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Customer Service in Reverse

Today a client from one of the major consultancy companies had an issue with one of our products – he wasn’t able to download the product link from where he was.

What amazes me is how brainwashed big consultancy-staff is in thinking they’re always right.

The download link was fine – the issue was clearly a local one, a firewall, a local setting, one of many easy to solve ones by having us send the download link to a personal email address and then downloading it from home, without the hassles of a corporate firewall network blocking it.

Kindly have it sent and confirm. This is very urgent. I am a bit surprised that all other websites and links open up . Pls cross check and revert with a permanent solution

What disturbs me, is the one track solution mind – “a and b [...]

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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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What Would a Customer Service Professional Do? They Are Excellent Question Askers Not Person Tellers

A Professional is an excellent question asker and not a person teller. This is the the heart of Customer Service. If you have been following [...]

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Basic Restaurant Customer Service Do’s and Dont’s

Once you have started out on a new restaurant venture, luring many customers isn’t too difficult, but in order to ensure that your business [...]

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Excellent Customer Service – The Greatest Bellmen I Ever Met

In my current role as a consultant and trainer, I travel quite regularly, and am able to experience service at some of the finest hotels in the [...]

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People Skills – The Customer in Customer Service

I had a little fright this afternoon. I opened my wallet and that little slit of leather that holds my Visa card was pressing leather on leather. [...]

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The Rules For a Good Customer Service Ratio

Your company may be profitable today but that does not mean that it will go on like that perpetually. The most important part of your business [...]

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For Web Design and Development Businesses Exceptional Customer Service Is the Name of the Game

If you as a small business owner have a web site and need to deal on a regular basis with a web hosting provider, web development company or a [...]

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8 Golden Rules For 5 Star Customer Service

1. Your approach to selling Most people sell to make money, which makes absolute sense and certainly helps the bank balance. But in order to [...]

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