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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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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?

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. But, what makes good customer service? keep it up.

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

Professional Assistant Blog

Imagine how much more receptive the customer service representative would be if you tried to deal with your issue in a more positive manner. Picture how much more quickly you could get your issue resolved and both of you would feel better at the end of the call. Were all human and should treat each other that way.

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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

ProAssisting Blog

GetHuman.com is a website that lists thousands of companies along with their various customer service numbers WITH instructions on how to avoid those automated messages and get to a real human!

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Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses?

The Small Business Blog

How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses?

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Customer service reality show?

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In Great Britain, Mary Portas used to help failing businesses get back on the right path, but now she has changed sides and stars in a customer service reality show. Portas thinks that Britain has the worst customer service, and customers have never had it so bad. photo credit: Karen Roe.