National Customer Service Week with this great example of winning customers’ loyalty through humor. Michael Dubin used a wacky YouTube video to introduce his company, Dollar Shave Club, to the...
Disrupting Ahead of Your Customer

Disrupting Ahead of Your Customer

“If I had asked people what they wanted,” Henry Ford is rumored to have said, “They would have said faster horses.” Now, before you fire the market research department, it is important to remember Henry Ford’s arrogance about customers also lead him to chide,...
The Innovative Customer Mentor

The Innovative Customer Mentor

“Act wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity,” wrote Paul in his letter to the church at Colossae, a city near what is now Eskihisar, Turkey. “Your speech should always be gracious and sprinkled with insight so that you may know how to respond to...
The Problem with Drive by Mentoring

The Problem with Drive by Mentoring

I grew up on a farm. One of my chores in junior and senior high was milking a cow early morning and late afternoon. It was our family’s source for milk, butter and cheese. Cow milking today involves machines and computers. Cow milking—the old fashioned way—involved an...