I’ve become pretty familiar with phone trees since I started providing phone captioning services for people with hearing disabilities. This service is provided free from the Federal government through the relay service tax on every phone bill. I’ve observed many… Continue Reading Falling Off the Phone Tree
How often do you read the fine print when you sign up for a new membership, open an account, or subscribe to a newsletter? Unless there’s a credit card involved, I don’t even skim the fine print. And if there’s… Continue Reading When You Can’t See The Fine Print
The Internet of Things (I0T) is here and it’s hungry. Right now, a lot of brainpower is being used to figure out battery and energy solutions so that Alexa never fails to respond and the FitBit doesn’t overlook the stairwell you… Continue Reading Powering the Internet of Things
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post on LinkedIn about making customer rewards like coupons worthwhile to customers. I relayed a story from a friend about a spelling-challenged bakery that had mangled the spelling of her son’s name… Continue Reading When a Coupon Isn’t a Reward