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Take Control of Your Customer Service with These 6 Tips

Success

Hire the right people , train them and encourage them to use their brains. You can’t just do a yearly survey and think you will capture it all. This article was published in September 2009 and has been updated. You don’t want people who won’t bend on your policy even if something works better. Evaluating performance.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

The Small Business Blog

Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/03 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 03, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. Howevcr, slack consumer demand remains a concern.

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The Potential Customer just Walked – How Much did it cost you.

Make or Break Moments

I have often theorized the importance of building relationships with customers and now a recent survey puts dollars to the sense of that theory. Further investigation from CustServ’s blog led me to the article from Genesys that shares the details of the customer service survey of 16 countries. BILLION a year !

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Shrug Off Apathy: Employee's Indifference a Business Killer

Make or Break Moments

Steve goes on to say: In one survey, 68 percent of customers said they quit doing business with a company because of perceived indifference towards them as customers. People buy from those they like and trust – not those who sneer or seem to reject them with their lack of interest.

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Look for the Pattern You Can't Ignore

Make or Break Moments

Of course that means we have to engage them in conversation – exit interviews – follow up surveys or phone calls to ask about the service and experience and then listen for patterns. She was looking for patterns. We need to do the same thing with our customers. Customer complaints are another great place to look for patterns.

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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Monday, June 1, 2009 Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye? June 1, 2009 9:26 AM David Benjamin said. June 1, 2009 9:26 AM Anita said. June 1, 2009 9:32 AM Anita said.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » NJ toll road collectors lack.

Service Untitled

Curious as I was since reading this, and since journalism and real estate both encompass miles of traveling, I intentionally stopped at various different toll booths along the Florida Turnpike yesterday and today and conducted a quick survey among the toll collectors. Toll collectors need to have customer service training also.