Josh Centers
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Josh Centers

Josh Centers is a former business journalist at TextExpander. He is the editor-in-chief of Unprepared and founder of Apple Buying Advice. Josh has been featured in USA Today, Macworld, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Boing Boing, Wirecutter, and other publications.

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Stop Saying Sorry!

Saying sorry is a reflex in customer support, but scripted apologies can ring hollow. See when an apology helps, when gratitude works better, and how to replace automatic sorries with responses that show real progress.

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Customer Intimacy: Your Path to Long-Term Growth

Customer intimacy means understanding customers well enough to tailor every interaction. Learn how it differs from satisfaction, see examples from Ritz-Carlton to Zappos, and follow 10 steps and metrics to build a strategy.

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How To Find and Replace Text

Find and replace lets you locate words or phrases and swap them out across a document, spreadsheet, or code file. Get the core commands and step-by-step instructions for Word, Google Docs, text editors, and more.

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Top Time-Saving Apps & Tools

Time-saving apps help with focus, automation, and screen time across busy workdays. Compare tools like RescueTime, Toggl Track, Zapier, and Freedom, and see where text expansion fits for reducing repetitive work.

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Nurse Time Management Skills, Strategies, & Tips

Time management for nurses means balancing patient care, documentation, and constant interruptions. Build key skills like prioritization and delegation, and apply techniques such as time blocking and the Eisenhower matrix.

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What Is Average Resolution Time and How to Improve It

Average resolution time (ART) measures how long support teams take to fully solve customer issues. Learn how ART differs from response time, how to calculate it, and which benchmarks to use by support channel.

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Customer Service Stats: The Ones to Measure in 2025

CSAT, Net Promoter Score, retention rate, Customer Effort Score, and churn are the customer service stats CX leaders track most. See which measures are gaining or losing priority and how ROI and financial stats fit in.

Josh Centers