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What Makes Good Customer Service?

Success

Good customer service is vital to success. Research from Qualtrics XM Institute indicates that 76% of customers will trust a company with strong customer service. Compare that with only 40% of customers trusting a company with poor service. The Basics of Good Customer Service.

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Surprise! Your Customer Service Ain’t All That.

Tips From T. Marie

A recent article on Small Business Trends explains that although you may believe you and your business are providing excellent customer service, chances are your customers/clients aren’t exactly on the same page. Obviously, as business owners we tend to be biased about the delivery of good customer service.

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

Success

The window to make a strong first impression with a customer continues to shrink. In a study published in Psychological Science , Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov reveal that it takes only a tenth of a second to form an impression of someone when you first meet. Nail the last impression!

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We can have a dramatic impact on people’s lives with simple, small and cost-free changes

Workplace Insight

While surveys over many years have identified the commute as the thing people tend to like least about their daily working life, the commute into a major city has its own unique deprivations. The insistence on a nine o’clock start is also associated with added costs in the forms of childcare and raised blood pressure.

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Small Business in the Age of AI

Small Business Labs

and other forms of automation technology disrupting industries and destroying jobs, most small businesses see automation technology as creating opportunities for both their businesses and employees. As the study chart below shows (click to enlarge), very few (only about 6%) of the SMB's surveyed see automation technology, including A.I.,

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‘WOW’ customer service has to be reliable and consistent

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With the convenience of online browsing, the possibilities are endless, but how will our online retailers handle customer service? The customer service representative was exceptional and spent the time trying to figure out what replacement cushions would have the best result. And so the shopping begins.

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Guest Post: Ritz-Carlton Customer Service Secrets

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Recently, I sat down with Ritz-Carlton Vice President Diana Oreck to see if she could share any more secrets to the company’s customer service super sauce. ” Why is this important to customer service success and how do you train employees to recognize and act on unexpressed needs? A: We’ve got a vast list.