Delivering Great Customer Service
The goal for delivering great customer service starts with delivering a service-oriented attitude that is genuine.
7 Ways of Getting Your Customers to Say ‘Wow’!
Just imagine. You have walked out of a shop or put down the phone after purchasing something and your immediate reaction is “Wow!” Wouldn’t it be great if you could get your customers to feel the same way about dealing with you?
How to Conduct Business to Business Customer Satisfaction Surveys
The basic concept of business-to-business CRM is often described as allowing the larger business to be as responsive to the needs of its customer as a small business. In this detailed, step by step plan, John Coldwell shows how businesses large and small can identify those needs.
Tips for Implementing a Call Center Quality Monitoring Solution
Do you need to know how to measure you call center’s performance? Here are ten top tips that could help you.
You Made a Mistake, Now I am Your Biggest Fan
People are telling stories about you and your business. What kind of stories are they telling? View every customer problem as an opportunity to produce a cheerleader for your business. Turn your potential nightmare into a great story. Do the right thing.
Quality Customer Service – A Philosophical View
Consistently giving quality service to your customers can help you bring value and meaning to your life. It will even bring you happiness, fulfilment, joy and success. Sounds too good to be true? Read on.
Keeping Your Cool When the Customer Gets Hot
A day in the life of a customer service professional can be filled with joy and satisfaction or it can be frustrating and stressful. When things go wrong, some people lose control.
Customer Service Is King
Do you know the one thing that can make or break your business faster than anything else? If you said Customer Service – give yourself a prize.
Putting The “Service” Back In “Customer Service”
The future of customer service is here. Technology has made seeking out support faster and easier than ever. But, has your digital age company sacrificed true service in the name of automation?
Why Customer Efforts Fail – Signs to Look for and Avoid
If you have tried repeatedly to get a focus on customers, customer loyalty and customer profitability inside your organization with less than stellar results, you’re far from alone.
Dealing with Disgruntled Customers
Unhappy customers who receive satisfaction can become your biggest allies. Learn how to deal with disgruntled customers in this article.
Hiring Customer Service Representatives that are a Perfect Fit
Learn how to see past the smiles and polish to truly know this employee will perform well as a CSR.
Handling Challenging Situations with a Customer-Focused Mindset
Customer service often means dealing with angry, frustrated, or rude customers. Let’s examine the specific steps of the Five-Step Process for handling these customers.
Are You a Customer Centric Organization?
Most companies think they are customer centric. After all, don’t companies hire nice people, and provide them some training? So what’s the problem?
Blocks to Customer Focus
Despite all the proclamations, catchy advertising slogans, and customer service publicity, service levels have improved only marginally in the last few years. Learn more about the blocks to customer focus.
How to Amplify the Voice of the Customer
Actively pursuing Voice of the Customer feedback generates genuine business intelligence. Read on to learn how to amplify the voice of the customer.
Action Ideas to Deal with Difficult Customers
When was the last time you had to deal with a difficult customer? It was probably an external customer but perhaps it was an internal customer, such as a member of your team, a colleague or even – your boss!
Customer Satisfaction Isn’t Enough Any More
Standards have gone up – and 90% customer satisfaction simply isn’t enough any more. You have to go far beyond simple satisfaction to build follow-up and referral business, and profitability.
Managing Customer Contacts
You work extremely hard to attract customers for your business. Once you have them, managing your customer contacts can help you keep them from jumping to competitors.