The Customer Is Not Always Right!

The customer is right

The guiding principle behind good customer service is usually summed up in this phrase – ‘The customer is always right.’ But if you’ve ever handled customer service issues before, you know this isn’t exactly true.

Telephone Customer Service

Good customer service is key

In today’s high-tech world, the one communication tool that remains a constant is the telephone. Here are my top 12 tips for telephone customer service.

How to Score Customer Loyalty Surveys

Customer Feedback Survey List

This article discusses the development of an internal scoring index that can be used by survey companies administering customer satisfaction surveys, customer loyalty surveys, or surveys that measure both satisfaction and loyalty..

6 Ways to Link Quality Improvement to Customer Service

Quality improvement

Based on ASQ’s Global State of Quality Research: Discoveries 2013, Customer Service Managers can enhance the pay-off of corporate quality initiatives by providing Voice of the Customer, revenue and word of mouth impact estimates and proactive customer education services..

Social Media Makes Banking Social Again

social media in banking

With bank branches closing each week, “Banking is no longer a place you go, it’s simply something you do.” Retail banking has had to evolve considerably over the last few decades. Banks used to have it relatively easy – customers were loyal, local and trusting and kept the same bank account for their whole life. … Read more