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

Success

In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. consumers would pay more for a better service experience and that 89 percent have stopped doing business with a company after experiencing poor customer service. These steps can help you deliver superb customer service.

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Cinch.fm Audio Service Shuts Down - Lessons We Can Learn on Customer Service & Not Counting on One Platform

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I was hit by the lack of customer service too, but we can certainly learn from this story; so that is what I'm going to share today. Provide Customer Service Even If The Service You Are Providing is No Cost.   Date: August 17, 2012 6:10:29 PM CDT Subject: Cinch.FM service. . 

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Sending flowers and customer service

Service Untitled

Boyfriends, husbands, and significant others complained about flowers not arriving, damaged products, hundreds of botched deliveries, and an acute shortage of customer service personnel. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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Sending flowers and customer service

Service Untitled

Boyfriends, husbands, and significant others complained about flowers not arriving, damaged products, hundreds of botched deliveries, and an acute shortage of customer service personnel. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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Eco-Friendly Business Promotion Techniques for 2013

Eco-Office Gals

The end of 2012 is looming on the horizon, which means it’s once again time to buy new calendars, reset the budget, and start thinking about your business strategy for the coming year. Customer service. Suppose, for example, that part of your agency platform is to replace any items that customers have concerns about.

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Using Social Media to Build Relationships

Customers Rock!

However, I strongly feel one of the most effective uses of social media is to build and deepen relationships with customers – be they consumers, clients, donors, or constituents. I predict this will be a big focus for social media in 2012. Making a Difference in 2012. How can this be effectively done? No, really.

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Fancy Hands: The Personal Assistant You’ve Always Wanted

Small Business CEO

In 2012, small business owners worked 42 percent more hours per week than five years ago. When running a business it’s easy to let your to-do list get out of hand; especially for those annoying tasks like scheduling appointments, sitting on hold for a customer service agent or even researching local vendors.

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