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Hi Mr. Ritter

Dreary Doctor's Office

In my mind, the three words in the title of today’s post are sort of the consumer equivalent of three other words: “We Love You.”  Let me explain and let’s see if you get to the same place.

There’s no business with which one does business that’s more intimate or important than your doctor.  I’m sure we’d all like to think of those practices as something other than a business but let’s be real; and as such, they need to consider the same things all of our businesses do with respect to customer service.  I hasten to add, by the way, that in their case, lousy customer service can result in consequences far worse than the water company misplacing your account info.

In any event, I have a great side by side comparison  for you to ponder. Continue reading

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Book ‘Em?

Brockhaus Konversations-Lexicon, 1902

I’m thinking about writing a book. Seriously. It may be that I will be its only reader, but that’s OK.  Sometimes the journey is as important as the destination, right?   What am I going to write about? Why am I  going to write it?  Those are both good questions.  It’s not that I have a ton of free time, it’s not that it’s going to make a ton of money, but I kind of feel that it would be a great way to help organize the years of business thinking rattling around in my head both for me and for you. Continue reading

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