All customer service failures have one cause: broken promises
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All customer service failures have one cause: broken promises

ByJosh Bernoff

All brands and businesses make promises. They promise low prices, fast service, or no hassles. Sometimes they fail to deliver on those promises. Customer service failure is about broken promises. When people get upset, it’s not because products or services are objectively bad. They get upset because of broken promises. Parents who buy their kids a $3.99…

Comcast customer service transformation, in Philadelphia Magazine
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Comcast customer service transformation, in Philadelphia Magazine

ByJosh Bernoff

When you read about corporate transformations, be wary. Reporters love to tell these stories, because they humanize companies. We love to read them. But they’re stories, which is not the same thing as truth. Take this article about about how Comcast is transforming its customer experience, “Comcast Knows How Much You Hate Them,” by Richard Rys, in…