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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 [...]

Monitor, Measure and Manage Your Arbitrary Customer Service Reps

I walked into Ikea for the third time in two days, not to shop but to return a non-matching wood ottoman frame that I had purchased. I thought I [...]

Customer Service Representative Licensing in Florida – The 4-40 License

An insurance customer service representative in the state of Florida is someone who works under the direction and control of a licensed [...]

A Great Customer Service Cover Letter – How to Write a Cover Letter For a Job Application

How many jobs are you applying to? More than you can count, right? So you’re depending a lot on your customer service cover letter and resume. [...]

How to Measure and Control the Performance of Customer Service

Customer service is not something which will generate you a sales directly, but customer service is something that is really important for [...]

The Importance of Role-Play in Customer Service Training

Many external Customer Services Courses are theoretical, with only a little practical application to the real world of the attendee. In-house [...]

Customer Service – If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get!

I contacted a credit card issuer because I had paid off a balance yet the following month my statement showed a finance charge. After wading [...]

The Recession of 2008 Will Challenge Indifferent Customer Service

I had a college Economics professor who used to announce, with his most solemn German accent, “An occasional recession is a good thing. It creates [...]

Using Customer Service to Generate Incremental Revenue

In my experience, sales and customer service roles within most small to mid-sized organizations tend to be defined as follows… Pre-Sale: [...]