Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. According to The Australian , the company now plans to spend $100 million over the next four years to improve their customer service.

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Make or Break Moments

JUNE 15, 2010

He went through 16 hours of unpaid training and had to purchase the sales kit prior to making any money so he is invested in the process. He’s just following the sales pitch; thrilled when anyone makes a purchase. What the customer wanted was irrelevant. It is quite an experience. At least financially.

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Make or Break Moments

JUNE 9, 2010

I went to Levin because they had a 50% off sale and if you purchased on the weekend, it was free delivery. I’ve bought furniture there before – a dining room set, some end tables, and I’ve been happy with the purchase. That’s him sitting in the new chair. He’s 19. I asked for Chuck and he remembered me.

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Make or Break Moments

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The sales associate greeted us with a smile, a basket to gather our purchases and the knowledge that you can get a pair of earrings free with the purchase of two other pair. My daughter finally made her selections and I retrieve my checkbook only to discover that I can only write the check for up to $40 of the purchase.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 11, 2010

“Oh yes, it was a great experience.&# “What made it so great?&# “I’m not sure, but I just felt good about my purchase.&# How do you make your customers feel? It was Maya’s 70+ birthday and Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older. ’ How true is that? . we might ask them.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

“They are looking to learn how to make or purchase things made especially for them,&# she said. 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. Enjoyed the read!

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Make or Break Moments

JUNE 4, 2010

So have your purchased your name as a URL? It was almost free. I set up a Wordpress.com blog and with the exception of the $9.95 at Name Cheap to buy my name, it just cost me the time it took to put it together. What have you done with it? Share your examples here. I’d love any suggestions for how to make the site better.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 20, 2010

During his final year of baseball with the Cincinnati Reds I attended all of the home games, purchasing a bleacher ticket and sneaking my way down to the seats behind home plate. I once dated Johnny Bench. Now “dated&# is a relative term. I’d come early to watch the warm ups and stay for the game.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 9, 2010

saw an opportunity to help business owners by purchasing and maintaining the mainframe and allowing businesses to have Jim’s business do the computer work. is celebrating their 35th year in business. is celebrating their 35th year in business. Jim Rutledge, Sr.

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Customers Rock!

JANUARY 24, 2012

However, the fact that social media is a web-based activity gives companies (especially those in the Business to Consumer space) the opportunity to measure actual product purchases coming from social media. Per social media manager Rachel Gross (shared in an interview I did with her for my book , p. Measuring the gains.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 7, 2010

I learned today from CustServ that the cost of lost customers equals 338.5 Further investigation from CustServ’s blog led me to the article from Genesys that shares the details of the customer service survey of 16 countries. What can you do to turn prospects into customers. BILLION a year !

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 11, 2010

I have been going and doing my weight training three times a week and the cardio bike thing ever since. As a customer – it isn’t my speciality, so I don’t question, I just continue on. As a customer – I’m excited. No change. No change in the routine. I think I should be afraid; very afraid.

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Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 9, 2010

She remembered her customers – knew what they liked. She hollered out one day a couple months ago “Deb – the hoola hoops that you wanted just came in – they are on aisle two.&# I had mentioned wanting to purchase a bunch of hoola hoops for another friend of mine LAST FALL and yet she remembered.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 25, 2010

As was my practice during my visit, I kept an open ear to the customer conversations to see how the customers were treated and to critique the sales conversation. Were they suggesting a second pair purchase? The owner clearly doesn’t care about this store or these customers. We get paid either way.&#

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Make or Break Moments

JUNE 4, 2010

Ever since his book Tribes came out and he invited the hale and hearty to purchase his book sight unseen two months before publication and join his TRIIIBES ning and band together – I have been a fan. On June 14, 2010 at 8pm est – Linchpins around the globe will unite to share, network, connect and collaborate.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 29, 2010

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. This is my first time using their service and could have been a long and mutually beneficial relationship as I am now using their premium service.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 20, 2010

Isn’t the goal to make it easy for our customers/prospects to do business with us? If more and more use mobile devices to research, connect and purchase then shouldn’t that mean that our priorities need to shift when it comes to developing a mobile version of our website? You Betcha! So what is the first step?

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives What creates customer loyalty? The customer retains that brand loyalty and re-purchases or re-uses that product or service.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Yesterday I purchased dog food from Petco ; hence a receipt offering me $2.00 Can this technology even understand some of the subtle nuances that could make a difference to clients and customers in selective companies?

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Ford claims that going to a dealer for work outside of the new warranty period may initially present as being more expensive, however in the long run the dealers have better processes, training, and parts as to Ford products.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. I also purchase everything from tissues to sunscreen lotions. I was purchasing shirts for my son at Gap last week, and the cashier asked me if I wanted to open a Gap credit card. What about me?

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Service Untitled

JUNE 22, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Using a simple, quick customer survey can show us how our staff meets commitments, how flexible they are as well as their working knowledge, and surveys are easily adaptable to a company’s own needs.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 14, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Nordstrom “note&# which can be used for any Nordstrom store including online purchases as well as the use at all Nordstrom outlets. Homebuyer tax credit provides customer service opportunities The U.S.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. If for any reason your purchase does not give you complete satisfaction, the full purchase price will be cheerfully refunded immediately upon request.&# The stores are uncluttered, well-stocked and clean.

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Service Untitled

MAY 12, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Customer satisfaction programs don’t have to be confusing; rather the basic premise of little things making a huge difference is universal when dealing with consumers. Don’t argue with customers.

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Service Untitled

JULY 30, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. All it took was my phone number and email address, and I would earn money back on all of my purchases. Customer loyalty programs are showing up everywhere. Why does Petco do it?

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 15, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Whenever she buys a pair of shoes, she never takes the shoe box home with her because she makes a mad rush to her closet and hides the purchases from her husband (he always complains she buys too many pairs of shoes).

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. When the power in the store failed, the staff told the customers to leave. Does customer service apply to a freakish situation like this? In a Manhasset store, lights went out during a freak storm.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Now we have progressed to a Social Customer Relationship Management (Social CRM) which takes us from the original CRM and now adds new communication channels via the social web to concentrate on better customer relationships.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 12, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. photo credit: ThreadedThoughts Possibly Related Posts: Customer loyalty and the practical consumer Today’s economy shows that money defines customer loyalty.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Bottomline : The book is unpretentious, inspirational, and offers excellent advice about the importance of customer service. Interested : You can purchase this book from Amazon.com for $19.77 in Kindle format.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 2, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Customers overwhelmingly asked for easy ways to find what they were looking for at any visit. Leave competition behind with excellent customer service If you have ever been overwhelmed in the wine section.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 16, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The company doesn’t want to bother doing whatever for whatever the relatively low price point they set is, so they implement a minimum service charge. Customer service is one of the many topics.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Your value proposition is “a promise of value to be delivered ,” says Peep Laja, founder of marketing training firm, CXL. Any less and you attract too many needy customers. More, and they will expect white-glove customer service. Or a service? Or maybe you want to set up an e-commerce store to sell your services?

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

As I mentioned in my CNBC interview last week , these high interest rates take all the profit margin out of the business that can be done out there. Who the hell made Sugar a Lord anyway any why? Sugar certainly is the icing on the government’s cake of incompetence, if nothing else, IMO. -ST.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 24, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. and after a quick email exchange, John was nice enough to agree to an interview. Here’s the interview with John. Customer service must go above and beyond what the end-user might expect.

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Make or Break Moments

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

I found an article written by Alain Thys that was published in 2007 that says it best: It’s funny that when discussing Customer Delight, most people start talking about customer service. Customer service is what companies do to their customers. Think about the relationships you have in your life.

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