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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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In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. consumers would pay more for a better service experience and that 89 percent have stopped doing business with a company after experiencing poor customer service. These steps can help you deliver superb customer service.

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14 Workplace-Friendly Holiday Exchange Gifts for Coworkers

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Bookshop.org With a mission to help local, independent bookstores thrive in the age of e-commerce, every purchase made on Bookshop.org supports more than 1,600 independent shops across the United States. If you’re a PC user, don’t worry—just send the customer service team a note, and they can adjust the sleeve size to fit.

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Google enters into customer service industry with Trusted Stores Program

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Critics are saying that Google has entered into the customer service arena which in the past directly contradicts their automated tech abilities and less than stellar customer-centric talents. The Google Trusted Stores Program will rate online stores on their delivery of an overall customer experience.

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Customer service goes to court?

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The case of Systemgraph, a support company approved by Apple, and Greek physician Dimitris Papadimitriadis are becoming an Internet sensation, and it’s all about customer service or the lack thereof – depending which side you find defensible that is. He did not purchase the computer from Systemgraph.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Help your customer service staff.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The pleasant voice on the Zappos end assured her that she could return the dress, and there would be no delivery or return charges; just that the customer would have to “touch&# the box to return it. There are no.

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The Rise of Coworking and the Variable Cost Economy

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Because of this, a recent article by the CEO of the coworking chain Industrious grabbed our attention. One of them is " businesses’ rapidly growing need for flexibility"   Key quote from the article: American businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to sign 10-year leases. Can you help?”.

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Is self-service better than live customer service?

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According to a recent article from the Harvard Business Review, customers ultimately don’t want a relationship and prefer the use of machines, but doesn’t the relationship depend on whether a customer has a good or bad result with a machine? or “Would you like to donate a dollar to a certain charitable fund?&#.