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As a cutting edge Service Framework Company, The Art of Service is leading the way in providing high end, client focused Books, Toolkits and online and classroom Education Programs. We've served over 800 corporate clients and 500,000 individual clients and students in 87% of the world's countries. A recognized leader in the Service Management community, The Art of Service has quickly become the Specialist- and Manager’s Educator of Choice.

Extraordinary Customer Service, what does this mean to me?

Well, I could certainly share more than 1 occasion in which the service was so terrible it seemed almost personal, and I chirped off to the competition and that was that. I have to agree with Jim that a good example is sooo hard to find. So, I’ve started to take this approach – and, if you’re creative enough at the time, you may enjoy it too… I reward the extraordinary services even more by going that extra step as a customer. I call over a supervisor if out somewhere, ask for a contact name/number/email in which I can share what a great experience I just had with so-so doing such-such, or leave a bigger tip, a more detailed comment card. Whatever I can do to share how I feel after being served by them. Since I’ve been doing this, [...]

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Customer Service in Reverse

Today a client from one of the major consultancy companies had an issue with one of our products – he wasn’t able to download the product link from where he was.

What amazes me is how brainwashed big consultancy-staff is in thinking they’re always right.

The download link was fine – the issue was clearly a local one, a firewall, a local setting, one of many easy to solve ones by having us send the download link to a personal email address and then downloading it from home, without the hassles of a corporate firewall network blocking it.

Kindly have it sent and confirm. This is very urgent. I am a bit surprised that all other websites and links open up . Pls cross check and revert with a permanent solution

What disturbs me, is the one track solution mind – “a and b [...]

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Some Philosophy on Customer Service For You Today

Before you act as if you know all there is about customer service, perhaps you might take in a bit of strategy, psychology and philosophy in the [...]

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6 Skills For Customer Service Success

When a customer service representative can be the only personal face for an entire company, it is important to make sure that the person reflects [...]

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Client Rewards – Con-Man Exploits Customer Service Policies

I was speaking to a lawyer about my recent appearances on CNBC, addressing customer service issues, and satisfaction guarantees came up as a topic. [...]

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Better Customer Service Through Effective Time Management

Being able to manage and prioritize is an important skill when servicing customers. Planning events, activities, and tasks on a yearly, [...]

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Query Scorecards Improve Company Customer Service

The success of business is often attributed to the quality of customer service it provides its current and potential customers. People always [...]

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How I Handle Customer Service In 10 Minutes Per Day

While attending a recent seminar in Las Vegas, I found myself in a room with horrible Internet connectivity. As someone who actively monitors [...]

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Consumer Loyalty, Customer Service, and Branding Perspectives Considered

Well, you can certainly ask a branding expert or PR consultant how things are out there, they’ll tell you; “rough” as during the recession there [...]

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Customer Service Leads to Customer Loyalty

All customers want and expect superior customer service, and it is all too important that we give it to them. Otherwise, our competition will. [...]

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