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Extraordinary customer service occurs often when the employee has to “break the rules” to do the right thing.

Quite often managers try to “program” the language of customer service into staff by having them say “Have a nice day” etc. The test comes when the customer needs something that goes against policy but the employee could make it happen. That is when there is customer advocacy not just service. Example, the nurse at Rex Hospital (Raleigh, NC) who turned off the annoying machine that went BING for 15 minutes so I could fall asleep even though the Doctor’s orders were not written to allow this. Anti customer service example. JC Penney’s Men’s department. A customer is returning a suit. He paid full price. The suits are now on sale and policy says you return it for the current price. The sale ends tomorrow. Do you…
A) return the suit for the sale price only
B) tell the customer to [...]

Great Customer Service Means Thanking Your Customers

“Thank your customers” This is one of those customer service “rules” that shouldn’t be. It shouldn’t even have to be a reminder. To thank someone [...]

Tools for Professionalism in Customer Service

Interview with Steve Coscia discussing professionalism in the HVAC and other service industries: Today we have Steve Coscia, author of [...]

Make Money at Home As a Customer Service Representative

Because of the advanced technology that is available to us, we have many options in the jobs that we take. Many of the available options will [...]

How to Receive Good Customer Service

Customer Service-people chuckle, grimace and always have some opinion about whether or not it’s available anymore. Some have even mentioned that [...]

Customer Service -Take Your Fear of The Competition & Turn It Around to Generate Incredible Results

With many retailers fearing the economic impact of the “Big Box” stores, some small business owners have leveraged the advertising dollars of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]