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Surprise! Your Customer Service Ain’t All That.

Tips From T. Marie

A recent article on Small Business Trends explains that although you may believe you and your business are providing excellent customer service, chances are your customers/clients aren’t exactly on the same page. Obviously, as business owners we tend to be biased about the delivery of good customer service.

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Can Facebook emotionally manipulate customer service?

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The emotional manipulation factor has been all abuzz this past week after the published results of a January 2012 subliminal study by Facebook was revealed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. We do research to improve our services and to make the content people see on Facebook relevant and engaging as possible.

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Is the Market for Virtual Assistants Really Saturated? Debunking the Myth

Tips From T. Marie

I’m thrilled to inform you that it’s far from the truth. Customer Relations Services: Put your people skills to work by assisting clients in delivering exceptional customer service that leaves their customers delighted. This can even extend to providing lead-generation services for clients.

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Is Grassroots Marketing Still Relevant? Exploring Community Marketing in the Digital Age

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Customers want to engage with companies that share their values. Ten years ago, the strategy of reaching a mass audience and simply being informative about your product may have worked, but that is not the case in today’s society, where consumers expect and demand more from the businesses they support and shop.”

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Personalize your customer service

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Everyone wants to be treated as an individual with their own specific needs catered to; in the perfect world that’s the epitome of “wow” customer service. Of course whether we use one company or service over another usually stems from past reputation, helpfulness, integrity, or a friendly referral.

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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

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I know that they ask for this information—account numbers, PINS, last 4 digits of your social security number—so that the representative has your account or profile pulled up when they take your call but based on my experience 98% of the time, I have to repeat that information to them anyway… just ridiculous.

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8 Reasons Gamification is More Than Fun and Games At Work

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Companies that have successfully incorporated gamification into their recruitment campaigns include Google (they used a software-writing competition to discover new talent) and the Marriott Hotel (they request candidates to “run” a virtual hotel via their Facebook page). Behavior Modification: Gamification can influence and shape behaviors.