Interview: Voice Recognition, Customer Service and AI

How Good Does Voice Recognition/Artificial Intelligence Have To Be To Be Useful For Customer Service Next Big Thing In Customer Service? Voice Re cognition and Artificial Intelligence? Q: Since Watson’s successful debut on Jeopardy, there’s been a suggestion that computers can do natural language processing…

Survey Based Research On Customer Behavior and Use of Social Media Often Very Misleading

The really bad news about the “research” that informs us about the value of customer service and consumer behavior. Survey Based Research On Customer Behavior and Use of Social Media Often Very Misleading Q: You’ve commented that you believe the use of surveys in both…

Customer Service Training In Government – What Works, What’s Needed

Generic customer service training for government staff is looked on as a waste of time, and “out of touch”, by employees who are forced to attend. Customer Service Training In Government – What Works, What’s Needed Q: When we talked about the challenges government faces…

Getting Panned On Twitter? Not To Worry

Effects of Negative Tweets On Business WAY Over-Estimated Why Negative Tweets About Your Brand Aren’t As Important As You Might Think Q: These days, aren’t businesses justifiable in their concerns that criticism on Twitter might damage their businesses? Robert: I think brands should pay attention…

The More You Use Facebook, The Better It Is For Your Competition

Using Facebook For Customer Service – Something You Didn’t Know The Facebook Customer Service Paradox Q: You’ve mentioned something about the Facebook paradox as it pertains to using Facebook as a customer service vehicle. What does that mean, Robert? Robert: It’s really simple. When you…

Customer Service Vs. Servitude, and I’ll Have Some Brats With That

If we treat employees like slaves, we get slave-like behavior. Customer Service Vs. Servitude, and I’ll Have Some Brats With That Q: I noticed that you had a brief conversation with an online colleague of yours, (@altmilan) who suggested that people on both sides of…

How Good Does Customer Service Have To Be? The Answer Will Surprise! Never ending customer service interviews

When it comes to customer service, companies only need to be “good enough” to not overly piss off customers. How Good Does Customer Service Have To Be? The Answer Will Surprise! It’s the secret large companies know and customer service advocates don’t. How good does…