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What Makes Good Customer Service?

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Good customer service is vital to success. Research from Qualtrics XM Institute indicates that 76% of customers will trust a company with strong customer service. Compare that with only 40% of customers trusting a company with poor service. The Basics of Good Customer Service.

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

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Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. The window to make a strong first impression with a customer continues to shrink.

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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

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The product, price and speed of delivery are each excellent, yet their customer service could use some improvement. After a stressful day for this entrepreneur, one particular customer service representative behaves rudely. Consider, for instance, an entrepreneur who has a great relationship with an essential supplier.

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Is There a Difference Between Customer Service and Customer.

Make or Break Moments

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 10, 2010 under Customer Moments , Employee Moments , First Impressions | Read the First Comment Customer Relationships are just like good friends They sound similar but do they mean the same thing? Customer service is what everyone expects to receive. Or would they?

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Expert’s Corner: Chip Bell on Unconditional Customer Service

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The parallels he draws between passionate cooking and customer service will be something you will noodle on for awhile. Patterson, of the book Take Their Breath Away: How Imaginative Service Creates Devoted Customers. Unconditional Customer Service by Chip Bell. Chip is the author, with John R.

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Zappos customer service ‘core values’ sets record for longest call

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Zappos’ Customer Loyalty Team repeatedly exceeds expectations of the family culture CEO Tony Hsieh envisioned as his passion for customizing customer service always remains a number one priority 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. There is nothing better than the human factor when calling customer service.