Category Archives: Principles, Templates & Guidelines

Easy-to-follow principles and brainstorming/collaboration templates to help you create a WOWplace where you work.

The Anatomy of the WOW

Whenever we talk about WOWing our customers, it’s easy to just say, “That was a WOW” or “That was an OW,” without breaking an interaction down into all its elements and every touchpoint along the way. It’s almost never a simple case of … Continue reading

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How to Create WOW Experiences by Targeting the Bulls-Eye

We talk a lot about creating WOW experiences – but how do we go about doing it? I’ve created a simple template, in the form of a target that will help you put every aspect of any experience into it … Continue reading

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1-2-3′s: The Basic Principle

The 1-2-3’s of Doing More Than Appease is a principle based on three questions we must ask ourselves when any opportunity to serve arises: What can I do now? (This is what most of us perform whenever an opportunity to … Continue reading

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Proactive thinking – and action – save time and create WOW’s!

By thinking ahead and proactively taking action to help save time, eliminate phone tag, do a favor for someone, or just go over and above, we can create WOW’s for ourselves, our bosses, their associates… and many others. Play it through, think it out – and then take care of what’s needed before it’s requested! This is an incredible WOW! Continue reading

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