I Object!! Open Letter To Woollahra Council re Development of Wilberforce St Car Park
“David & Goliath story in every sense! Community Rallying to Fight For Rose Bay Shopping Village During Wilberforce Car Park Development.”
“David & Goliath story in every sense! Community Rallying to Fight For Rose Bay Shopping Village During Wilberforce Car Park Development.”
I like this so so much because it shows Airbnb have a thinking realistic management who value customer service, user experience as much as they value their brand!
Hello, Happy New Year! I am so over terrible service AND terrible manners!! Based on 30 years experience in customer service and managing people and a little longer on the planet, I know there is a correlation between the 2! I have always trained people along the lines of great customer service is an extension..
Honour to be asked to contribute to Heverton Anunciacao‘s book: ‘30 Advices from 30 Greatest Professionals in CRM and Customer Service in the World‘. Heverton contacted me and asked me to be part of his book. The premise: “Imagine the following situation: you were invited for a private meeting. In this meeting you are with..
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Join us next Friday in Sydney @ Referron, I’m talking about the Connected Customer and how to engage them at BSI Connect. More information here. “The Future of Now: Always On, Always Connected Communication technology unites us, relays news equally with opinion, transports us to worldwide events, and shrinks distances between our relationships. We’re..
Melbourne Retailers & Wholesalers are in for a treat! I am honoured to be part of such a great lineup! Tara Dennis, Jules Brooke, Melissa Hobbs & I are talking retail for a full day at Reed Gift Fairs Burst into 2015 Workshop. Morning Tea, Lunch & Afternoon Tea provided. $132.00 Not to be missed!!..
I am so excited to be speaking at DiG Festival this year!! Thursday 16 October : Presentation: Why Every Business is a Retailer Workshop: Customer Service in the age of ‘Me’ Panel: The Future of Retail Newcastle, the capital of the Hunter Valley, will play host to the inaugural DiG Festival and Conference. Design +..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** EVENT: “Gamification & Social Media As Weapons to Increasing Audience Engagement”, Theresa Lim 8 July http://buff.ly/VAWSgz **** Great post from presenter Theresa Lim “Top 6 Ways To Make Your Next Event Truly Experiential!” http://buff.ly/1ltp3me **** Creating cool images..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Interesting!! “Apple trademarks its stores” He was a smart man!! “Steve Jobs placed a great deal of emphasis on distinctive shop design, stating that “Unless we could find a way to get our message to customers at the..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** People please stop creating personal profiles instead of Business Pages on Facebook! You need a personal profile to create a page: http://buff.ly/1isogaE REMEMBER: all of the cool things happen on your website / blog & social media is..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** RT Posse: Hit the #SydneyFilmFestival and ask the Program Gurus for their recommendations on the perfect movie to watch today. http://buff.ly/SSa6n4 **** Finally a retailer who understands the Aust customer is not going to be price gouged! RT..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I was interviewed by Jamie Smyth for this Financial Times article: “International invaders shake up Australia’s home grown retailers” http://buff.ly/1tw0SbB **** @Starbucks know their customer, what they want and how to deliver it, retailers take note! #customer #ux..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I have noticed this happening – share this on your personal pages with your friends on facebook: **** My heart is broken that the wonderful Maya Angelou has passed away. Thank you teacher for your wisdom, kindness &..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** SEMINAR: I’m talking Social Media & Business at Keith Tulloch Wine in The Hunter Valley 20 May @ 5.30pm. Please join us for this Free event, places are limited. http://buff.ly/1rYuCwX **** RT Optus Business: Did you catch our..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** SEMINAR: I’m talking Social Media & Business at Keith Tulloch Wine in The Hunter Valley 20 May @ 5.30pm. Please join us for this Free event, places are limited. http://buff.ly/1rYuCwX **** EVENT: ‘Lessons Learned By A Woman In..
Nice one Sly @ Surry Hills! A friend was having a conversation with her friend on Twitter about a new place in Surry Hills. She then tagged me in suggesting we have lunch there and mentioned he hasn’t tried it yet as it is not ‘dog-friendly’. Sly got straight onto it and posted 2 pics..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** SEMINAR: I’m talking Social Media & Business at Keith Tulloch Wine in The Hunter Valley 20 May @ 5.30pm. Please join us for this Free event, places are limited. http://buff.ly/1rYuCwX **** EVENT: ‘Lessons Learned By A Woman In..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** EVENT: Join Us for our May meetup! ‘Lessons Learned By A Woman In Media’ Jane Huxley, @Pandora_Music MD: 13 May www.socialmediawomen.eventbrite.com.au **** Read what I & other retail experts think: RT Retail Express: Our expert panel shares predictions..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** #Flugs: the answer to broken flip flop / thongs. $6:95 freight free in Australia www.flugs.com.au #clientlove **** TONIGHT! Learn how to build a business using social media! Join us 8 April: SoNailicious: Success in Cut Throat Beauty Industry..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I love Iris Apfel ~ an inspiration on so many levels! ~~ “Fashion and interior design are one and the same.” Style icon Iris Apfel gives YOU a peek inside her treasures: http://on.elle.com/1pB8Z6C **** RT PSFK: Trending: Watch..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** @lucysiegle asks “Is Fast Fashion Wearing Out The World?” ~ I have been thinking about this since fashion has become cheaper, more accessible and sadly ‘disposable’… Great article! Read it here. Seeing Lucy Seigle at #AllAboutWomen, register here…
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** My Preso ‘How to Use Social Media for Business’ + The Business Crew taster @ Champion Legal 19 March <Free> Register Here. **** Let’s Hangout & Talk Exceptional Customer Service with Nancy Georges, The Retail Miss Fix It,..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** FREE EVENT: SOCIAL MEDIA WOMEN: Build Your Community, Making Your Idea a Reality! “Real Food Low Tox Living Community Story” with Alexx Stuart: 11 March #health #blogging Register here. **** This is simply stunning!! Thanks Kate Carruthers :stunning..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Reed Gift Fairs was much fun but also a great opportunity for the retail community to connect. I am working with wholesalers and retailers in many ways; training, strategy and execution. Please contact me if you would like..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I cannot speak highly enough of Reed Gift Fairs & The Retail Hub series. I was so happy to be a part of it & meet the other speakers & inspirational retailers, some of who came to the..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Come & say ‘Hi!’ at RETAIL HUB at @Reed Gift Fairs this Saturday – Tuesday at Glebe Island (new home) http://buff.ly/1hGWR0l #ReedRetailHub I’m talking all things #Retail: Saturday 15 Feb @ 2:30 pm Retail Fundamentals Sunday 16 Feb..
I grew up in a time of Retailers who stood tall; family businesses with passionate, knowledgeable, roll-the-sleeves-up-and-join-the-troops managers, leaders and owners. As a Grace Bros Management Cadet, I worked with so many talented Managers and retailers. Over the past 20 years, retail has lost its way and the passionate skilled leaders are few and far..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** RT Katy Daniells: What’s Trending, YouTube Music Awards and the rise of social TV http://buff.ly/1eJGVva >will only get better, despite what the nay-sayers say! **** #supportlocalretail #shoplocal “Dick Smith has a challenge for Tony Abbott, as he relaunches..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I have been asked to be a eunèv Brightspark & am connecting with so many people! EVENT ORGANISERS, VENUES, TALENT: Learn all about eunèv & how to use it Social Media Women 12 Nov www.socialmediawomen.eventbrite.com.au
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Promoting a Retail seminar, starts with “Arguably the single most important issue for retailers today is the environment.” WHAT THE?? How out of touch?!!
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** RT storewindows: Chanel in Thailand http://buff.ly/1b5qGCY #windowdisplay > chouette!!
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** We had such a great time last night thank you Universal Pictures Australia. #AboutTime is a MUST if you want to laugh, cry & enjoy a movie!! I got lost in the story & this beautiful family x..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** thanks @servantofchaos “Facebook Just Killed A Privacy Setting, So It’s A Good Time To Do Your Own Checkup” **** STAY for free if you have over 100 000 instagram followers at Hotel 888. **** RT @servantofchaos RT @kiwilark..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Dig Festival was an amazing 2 days, here’s a snapshot: #DiGFestival #colcons being discussed in the context of the collaborative consumer – this is a very important shift in behaviour that will affect business models everywhere! #DiGFestival Interesting..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** RT @dig_festival: BIG NEWS: Jeff Julian – Hollywood design legend to KEYNOTE at #DiGFestival http://t.co/Yxyik45UxE > The countdown is on, I think tix still available for this great 2 day event! **** Great post on Crowd Funding Your..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I attended Google for Entrepreneurs Women 2013 & here are some selected posts: #Gfew2103 #startupaus 3 SHIFTS happening today: 1. Everything 2. Everyone 3. Everything. All facilitated through the cloud. Making it easier to start a business today..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Social Currency in play here; Got 10,000 followers on Instagram? You can stay at 8Hotels in Sydney for free! I love that this made the Los Angeles Times. I read it on Interiors Addict blog a couple of..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Great example of Social Media conversation: Madonna on Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Almost Anything’ session. Click here to see the ‘conversation’. **** Lots of fun & raising awareness for breast and ovarian cancer. From Pink Hope Community “Check out..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** @tetrisventures Great article: The Shift to Curation as King vs.c Original Content http://goo.gl/bFPZjC **** I am SO EXCITED to announce that JWLZ‘s online store is OPEN! #ShopLocal #ClientLove http://www.jwlz.com.au/ **** RT @andrewmic: RT @AdamMGrant: Good guys finish first… eventually,..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I am so excited to be attending & speaking at the Dig Festival in October, this is a great event – who else is joining us?! read more here **** SHARING GREAT RETAIL: The 1st time I visited..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I really enjoyed Alex Ritchie’s talk on Urbanism at Creative Mornings Sydney, read more & see the pics here. **** We had a great Social Media Women Meetup last week! Checkout the posts on my Storify. Thank you..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** I am so excited to be attending & speaking at the Dig Festival in October, this is a great event – who else is joining us?! read more here **** Is Sheryl Sandberg being targeted more than a..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** EVENT: Social Media Women 13 August : Collaborative Consumption: What is it? Why should we care? How do we integrate it into our businesses if at all?? We look at 2 businesses who have been built on it…
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Social Media Parenting is a minefield for so many parents. We’re talking about this on Real Chat Monday 10:30am on Google Hangout. All you need is a gmail address – you can watch the video feed or you..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** @Apple has a $146.6 billion Cash Hoard…. @TurnbullMalcolm another reason Govt should be run like a business?? via Business Insider Australia Read more here. **** This is so disappointing!! “The gender pay (pocket money) gap exists among children”..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** RT @tomskotidas An insightful conversation emerging on @adthorp’s LinkedIn newsfeed, topic: Social Selling: Read it here >agree totally that selling skills and customer awareness are vital and if you don’t have that then you are doomed online! ****..
This page is updated during the week! To see other News Room updates please click here. **** Retail is facing so many challenges, most will be conquered with education, awareness & collaboration…. however ridiculous retail rents and lack of support by council are issues that must be addressed!! **** I love Polyvore. I created Coast..
After a huge backlash to the $65.00 for the 2nd hour charge parking yesterday, read more here, Woolworths have reviewed the fee free time to 1.5 hours from 1 hour. The price for 1.5 – 2 hours is $25.00 which is far more reasonable. The 3rd hour is $90.00 which should be an appropriate deterrent!..
Parking fees is a hot topic for retailers and shoppers, every retail discussion I have these days includes the cost of parking and how it deters customers from shopping in bricks and mortar stores. In fact when I chat to Gen Y about driving / parking they say it is easier just to hop online..
A great post on Facebook from Gelato Messina on their price increases. I am sure true purveyors of quality hand crafted products will get it & these people ARE their customers after all!! Nicely handled! I LOVE people’s comments underneath the post too!! Check out their website too, yum! Ultimately, it came to this: “Essentially..
#BoycottMyer – Bernie Brooks’ comment on NDIS levy outrages decent people… I created a storify post on the tweets so far: “What was he thinking??”, below, or click here to view on storify. People didn’t need another excuse not to shop at Myer!! Poor Service has been one of the biggest complaints from customers who..
Putting together great speakers for Social Media Women & media140 events this year! 1st media140 : 26 March in Sydney . Register & check out the next few events click here *********** The ever talented Garance Dore talks business with Imran Amed. click here to read *********** This is interesting via media140 :”#VALENTINES Something you..
Great read!! via E V E R Y T H I N G on Facebook. I am not sure if it is true or fact but I think it is a great illustration of appropriate customer handling. I love that this employee was empowered enough to handle a tough situation. Having 4 visits at international..
An interview about my view on customer service: click here to read.
A super quick post today, with a longer one to follow! It is amusing to be seeing the ‘resurance’ of the awareness of the importance of customer service! People are talking about it like it is a new planet; “The way to build sales and ensure your business’ longevity is to focus on customer service”,..
This is a little bit of tough love: Dear Retailers, It’s Not Me, It’s You! I constantly hear retailers blaming the customer for their situation, so I thought I would write them a Dear John Letter: If Australian customers were to write Australian retailers a ‘Dear John’ letter as to why they have left them..
After being out all day, I got back to my computer and found the world was talking about an email that was sent to fashion store GASP and their atrociously inappropriate reply. My Daily Paper feed had picked up the story via @LouPardi A friend has forwarded the actual email to me as she knew..
Articles ideas are erratic, sometimes I have 20 at once and sometimes I have zero! I was thinking about my next article when a client told me that when talking to staff about customer service he always uses what I said in my seminar (before he became a client), Customer Service is Like Dating.So I..
We find ourselves in an interesting time. Consumer behaviour has never been more fickle, retail has never been tougher, communication has never been easier while at the same time harder to manage and competition has never been tougher, as we now all operate on a world stage. So while it may be easier to find..
I want to share this question i was emailed: “I was shopping at Wittner Shoes last night, picked up a bag that was clearly priced and took it to the counter to purchase only to be told it had been priced incorrectly. The bag originally should have been $220 down to $119 the tag was..
With all the focus on Social Media at the moment being about ROI and sales, it is nice just to let the ‘Social’ take centre stage! To see all of my pictures, please click here. Denea, editor of Gourmet Rabbit, @GourmetRabbit on twitter (in ‘Twitter-speak” this denotes a person’s ‘Twitter Handle’ or their name /..
In July I was presenting Social Media Seminars at the GHA (Gift & Homewares Australia) Home & Giving Trade Show to Exhibitors and Retailers. It quickly became apparent to me that I was largely talking to an audience that had not yet dipped it’s toe into the online space let alone considered Social Media as a..
One of my favourite magazines Giftrap asked me to write an article on Customer Service and we thought it would be fun to create 10 Commandments!
Without Exceptional Customer Service, any business cannot thrive, grow or survive long term. The Internet and Social Media have meant that customers can share their experiences, good & bad, immediately. Here are some tips to help elevate your Customer Service Experience.
This is a great lesson in how to handle customer comments, complaints and lack of satisfaction; sometimes customers don’t speak the same language and there may be misunderstandings but handled in a respectful manner, any situation can end pleasantly!
I was chuffed to be asked to talk about my favourite topic: Customer Service with Prue MacSween on her Small Business program on 2GB, 873 AM, last night, 29 September 2009. I have long been a fan of Prue’s, she is knowledgeable, funny, witty and is not afraid to raise a topic that should be..
….at least the rules are the same! The most important ingredient in the recipe for success is your customer – without the customer there is no retail business. Consumers are getting savvier and are far more knowledgeable than ever before. They are more demanding and have more choices now than ever before. Compare retail now..
Just when I had lost faith in customer service and passionate retailers (my customers excluded of course!), a friend took me to Gelatomassi in Newtown on Sunday for what he said was, “the best Gelato in Sydney (possibly Australia)”. We were in Concord so this was a lot of pressure to put on one place!..
Just created a Facebook Page called “Awww, How Nice Is This?” so that we can share the things that make us smile and the nice things that people do! Please become a fan of the page and share with your friends!! Like this rose from our garden – so divine no? Maybe we can help..