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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.

Customer Service is Like Dating – At Least the Rules Are the Same!

The most important ingredient in the recipe for success is your customer — without the customer there is no retail business. Consumers are [...]

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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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To Improve Customer Service Capabilities, “Perception Deficits” Must Be Eliminated

I was called in to consult for a major insurance company that faced a conundrum. The sales team was losing one major client after the next because [...]

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Should “We can’t” ever be OK for Customer Service to say when it is just a matter of their convenience?

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Should “We can’t” ever be OK for Customer Service to say when it is just a matter of their convenience?

I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Customer Service with one of our suppliers. Their on line order system screwed up and transfered the order to the wrong warehouse. It would mean that an order we had very carefully placed to be shipped out of a local warehouse, which would arrive next day without extremely high shipping charges, would arrive next week. When I called their Customer Support dept, I was told the only thing THEY could do is to bill our Card again and [...]

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