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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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Think, think, think about improving customer service

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Customer service should be a priority if organizations expect to expand their businesses with new customers while still retaining their current loyal clientele. Practice fast and efficient service, but make it easy for customers to connect to a real person. airlines improving customer service?

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Dealing with the frustrations of poor customer service

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It’s no exaggeration that most of us have become truly frustrated by poor customer service at least once in our lives. Instead many of us have turned to retaliate against bad service via the use of blogs, Facebook, and Twitter. If the customer service person is not helpful, ask for the manager.

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Businesses using Facebook for customer service

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Market Tools, a software and service provider for management and research conducted a survey of 331 companies with an annual revenue of more than $10 million annually. Of those organizations, 23 percent rely on social networks to support their customer service and to provide feedback. photo credit: Rubber Dragon.

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Businesses using Facebook for customer service

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Market Tools, a software and service provider for management and research conducted a survey of 331 companies with an annual revenue of more than $10 million annually. Of those organizations, 23 percent rely on social networks to support their customer service and to provide feedback. photo credit: Rubber Dragon.

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Customer service continues to center on good client communication

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The old-fashioned customer service agents spent most of their time on the phones trying to resolve problems, but now such quick social media outlets as Twitter can quickly lead to a firestorm of criticism if not handled immediately. What are the golden rules of knock-down, kick-butt, customer service? Whether we.

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Received lousy customer service? Complain about it on Gripevine

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Beyond the long arms of social media where we frequently address our complaints to organizations that have “done us wrong,” enters another new kid in town who stretches beyond the 140 character Twitter or the full time media Facebook guru, and claims it can connect you directly to the top decision makers.