Mercedes-Benz becoming Customer Centric

Leaders often look for a partner to help them educate and inspire their people to deliver memorable and profitable customer experiences. At The Michelli Experience, we help front-line employees, managers, and senior leaders deliver relevant and engaging service experiences. To that end, we provide short-term and extended consulting services, keynote and workshop presentations, and bestselling books Read More …

Are my Service Expectations to high?

I question Shep Hyken in a recent podcast, Hyken on Customer Service, about my own expectations of service. Related Podcast and Transcription: Amazing Customer Service Excerpt from Podcast:  Joe: It all sounds good, but I still pick up the phone and feel like 50% of the time I receive less than average service. Shep: Wow, and Read More …

What is the Sharing Economy?

In her forthcoming December 1 release We-Commerce: How to Create, Collaborate, and Succeed in the Sharing Economy, author and CEO Billee Howard lays out her plan for a road map to navigate this largely uncharted business landscape, from how to build brand loyalty through social media to how to maintain scale and innovation while realizing growth. Read More …

Marketing Development Stack

This is a collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions, called Stacks (see below) through my Issuu channel: Marketing Development A collection of Business901 Podcast Transcriptions that discusses Marketing in its purest sense. I did not include the “Social Media” only type of podcast which will be included in another stack. Stacks are a new way to Read More …

Hyken on Customer Service

Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, professional speaker and bestselling author who works with companies and organizations who want to build loyal relationships with their customers and employees and this week’s Business901 Podcast guest. I encourage you to take a look at the Shepard Virtual web-based training solution that focuses on bringing you and your organization Read More …

Can You Successfully Outsource Service?

I ask that question of next week’s Business901 podcast guest, Shep Hyken. Shep is a customer service expert, professional speaker and bestselling author who works with organizations who want to build loyal relationships with their customers and employees.  He is also the creator of The Customer Focus program which helps clients develop a customer service culture and loyalty Read More …