ATM’s are automated, but you need to deal with a real person to buy a house. Phone trees are automated but you need to deal with a real person to resolve a complaint. Production lines are automated but you need a real person to sign the shipment papers.
Our processes may be becoming more automated, but we still need real people to initiate the process. Is your business recognizing your real people every day?
Danny Brown is Director of Retention and Social Media at Jugnoo Inc., an internet and media technology company for consumers and business. An award-winning marketer and blogger, he is also the author of The Parables of Business, offering business strategies and advice through the art of storytelling. [Read More…]
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You dont always need people to initiate the process, online shopping shows us that. But I totally agree that you need to feel like someone will be there if needed.