Category: Customer Service


  • Sold out, booked out, running late: tell them before they find out

    Sold out, booked out, running late: tell them before they find out

    Every business has moments when it can’t deliver. The popular size…

  • Can I trust you? The question every customer asks before they walk in.

    Can I trust you? The question every customer asks before they walk in.

    Before someone visits your business for the first time, they’ve usually…

  • Nobody searches for “cafe” anymore

    Nobody searches for “cafe” anymore

    Most cafe owners, asked how customers find them, will say word…

  • The Regular Who Stopped Being a Regular

    The Regular Who Stopped Being a Regular

    There is a cafe near me that I have gone to…

  • Six things every customer wants to feel

    Six things every customer wants to feel

    Ask someone about a bad customer experience and they will not…

  • The Experience Gap: what you think happens, and what your customer actually gets

    The Experience Gap: what you think happens, and what your customer actually gets

    Ask a business owner how a customer is looked after and…

  • 5 things that exist only in your head right now and what happens when you’re not there

    5 things that exist only in your head right now and what happens when you’re not there

    There’s a quiet risk sitting inside most small businesses. It doesn’t…

  • How to document your business operations without losing a week to it

    How to document your business operations without losing a week to it

    At some point, almost every small business owner gets the same…

  • The business kept running. But nobody knew how.

    The business kept running. But nobody knew how.

    It was a Tuesday morning. The owner had gone into hospital…

  • What your customer experiences between ‘enquiry’ and ‘yes’ is costing you more than you think.

    What your customer experiences between ‘enquiry’ and ‘yes’ is costing you more than you think.

    Most small business owners think about customer experience as what happens…