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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, what does this mean to me?

Well, I could certainly share more than 1 occasion in which the service was so terrible it seemed almost personal, and I chirped off to the competition and that was that. I have to agree with Jim that a good example is sooo hard to find. So, I’ve started to take this approach – and, if you’re creative enough at the time, you may enjoy it too… I reward the extraordinary services even more by going that extra step as a customer. I call over a supervisor if out somewhere, ask for a contact name/number/email in which I can share what a great experience I just had with so-so doing such-such, or leave a bigger tip, a more detailed comment card. Whatever I can do to share how I feel after being served by them. Since I’ve been doing this, [...]

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Customer Service is Like Dating – At Least the Rules Are the Same!

The most important ingredient in the recipe for success is your customer — without the customer there is no retail business. Consumers are [...]

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Customer Service – Three Examples of Outstanding 800-Number Customer Service

Okay, show of hands. How many of you just absolutely, positively love calling those 800 customer service numbers? Hmmm. Don’t see many digits [...]

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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 [...]

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Make Money Providing Outstanding Customer Service

Retailers are having it hard in these global recession times.  Obviously something has to be done to bring in the customers and the answer [...]

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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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Customer Service Surveys- Your Performance Grade Card

If you really want to know how your customers perceive your retail store’s customer service, there’s only one way to find out. And it’s really [...]

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Improving Customer Service: A Role Model If You’re Already Good

You may be the leader in your industry, already well known for delivering top customer service. You may be experiencing the meaning of the [...]

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