Brad McCarty
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Brad McCarty

Brad McCarty wrote 28 articles for the TextExpander blog, covering automation, customer service and working smarter.

Articles by Brad McCarty

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How to Grow Customer Service at Your Startup

Startup customer service needs to scale alongside the business. Get feedback early, educate customers, start conversations, choose the right tools, hire carefully, and track the numbers that show how support is performing.

Brad McCarty

How Do You Make Customers Feel Special?

Making customers feel special takes more than low prices. Ways to stand out include doing first-class work, giving recognition, showing respect, hiring staff who care, surprising customers, and using a CRM well.

Brad McCarty

Getting the Information You Need from Customer Surveys

Customer survey questions decide whether you get useful answers or biased ones. Learn how to write clear, short, neutral questions, choose open or closed formats, test surveys, time them well, and track results.

Brad McCarty

5 Reasons You Should Hire a Virtual Assistant

A virtual assistant can take on scheduling, email, and travel planning for busy professionals. Here are five reasons to hire one, from better time management to skills you lack, and why the cost often pays for itself.

Brad McCarty

Using TextExpander to Avoid Negative Words and Terms

Negative words can make clear feedback sound harsh. See how to rephrase negatives into positives, stay mindful of meaning, and communicate clearly, using TextExpander Snippets to keep preferred wording close at hand.

Brad McCarty

How and Why to Create a Public Group

Publishing a TextExpander Public Group lets other users subscribe to your Snippets. See why people share groups and how to prepare yours with the right permissions, privacy checks, prefixes, notes, labels, and organization.

Brad McCarty

Online Vs. In-Person Surveys

Online and in-person surveys each carry tradeoffs in reach, cost, and answer reliability. Weigh the draws and drawbacks of both formats, including privacy concerns, so you can pick the right method for your research.

Brad McCarty

Small Snippets, Big Time Savings

Small TextExpander Snippets can add up to real time savings. Get practical ideas for dates and times, phone numbers, documents and emails, names and places, website addresses, and a few fun uses to inspire your own.

Brad McCarty