[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] For as many customer service stories there are out there to make us cringe, there are just as many that make […]
Newsletter #1042: The “Brilliant Customer Service” Issue
June 18, 2015
Newsletter #1026: The “Lessons from Virgin Hotels” Issue
February 26, 2015
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] From a record label to an airline, credit cards, phone services, and even healthcare, Virgin’s famous for their wide range of […]
Be an advocate for your customers
January 30, 2015
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Fantastic customer service is a huge opportunity for word of mouth marketing. Show them you care, and they’ll appreciate you and talk about you. But what if you took that kind of […]
3 one-sentence word of mouth wonders
January 23, 2015
This is a post from our WordofMouth.org project. Check it out for more great word of mouth marketing tips like this every day. Short is sweet when it comes to word of mouth topics. Why? Because word of mouth is lazy. To get people to talk about your stuff, don’t ask them to remember long […]
We’re here to blow minds
January 8, 2015
This is a post from The Pursuit of Happiness, a blog on happy workplaces and work culture at my company, GasPedal. Check it out for more posts like this every week. We believe that step one isn’t great customer service. Step one is blowing people’s minds with awesome. It’s why we do stuff like mail […]
Blow Their Mind, Man
October 13, 2014
The secret to word of mouth marketing (and to be an awesome company): Blow people’s minds with amazing gestures. Do it surprisingly and generously. Do it for people with big audiences (or social media audiences). Classic example: Morton’s delivered a steak to Peter Shankman at an airport (where they didn’t have a restaurant). Read the […]
Newsletter #1009: The “Lessons from an Amazing Software Trial” Issue
October 9, 2014
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] When we tried out Bigcommerce, an e-commerce software and shopping cart service, we were surprised by their remarkable customer service throughout […]
Newsletter #1008: The “Lessons from a Parking Lot” Issue
October 2, 2014
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Offering remote airport parking is pretty much the same for everyone, right? Well, at Austin’s FastPark & Relax, they’re doing things […]
Newsletter #1007: The “Lessons from Headsets.com’s Super Pickles” Issue
September 25, 2014
[Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I’d Thought of That! newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the right.] Headsets.com has this crazy customer service program called Super Pickles. We’re not sure where the name came from, but we’re impressed […]
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