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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 [...]

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 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 [...]

Customer Service Metrics – Tracking What Your Customers Are Saying

Your business is booming! You are making money hand over fist and your bank is sending you love letters. Your investors are crawling over each [...]

Customer Service Managers Need to Establish & Enforce “Rules” & Eliminate Mere “Standards”

As individuals, one of the earmarks of maturing is that we’re allowed increasing latitude and discretion in how we handle ourselves and our [...]

Improving Customer Service With Mobile Point of Sale Equipment

Imagine shopping at any business that you frequent, are there things that you don’t necessarily like about the overall experience? Is there [...]