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By Phil Morettini 2 Comments

The End of Customer Service

No one answers the telephone anymore. What does this signal about the importance of customer service? At least, technology companies in the US surely don’t answer the phone. With big companies, you are either presented with an endless phone tree–“press 1 for a company directory”–or the newest innovation in communications technology: the cheerful “automated voice […]

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By Phil Morettini 7 Comments

Software and Hardware Customer Service

An under-rated competency–which should be considered MUCH more important–to software and hardware companies is customer service. I suppose that’s only natural; tech companies are very focused on gaining strategic advantage via technological advances and product differentiation. Once the product is in good shape, companies shift their focus from development and become hell bent on marketing […]

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