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7 Customer Service Books to Help You Level Up Your Business

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Good customer service will help you level up your business. That’s because great customer service can turn even a dissatisfied customer into one of your biggest brand advocates. But customer service has become increasingly complex with more roles to play than ever. By Jeff Toister.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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The agent pays to put them up in a luxury condo overnight, covers the change fees on their flights, and sells them a home the next day. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. According to the Echo 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer , only 7 percent of U.S.

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8 Ways to Lose in Business

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It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up. It was widely known in basketball coaching circles that Wooden wasn’t one to send his staff out to scout teams that were coming up on their schedule. Remember that the customer is king.

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Can your business measure up on customer service?

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The 2011 Temkin Experience Ratings surveyed 6,000 different consumers from 143 different companies which included retailers, banks, hotels, and financial institutions. So what makes a company measure up on customer service? Amazon.com boasts of having 130 million active accounts. photo credit: Adam @ ecadamf.

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‘Tis the season to rev up the customer service

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Statistics for the 2011 shopping holiday season look a little scary for merchants this year. And what that means is the need of customer service representatives demonstrating those people skills that assure shoppers they are making good decisions. Luckily 49 percent say they are going to spend the same amount.

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U.S. airlines improving customer service?

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The trade industry organization Airlines for America has reported customer service for airlines improving in three different areas. CNN states mishandled baggage was at an all time low for 2011 – 3.39 airlines have had the best on time arrival rates – up by 85.07 bags misplaced per 1,000 which registered a 3.51

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Customer Service Hell

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I got instead a reminder of real customer service hell a computer answerphone instead of a human voice - do you know what I mean? If I was to consider how many people are unemployed and weigh this up against the profits of this corporate entity - my mind would grovel, wouldn't yours? It certainly is not people is it!