January is such an exciting time for businesses. Owners normally find themselves rejuvenated after the holidays and ready for an even BETTER new year. The desk gets cleared, the blank pages come out, the pen is poised and the first question that comes to mind is, “where do I start?”
Many businesses spend thousands of dollars branding everything they do to create a familiarity with their prospects and customers and yet, sadly, miss the boat completely when it comes to their service.
While it's true that I'm a firm advocate of using systems and processes as much as possible in your business, it's a fact that those same systems and processes can occasionally fail us (usually due to "user error").