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How to Improve Customer Service: 7 Ways to Take Your Mission Beyond Words

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You need to improve your customer service. Recent customer service research from Microsoft suggests customer service expectations have risen sharply in recent years. It matters to your bottom line because customers base their future spending on their customer service experience. .

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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. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S.

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Surprise! Your Customer Service Ain’t All That.

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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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Sending flowers and customer service

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Many of us order our flowers over the phone or the Internet, and since holidays are a one shot deal when it comes to flowers being at their required destination on time, we as consumers hold florists to a high level of “flower” responsibility. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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Sending flowers and customer service

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Many of us order our flowers over the phone or the Internet, and since holidays are a one shot deal when it comes to flowers being at their required destination on time, we as consumers hold florists to a high level of “flower” responsibility. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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Personalize customer service and make it happen

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Personalizing customer service consists of targeting an audience and acting on specific objectives to increase business, build brand loyalty, and attract new clients or customers. Well chosen and thoughtful promotional items can also have an impact on personalizing customer service. photo credit: Ktoine.

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Building a business culture to deliver the best customer service

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Zappos has worked hard to develop their culture resulting in a high percentage of return customers; a much more lucrative business model than having to find new clients. Remember most customers won’t tell a company what went wrong; they just leave and go on to your competition. photo by: HiMY SYeD / photopia.