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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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Cinch.fm Audio Service Shuts Down - Lessons We Can Learn on Customer Service & Not Counting on One Platform

Stephanie LH Calahan

Friday night I learned that one of my favorite pod-casting sites, Cinch.fm , was shutting down.    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].   The news hit me like a lead brick. 

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Personalize your customer service

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Everyone wants to be treated as an individual with their own specific needs catered to; in the perfect world that’s the epitome of “wow” customer service. Of course whether we use one company or service over another usually stems from past reputation, helpfulness, integrity, or a friendly referral.

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TikTok Is Here to Stay—Is Your Brand Ready?

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It just clicked, and I understood that Gen Z and millennials were learning differently… At the company I left to pursue this, [the younger employees] didn’t do traditional learning. They did learning snacks, short snippets.”. One platform she recommends companies cut back on is Twitter. Learn the Mechanics.

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Can personal customer service survive in a digital world?

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The fast paced world of Twitter, Facebook, and Yelp combined with the technological advances of smart phones, interactive websites, and emails enable millions of users to make better informed decisions than ever before possible. Treat the customer with respect. Your call is very important to us.) Your call is very important to us.)

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Book Review: The Customer Service Survival Kit

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The Customer Service Survival Kit was written by Richard S. Gallagher, a practicing psychotherapist and the author of many customer service books who has trained over 20,000 people on how to handle the most daunting situations with customers while improving their confidence and an organization’s customer relations.

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Think, think, think about improving customer service

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Customer service should be a priority if organizations expect to expand their businesses with new customers while still retaining their current loyal clientele. Nowadays customers have the Internet at their fingertips – plenty of other places to go in hardly a nanosecond. What do people look for when they shop?