Customers Rock!

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The parallels he draws between passionate cooking and customer service will be something you will noodle on for awhile. Patterson, of the book Take Their Breath Away: How Imaginative Service Creates Devoted Customers. Unconditional Customer Service by Chip Bell. Chip is the author, with John R.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 For a small business, customer retention can prove as profitable as sourcing new customers. But, what makes good customer service? So, listen to them.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

It’s no coincidence that National Customer Service Week is celebrated this late on the calendar; it’s the unofficial launch of the biggest shopping experience of the year as the holiday season closes in and shoppers start counting down the days to family and friend celebrations. photo by: William Brawley.

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JUNE 25, 2012

In one of the most successful self-help books, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People , author Stephen Covey identifies the elements truly effective people use regularly as tools towards their success. Might we just build trust and more satisfied customers by getting back to basics, and using proven methods of success?

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All Things Admin

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Gone are the days when filing, phone skills, and semi-legible shorthand were key requirements for an admin job. The “Traditional” Role of the Administrative Professional Has Shifted In the past, admins have been responsible for things like customer service, accounting, and data entry.

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Each of us has different experiences with customer service; some are good while most that we hear about are just horrible. Businesses, no matter how big or small, need to evaluate how well they are serving their customers. In a very competitive market, business owners cannot just ignore the importance of service excellence.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Some of the major examples included: Phone problems (long hold times, annoying hold music, getting disconnected, blind transfers, etc.) Employees that aren’t happy to see customers (rude, disaffected, unhappy, etc.)

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

and brought up some interesting points about customer service and the lack thereof. Slater became a sort of folk hero of customer service contempt by more than 200,000 people on his Facebook’s fan page. People are fed up with poor customer service and customer service departments.

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MAY 27, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The software is able to predict how interested a customer is in one’s product and when to stop, within a minute if a customer is getting angry; the computer will then suggest the representative end the call.

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APRIL 4, 2011

In real estate sales, there is a lot more to successful customer service than dealing with just customers and clients. Homes are listed in multiple listing services, and thousands upon thousands of other selling realtors are there to sell a listed home. In real estate listing is the game. Make sure your orders are clear.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. After all, CEO Tony Hsieh encourages his customer service representatives to make a Personal Emotional Connection. All of the writings are entered into an unedited book and distributed to the staff.

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Customers Rock!

AUGUST 16, 2012

Social media has pushed customer service to the forefront for many organizations. Responses are often faster in social media than they are in traditional service channels, since social media makes everything extremely visible. In my book , I talk about Killer Customer Service. Expectations.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Offer role-playing, mentoring and carefully select those employees who can resolve, address and deal with customers in a positive manner. Maximizing Social Media: Part 1 of 2 When we were kids we use to construct a “phone.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. And to accompany the super-sized quantities, the company offers and delivers unmatched customer service. And so the rewards of exceptional customer service continues to push another business to the top.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Shapiro’s organization provides research, training, and consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations on how to improve customer service. Good customer service is good for today. Having a welcomer provide good customer service wil make you return tomorrow. That’s a big difference.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. A system that makes special orders simple is a system that helps promote customer service. Possibly Related Posts: L.L.Bean ranks #1 in customer service L.L. Inventory tracking. At a local.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 8, 2017

When the pressure is on to find an impressive venue to wow your clients, or source the ideal training venue for your delegates, or book the perfect executive meeting room, it’s good to know that help is at hand. The best venue finders are experienced negotiators able to secure rates that are lower than if you booked direct.

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Allwork

JUNE 29, 2023

To further enhance the sense of belonging and boost future sales, consider incorporating the following tips inspired by customer service courses: Foster team connections : Introduce new members to your entire team, enabling them to know who to approach for specific needs or inquiries.

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Worxbee

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

What if you share a small space and one person needs to talk on the phone while the other needs quiet work time? You may want to coordinate for set quiet times so that no one books a meeting in that space. #2. Standards for customer service (if you deal with clients directly) - For example, do you use video chat?

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 20, 2010

It is also true with our customers. If we put them first in all we do – the customer service experience improves. I’l created a little booklet that offers 105 ways to put customers first. You often have to put their needs ahead of yours. So how do you start?

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Hotel Requests or Repairs: Most hotels do their best to provide good customer service, neat and fully functional sleeping rooms, efficient staff, and tasty food. Call the front desk from your hotel room phone and state your issue. Prepare: pack a good book or your MP3 player so you can entertain yourself during downtime.

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Customers Rock!

MARCH 30, 2010

The radio program is really an extension of this blog; you get to hear my voice as part of an hour-long conversation around the topics we all know and love here: customer experience, customer service, loyalty, marketing, and social media. Here is a typical customer service tweet: Does anyone know if COMPANY X has a Twitter?

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team. Dozens of times throughout the day, you refresh your phone to see if you have new emails. —David K.,

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk John’s book is full of those moments, when he talks about &# A Solution to THE Small Business Problem “, marketing. His book fills any bootstrappers heart with joy as he takes you step-by-step to developing your own marketing plan.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 28, 2010

“We compile photos and stories into a book that you can present to your aging loved one, kind of a ‘this is your life’ keepsake. The caller introduced himself as Dave Somebody. “Hi Dave, how can I help you?&# I am racking my brain. Is this a prank? Is this my brother? He continues. We find they like it a lot.&#

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Eerily, you happened to have just picked up a book two weeks prior, again, dissecting the same issue. Do you hear the ‘ Ring, Ring’ of the Get-a-Clue phone? It started with the book from Arianna Huffington, Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder. Are you hearing it?

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Make or Break Moments

DECEMBER 16, 2009

One person was behind the desk, I was no more than five feet away and talking to her when she picked up the phone and called a vendor, totally ignoring my presence. Yet, a phone call appeared to be more important than engaging me in even trivial conversation. Lesson Learned: One way to create sales is to get people into the store.

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The Marq

JUNE 7, 2010

TheMarq A Human Perspective on Business and Life Delivering Happiness Book Review Book Recommendations Tony Hsieh’s new book, Delivering Happiness , was released today. Overall, I highly recommend reading this as an inspirational and down-to-earth book about following your dreams.

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Make or Break Moments

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The purpose of your website should be to get the reader to take a predetermined action: pick up the phone, send you an email or fill out a contact form. Make sure your website is doing its part to capture the reader’s attention and get them to pick up the phone so you can do your magic.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I was reading the posts over at Small Business Trends (something I highly recommend you do) and ran across an article by Barry Moltz entitled the 10 Customer Service Trends of 2010. She’d read that this newest generation was taking on traits of their grandparents; embracing the homemade handicrafts.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 14, 2010

I belong to several; local groups with a variety of business types and industry specific groups for speakers, writers, customer service and HR professionals. We talk about CUSTOMER SERVICE but I didn’t see a group that dealt with the “relationships&# we have with customers.

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Make or Break Moments

MARCH 9, 2010

They use technology to allow service men and women to deposit checks no matter where they are stationed. They have created a company that puts the specific needs of their customers first. I was especially intrigued by what the article refers to it as their Secret Sauce.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 27, 2006

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk You need to look on your books as your very own window on the health and well being of your business. So, now you know why you need to keep books, but how do you go about it. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 20, 2010

We need to do the same thing with our customers. 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. Customer complaints are another great place to look for patterns.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 29, 2010

His phone is turned off – probably to avoid my text messages – and the silence is killing me. I changed my account and paid for premium service thinking that maybe there was a glitch in the free service. It included another customer service address to contact. So I focus on work. Except, guess what??

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 15, 2015

For example I always include the following contact details: The out of hours telephone number for the travel agent you booked through. The airline emergency and customer service numbers. If your Director has a smart phone or tablet then do make use of online city guide apps. Book your place now.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 20, 2010

Tags: connect with customers , Mashable , mobile websites Monique said, Deborah, I’m so glad you posted this article because only a few days ago a colleague and I were discussing the importance of being visible via mobile phones.

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