Customer Service is Not the Same as Being Customer-Centric

Frustrating customer service

For the last three months, I’ve been trying to resolve a payment issue with Reliance Home Comfort, a water heater service provider in Canada. When my wife and I moved home last July, we switched from our current provider to Reliance, and took advantage of a special introductory offer that would see us receive nine [...]


The Art of Great Service and When We Stopped Listening

Greatv local service

Years ago, I led a customer service team for a well-known telecommunications company in the UK. Despite its size, one thing that was always drummed into us was that no matter what the problem, have empathy with the customer and acknowledge that any verbal attacks are aimed at the company, not us. It did the [...]


Your Business Is Not the Story

Social Mix 2012

Last week, on Thursday July 26, Jugnoo’s inaugural Social Mix 2012 conference took place in downtown Toronto. A social media/business event, it saw the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk, Amber Mac, Geoff Livingston, Gini Dietrich and many more talk about building your brand and business success through social media. Feedback has been amazing, and I was [...]