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Shorter pieces, stories from practice, and observations that did not fit anywhere else.

  • Beating the fallacy of cheap marketing

    Cheap marketing is nearly free to send and expensive per unsubscribe. Why counting only the outbound cost misleads, and a cost-per-annoyed-customer habit.

    Field Notes · 5 min read

  • Serving up a nourishing meal

    Customer recognition, seen from a restaurant table: menus are for strangers, regulars want to be known, and scale quietly removes the difference. A field note.

    Field Notes · 4 min read

  • Tennis and the art of effective customer experience

    Customer experience fundamentals from a tennis court: footwork before winners, fewer unforced errors, reading the other side of the net, a resetting scoreboard.

    Field Notes · 4 min read

Customers are grown, not captured. Practical writing on customer experience and the voice of the customer.

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Vaclaw Karlfeld CX, VoC and AI enthusiast

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