All Things Admin

JANUARY 8, 2024

Procedures are documented, step-by-step instructions for performing tasks or processes. Ultimately, well-defined procedures save you and your team members time, provide clarity, and ensure consistency, compliance, and customer service across the board. Review them regularly and make necessary changes and updates.

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Customers Rock!

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I was recently asked to participate in a review of Greg Verdino ’s book MicroMarketing: Get Big Results by Thinking and Acting Small This is not to be an ordinary book review, however, although I enjoy doing those on occasion. I was asked to participate in a chapter-by-chapter review.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 7, 2014

We believe that sales should be consultative and should focus on helping customers choose the right combination of products and services and we wanted this book to help explain that. Here’s a quick summary of some key points that I prepared to help capture my full understanding of the book.

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Service Untitled

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Taylor would reward employees who came upon Enterprise customers and assist them with changing a flat tire or calling for help in the case of a breakdown; exceeding customer expectations was his mantra. Today, more than 50 years later, Enterprise still leads the way in exceptional customer service. Reservation processes.

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Customers Rock!

AUGUST 16, 2012

Social media has pushed customer service to the forefront for many organizations. Responses are often faster in social media than they are in traditional service channels, since social media makes everything extremely visible. In my book , I talk about Killer Customer Service. Expectations.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 27, 2011

No matter if you are a one-person show or you have a business that has many employees, unless you have business processes in place, you may find the business growing "out of control."  Make them too complex -- They over-engineer the processes and ultimately do not do them because it is too complex.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 27, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Without a process-focused organization, employees are stomping out fires, missing out on opportunities, and generally wasting time and money because of poor planning and lack of vision. A customer calls in with an order.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The four examples above are good examples of broad categories of customer service frustrations. What are your customer service pet peeves? Which of the pet peeves above really bother you?

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Service Untitled

APRIL 5, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. And to accompany the super-sized quantities, the company offers and delivers unmatched customer service. And so the rewards of exceptional customer service continues to push another business to the top.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. They might reply to one of your questions but still need more time to review the other items. —David K.,

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Service Untitled

MARCH 22, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. A system that makes special orders simple is a system that helps promote customer service. Photo credit of the B&H checkout process goes to me (I took the photo when I visited). Inventory tracking.

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Customers Rock!

MARCH 30, 2010

The radio program is really an extension of this blog; you get to hear my voice as part of an hour-long conversation around the topics we all know and love here: customer experience, customer service, loyalty, marketing, and social media. Here is a typical customer service tweet: Does anyone know if COMPANY X has a Twitter?

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The Marq

DECEMBER 17, 2009

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Motorola CLIQ Review - Part 1 Technology Review Last week I bought the Motorola CLIQ. Admittedly, I’ve not spent enough time with the device to give it a meaningful review. I’ve taken you through my process of selection at a very high level.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 26, 2010

The leader of the event talked about a tool Harvard Business Review has developed to help you hon your elevator pitch. Carol Ross offers a pretty detailed article that will help you through the process of putting together an effective elevator pitch for your business in her article: Elevator Pitch.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Her Boston Marathon 2018 running experience is also captured in the Boston Buddies book alongside many incredible stories from that day. THE LEADER ASSISTANT BOOK Download the first 3 chapters of The Leader Assistant: Four Pillars of Game-Changing Assistant for FREE here or buy it on Amazon and listen to the audiobook on Audible.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 9, 2010

In those days computer work was primary composed of accounting processing on hand entered data punch cards. Have you looked at the possibility of reinventing what you offer your customers? I guarantee your customers needs have changed – have you? is celebrating their 35th year in business. Jim Rutledge, Sr.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

21 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 21 Responses to “ Small Business Checklist: Business Process Outsourcing &# Floyd Buenavente Said on March 14th, 2008 at 7:50 am Thank you very much for these pointers Stefan. i ‘ve got my goal is business managements can attract more customers from your first customer.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 6, 2010

So often we are focused on our own little world – keeping our customer’s happy, beating the competition; we miss the opportunity that collaboration could have to make our offerings even richer. In the book The Power of Nice , the authors, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, remind us of how the ice cream cone came to be.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

As he reviews the details of the conversation, which didn’t go well for either party, he realizes something: “…I could easily see that I had failed to establish rapport at the top of the call. Both of us were preoccupied with other tasks and wanted to complete the sales process so we could check it off our to-do list.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

CONNECT WITH NICOLE Nicole on LinkedIn Bosun Solutions Mic’d Up Booking ABOUT NICOLE Nicole Grinnell is the CEO of a multi million dollar company and has a passion for helping other business owners find affordable solutions to help grow their business. Join my email list here if you want to get an email when a new episode goes live.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Make employee engagement an important part of the process. Let’s face it; the more positive employee engagement, the more positive customer service, and the more company success. Great thoughts!

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Now we have progressed to a Social Customer Relationship Management (Social CRM) which takes us from the original CRM and now adds new communication channels via the social web to concentrate on better customer relationships.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Ford claims that going to a dealer for work outside of the new warranty period may initially present as being more expensive, however in the long run the dealers have better processes, training, and parts as to Ford products.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 3, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Like last year, I want to do a brief writeup on the companies and the process. Some were more “traditional&# and featured people talking about customer service while some of the others were more upbeat and engaging.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 31, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. One thing I noticed after I ordered something I didn’t actually need was that Amazon has what is probably the simplest return process I’ve ever seen from any online company. Click “Need to return an item?

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Service Untitled

APRIL 2, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Track Contact Volume Douglas April 02, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service No Comments How carefully do you track contact volume?

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Service Untitled

JUNE 4, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. They will also order products from the competitor to see what the experience is like — packaging, updates during the shipping process, product quality, etc.

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Service Untitled

MAY 12, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Customer satisfaction programs don’t have to be confusing; rather the basic premise of little things making a huge difference is universal when dealing with consumers. Don’t argue with customers.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Make it easy for everyone. Ask yourself these questions: What processes at your company could you make easier? No related posts to display.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 26, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. This was an interview I was excited a lot about because I’ve written about American Express a number of times and in pretty much any customer satisfaction or customer service ranking, American Express makes the list.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 12, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. When you have hired the right people, and your employees know how to make customers feel important, customers keep coming back. Customer retention strategies are an ongoing process. Are they friendly?

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Service Untitled

JULY 15, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The department has about 5 employees and a relatively simple, but also important job within the company’s broader customer service department. This process was highly effective and relatively painless.

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Service Untitled

MAY 19, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Usually I get to know my customers quite well because of the time I spend with them during the selling process of a home, and I address them informally. So what do I write? If I shop at Walmart for a pair of denim.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 30, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Customer service has improved, and Elizabeth’s thriving enterprise continues to expand. Customer service has improved, and Elizabeth’s thriving enterprise continues to expand. There are no.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 1, 2011

The other day I was working with a new strategy client and we were reviewing her client sales and communication processes.   In simple terms, a CRM tool if used correctly, can help you manage all of the communication you have with your prospects, clients/customers, people you network with, service providers and more. 

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Service Untitled

APRIL 19, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. When the company has identified its goals, the business can choose a cross-section of participants for the interviews and find out how they perceive a particular product or even the efficiency of their customer service.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 24, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Very few companies do a better job at managing crowds than Disney and whenever I was in line, I was impressed with how well Disney manages the waiting process. Disney has perfected crowd control.

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