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AUGUST 26, 2010

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. This is a pretty lengthy interview, so I’ve divided it into four parts. Things like that?

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

This part of the interview includes information on how American Express decides to hire new employees versus promote them from within, more information on the compensation and motivation methods the company is using, how they use Net Promoter, information on the company’s “Relationship Care” program, and more.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Click “read more&# to read the interview. After 23 years here, our competition cannot replicate the level of service we provide, customer service is part of our DNAnswer: We hire for it, we train for it, we reinvest in our people through constant upskilling. This is the final part of the interview with Doria.

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Loosely Speaking

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Home VA Training VA FAQ Podcast Featured Events for Bloggers & VAs AZVAs Podcast Episode 1 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2:34 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: AZVAs Podcast , Life of the Virtual Assistant AZVAs Podcast launches today! Get an extra chance to be entered by “fanning&# the fan page! Brian started working on web sites in 2007.

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AUGUST 7, 2010

I first learned about Treasure your Customer Day from Entrepreneur magazine in 2006. But it certainly didn’t start there. Here is a blurb from a blog written in 2005 about Treasuring your Customers written by Kirsten Osolind : August 7 marks “Treasure Your Customers Day.&#

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 29, 2010

How To Train Your Brain First of all, let me tell you that I was in search for something similar to Lumosity for a long time. Brain Exercises Just like physical exercise, brain training must be performed in a balanced way. Train Brain for Attention: Lost In Migration Apparently, this was the most difficult game for me.

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

There were a few bumps on the road, as expected, but I finally managed to arrange for an exclusive interview with Jonathan. Yeap, an exclusive interview with Jonathan Meads, how about that? He started out training in Wing Chun as a kid, so I thought it was the next best thing. As simple or as complicated as you see fit. {

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Loosely Speaking

JUNE 2, 2010

Our interviews with Jeannine Clontz , VA Biz Coach (and this month’s episode sponsor) and Jennifer Holstad of A Byte in Time. You can be the subject of one of our interviews or sponsor an upcoming month of AZVAs newsletter & podcast? Our monthly listeners’ poll, asks: How do you cover your office when you are away?

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Employing company vision in customer service training Cheryl September 21, 2010 Culture , Customer Satisfaction , Customer Service , Hiring & Training 1 Comment Every company needs a motivational vision; what you want your company to ultimately become.

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Men With Pens

MAY 3, 2012

It never ceases to amaze me at how many people gloss over training materials they’ve bought. Interview the Course Creator. Interviewing course creators helps you learn both how they succeeded. Interview the Most Successful Students. The next logical step is to interview the most successful students of the course.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an accountant) by Jason Holden on May 08, 2006 My first contribution to this blog has resulted from a recent experience had by a new client of my practice with someone who also used the title ‘accountant’. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Look after your staff and they will look after your customers Cheryl October 29, 2010 Customer Service , Employees , Specific Companies No Comments Fortune magazine rates the top ten best companies to work for every year and interviews someone from each organization.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 10, 2010

The culture of the company is what the company is all about, and as new employees train with two weeks of classroom training and two weeks of practical knowledge answering customer calls, they are offered money to the tune of $1000 to quit if they feel they do not fit with the culture. The video is after the jump.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Many agents politely listen, but consider the training course just a supplement to common sense. Training needs to start with a clear objective, and role-playing places the service representative into the shoes of the customer, and helps to bring clarity to particular situations. How do we then make it more interesting and applicable?

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 8, 2010

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. Satisfaction alone does not build a loyal customer. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

On a recent assignment, I did an interview with a well-known trainer on NBC’s The Biggest Loser. Just the connection with his Facebook page made a profound difference in the interview; it created that personal link – how a business wants a customer to feel about you.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 8, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Help customer focus with the right attitude Cheryl April 08, 2010 Behind the Scenes , Employees , Hiring & Training 1 Comment There are a number of factors that significantly affect how well a customer service representative is able to identify and help customers.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

As I mentioned in my CNBC interview last week , these high interest rates take all the profit margin out of the business that can be done out there. Who the hell made Sugar a Lord anyway any why? Sugar certainly is the icing on the government’s cake of incompetence, if nothing else, IMO. -ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 27, 2010

Senior managers have to be involved, instead of just delegating training to lower-level managers. The successful company focuses on its customers, and in order to do that, leadership has to be involved and focused on improving employees and all business processes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

It becomes a finely honed combination of quantity and efficiency developed by knowledge of the product, understanding the needs of customers, training, and the support tools available to the customer service team. In a call center, there are super stars, top performers, middle of the road workers, and low performers.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Employees need to be better trained and rewarded for exemplary customer service behaviors using team awards, benefits and senior management acknowledgments. Organizations need not be defensive, and should help employees learn and train what will make the customer experience better.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 30, 2010

Remember train, train, train. Employees need to be trained in handling customers and how to address them. The plan includes teaching employees how to deal with customer support on a different and much larger scale, how to talk to people, create content and answer questions.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2012

And during his extensive travels, he’s managed to continually write for his A-list blog, build an empire of training resources and publish several books, his latest being the $100 Startup (of which I have a copy in my hot little hands). Chris writes – a lot. Sign up for the Damn Fine Words newsletter now.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Help your customer service staff to help your business succeed Cheryl September 09, 2010 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service , Hiring & Training 1 Comment I was pulling into my office this morning when I heard a Zappos commercial on the radio.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Training representatives and putting processes in place to avoid blind transfers is not rocket science, but a majority of companies still do blind transfers more often than not. The four examples above are good examples of broad categories of customer service frustrations.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 10, 2010

Training is based on practice, practice, practice. Training should concentrate on ways to stay calm when an angry customer lashes out, how to choose the response action that will best suit the situation, and innovative ways to bring those volatile interactions to a polite and positive close.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 5, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Working on customer service skills Cheryl August 05, 2010 Customer Service Experience , Hiring & Training , Little Things, Big Differences No Comments When a customer service representative delivers great customer service, there is less stress and less hassle.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 2, 2010

Introducing the Service Untitled Team When I started Service Untitled back in April 2006, I. Leave competition behind with excellent customer service If you have ever been overwhelmed in the wine section. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Service Untitled

JULY 7, 2010

The first stage of Relationship Care concentrates on existing employees and increasing their training by 20%.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It’s going back to basics that drives the train of success. Using the analogy of a train, the depots may have improved in their appearances with more comfortable benches, but the destinations are still the same. I am probably not the only customer out here feeling this way. Resolve my problem.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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Service Untitled

MARCH 31, 2010

Toll collectors need to have customer service training also. Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. They need to be hired because they can not only do the job, but be able to deal with the customers – just like any other consumer oriented position.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 2, 2009

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MARCH 20, 2009

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Kathy Garcia of The Job Training Center speaks about this year’s theme which is ‘A brand new experience.’ Celebrations range from information sharing, inspirational stories, coffee and cake breaks to huge celebratory dinners, but all hold the service and support of those working on the front lines in great esteem.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Policy creation, personnel management, interviewing, etc. Other people think that dealing with individual customer escalations is largely a waste of time and that managers should be focusing on management issues. This is a valid point as well.

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