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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 is so hard to attain these days due to the pigeon holing, call center type services.

Too many facilities now make you use scripted responses. They don’t allow for taking the time to qualify a customer completely and gain the client’s trust. Instead companies are too busy to time the CSR and make sure they quickly take the information and move onto the next call. With some customers that may work however I find a much better working relationship with the client by listening to their needs completely and using intellect and resources to exceed the customer’s expectations. Customers can tell when you are just sending them mind-numbing information and only call when they absolutely have to. My kind of service is to provide legendary service. Service where the customer feels they connected with someone and will let you know if there are other potential opportunities coming up that can possibly be capitalized upon. It’s all [...]

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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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Customer Service Legends – Is Nordstrom Still Nordstrom?

I was having a delightful conversation with a client the other day when she mentioned that she and her semi-rural neighbors “Think nothing [...]

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Review of Raving Fans – A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service

Shortly after I started reading this book, I had to shut up my inner critic and open myself up to the lessons. Ken Blanchard and Sheldon [...]

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Insurance Customer Service Skills & Customer Service Support – Top Insurance Clients

It is very under emphasized the importance of learning customer service skills to maintain top insurance clients. Without customer service [...]

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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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Improving Customer Service: A Role Model If You’re Already Good

You may be the leader in your industry, already well known for delivering top customer service. You may be experiencing the meaning of the [...]

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It Is the Customer Service, Stupid

Good customer service is always good business, but in an economy where greater competition for fewer dollars is fierce, it becomes an issue [...]

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