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12 Customer Service Lessons

Make or Break Moments

Although I don’t believe there were any huge new “ah ha&# moments, the list is a good one that focuses on the importance and value of building relationships with customers. Keep it personal Don’t make the customer work Foster Relationships Go Above and Beyond Be enthusiastic Be helpful without being annoying (good one!)

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Customer Service Blogs to check out

Make or Break Moments

By Becky Carroll CustServ By Meikah Delid Maximum Customer Experience By Kelly Erickson People2People Service By Maria Palma QA QnA By Tom Vander Well Return Customer By Joe Rawlinson (Joe and I both started customer service blogs in April 2005.) And I agree, Church of the Customer is a great add to the list!)

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Is There a Difference Between Customer Service and Customer.

Make or Break Moments

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 10, 2010 under Customer Moments , Employee Moments , First Impressions | Read the First Comment Customer Relationships are just like good friends They sound similar but do they mean the same thing? Customer service is what everyone expects to receive. Or would they?

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Is Customer Service a Tactic or a Strategy?

Make or Break Moments

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on June 27, 2010 under Customer Moments | Be the First to Comment I get confused sometimes, more often than not, some would say, about the right word to use. Which is customer service for your business? hmmm sounds like the same thing. It is perhaps MORE than a strategy or a tactic.

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Is Customer Service Part of Your Business Process?

Make or Break Moments

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 27, 2010 under Customer Moments | 2 Comments to Read I am working on writing a series of articles for a customer on the importance of developing and documenting business systems. But what about the customer service process? The customers. The response? Sounds harsh?

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

Professional Assistant Blog

Would you prefer the client to calmly and rationally give you information on their issue? Imagine how much more receptive the customer service representative would be if you tried to deal with your issue in a more positive manner. Were all human and should treat each other that way.

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

Success

A fabulous story like that shows what great customer service looks like, and it could be used for all kinds of reputation-building,” he says. But after watching the video, they [asked] for more information and often [changed] their minds.”. What saddens Smith is that this story was never shared outside the company. “A

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