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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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Customer Service – Three Examples of Outstanding 800-Number Customer Service

Okay, show of hands. How many of you just absolutely, positively love calling those 800 customer service numbers? Hmmm. Don’t see many digits [...]

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Customer Service – The Disney Way

We had been there a number of times. Ever since our first trip there in 1980 – quite an adventure at that time when travelling from the UK. On [...]

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10 Steps to World-Class Customer Service

Because the business world is presently entrenched in a too-many-suppliers-chasing-too-few-spending-customers death spiral, there has been [...]

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How Your Company’s Bottom Line is Directly Tied to Customer Service Satisfaction

Did you know that you could measure your company’s value by your customer service? Researchers discovered that regardless if your customer service [...]

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Customers Got You Mad? Combine Customer Service and Satisfaction – Don’t React – Respond

What is the best course of action when handling a situation with an angry or upset customer? Just breathe. Sounds too simple? Well, it really [...]

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Why Great Customer Service is So Critical For a Virtual Assistant

Customer service is a powerful differentiator that can set a virtual assistant apart from her competitors. This translates directly into more [...]

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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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4 Tips Toward Overcoming Bad Customer Service

Customer service is the pits, you say. You are not alone. One of the biggest gripes from consumers today is the poor service they receive at the [...]

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