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Your future growth is not about your prices, it’s about your customer service and your people

The Small Business Blog

Today, rather than me telling more stories of how and why that could work, I thought I’d share with you the content and insights of a presentation that I came across recently from Jo Causon, the CEO of the Institute of Customer Service , that she gave at a conference in November of this year. speed of service. Why is that?

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Sending flowers and customer service

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.” It seems a popular wire service 1-800-Flowers failed to deliver bouquets for many customers creating a plethora of Twitter and Facebook complaints with the fervor of an inevitable doom. 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

.” It seems a popular wire service 1-800-Flowers failed to deliver bouquets for many customers creating a plethora of Twitter and Facebook complaints with the fervor of an inevitable doom. Only a few dissatisfied customers ever received an answer on that ominous February 14th.

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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. Twitter [link]. Provide Customer Service Even If The Service You Are Providing is No Cost. First Things First - Where You Can Find My Podcasts.

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A practical approach to dealing with customer service frustrations

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No doubt, it has been a tough week for customer service. Internal Revenue Service acting agency head, Steven T. Miller who is resigning from his post stated earlier this week: “I can say generally, we provided horrible customer service. A popular solution is to take it to social media.

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Customer service at “stake” at Morton’s Steakhouse?

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Peter Shankman is an author and frequent customer service blogger who has an impressive 100.000 Twitter followers, so the other day he used an experience to allegedly show how companies treat their good clients. I don’t eat meat.).

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TikTok Is Here to Stay—Is Your Brand Ready?

Success

Social media is mostly free to join and use, with some costs associated with marketing and paid advertising, which gives you the freedom to control how—and how often—you share your business. One platform she recommends companies cut back on is Twitter. But… it’s great for customer service and for live media.”.