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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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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

ProAssisting Blog

GetHuman.com is a website that lists thousands of companies along with their various customer service numbers WITH instructions on how to avoid those automated messages and get to a real human! Just another use of technology to bypass a level of technology that drives me batty. Share it with others.

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

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. You need real connections to develop lasting relationships with your customers. Do your homework.

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Here’s How Chatbots Disrupt the Interview Process

Allwork

Have you ever interacted with a chatbot for customer service and found it frustrating? This is to the extent that phone chatbots like Siri and Google’s AI are measured with IQ. Do you have an advanced degree?

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How to Choose the Best Phone Answering Service for Your eCommerce Business

Small Business CEO

Poor service costs companies billions of dollars every year. When it comes to phone service in an ecommerce business, the level needs to be top-notch. Disappoint or downright annoy a prospect calling you from the other side of the interwebs, and you’ll never get another chance to get their business.

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Be Positive About Your Customer Service Issues

Professional Assistant Blog

Then you finally do reach a live person and you are so fed up with all of the time wasted, that you start fuming towards the person on the other end of the phone. Imagine how much more receptive the customer service representative would be if you tried to deal with your issue in a more positive manner. How would you feel?

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When businesses decide to neglect customer service

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Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn no longer maintain call centers claiming the costs are too high. Do these powerful organizations therefore view customer service as an operational cost rather than a marketing investment? The quality of customer service paves the way for loyalty, revenue and happy shareholders.