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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 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 [...]

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The Merits of Inbound Customer Service Outsourcing

Any organization, big or small, that is involved in selling products and services, should seriously consider having an inbound call center service [...]

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Four Ways to Provide Customer Service on the Way Out

If your company is really about customer service, you do not want to stop providing service to customers just because they decide not to do [...]

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Service with a Smile – Customer Service Advice for Small Businesses

Do you remember the days of “service with a smile” and “the customer is always right”? The days when companies went out of their way to [...]

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Customer Service – Oh My Gosh, a Real Person!

Have you ever called a customer service number for a company and had to go through multiple numbers before you could actually talk to someone? [...]

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Customer Service Gets a Tune Up With Answering Services

Providing fast, friendly, and efficient customer service is a tough job for any business, but when budgets are tight, it’s an even bigger [...]

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How to Flop at Customer Service 101

Class, today we will review the syllabus for this freshman level class, “How to Flop at Customer Service 101.” For today’s overview, you need [...]

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