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Take lessons from the leaders in customer service

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There is no relaxing elevator music where I can work until an agent answers; instead I’m forced to listen to a litany of advertisements offering me more services that might very well call me back to this same maze of customer service mediocrity. So what makes Zappos.com a leader in customer service?

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I’m telling my friends about the bad customer service

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At the time and day this poor service happens we are angry, and we vow the moment we get home we will get a letter out to the CEO of the company and reiterate the miserable events of either our last purchase or service. Still imagine all the damage this entire bad customer service experience has had on the business.

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Self Defense for Admins

The Office Professionals Place

Here are 6 skills you need to acquire to protect yourself against the office warfare. Soft Skills Soft skills include being able to handle customer service issues and basic, appropriate, and effective interaction with co-workers, clients and customers, and management. You have to hear and understand people.

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Grow Your Business With These Eight Processes Every Business Should Have

Stephanie LH Calahan

  An employee policy manual and job descriptions are a great place to start.   Some business owners don't leverage the choices well, while others go out and purchase the latest gadget without a plan for how it fits into the business.    7 - Customer/Client Service. 5 - Technology.

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Smart Business Start-Up | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Many politicians will have you believe that the current up-rise in personal and small business activity is due to their policies, that is b s *, it is due to the greatest platform for entrepreneurial activity to date – the internet and related technologies. Anyone between the ages of 13 (apparently) and 81 (?)

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Social marketing 101: respond to your customers about social issues too

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As we live in a technologically advancing world where even seven-year-old children carry smart phones, social consciousness becomes a major factor when building brand loyalty and increasing the number of new customers referred by existing customers.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I guess it depends on the circumstances and size/importance of the purchase. Keep in mind that the article discusses the initial conditions required to be in place for a first-time purchase. Liking the author doesn’t factor into that first purchase anywhere. Trust before like, in all initial purchases and sales.

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