Summary: Micah Solomon joins us on Edgewise to discuss his new book High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service. Micah addresses the positive and negative effects technology has had on customer service today as well as the recent changes in the balance of power between customers and businesses. Using companies like Twitter and Yelp, Micah describes the importance of immediate customer conversation and how customers now, more than ever, can easily choose to take their business elsewhere. Other good examples of technology harness for revenue are companies like Netflix and Amazon that tap in to peoplersquo;s strong desire for self-service and the need to receive things much faster than ever. Micah Solomon, author of High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service, is the customer service strategist and business keynote speaker termed by the Financial Post rdquo;a new guru of customer service excellence.rdquo; Solomon is a top keynote speaker, strategist, and consultant on customer service issues, the customer experience, and company culture mdash; and how they fit into todayrsquo;s marketing and technology landscape. An entrepreneur and business leader, he previously coauthored the bestselling Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit. For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars: *Customer Service Excellence: How to Win and Keep Customers *Leading Extraordinary Customer Service *How to Create an ITIL Service Desk and Incident Management PRocess To learn more, read these AMACOM Books: *Strategic Customer Service, by John A. Goodman *Customer Service Management Training 101, by Renee Evenson *Award Winning Customer Service, by Renee Evenson
