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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 [...]

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, [...]

Extraordinary Customer Service to me means leaving the customer with a feeling after that point of contact thinking to themselves, “I will model all future opinions of exceptional customer services after this experience.”

Extraordinary Customer Service to me means leaving the customer with a feeling after that point of contact thinking to themselves, “I will model all future opinions of exceptional customer services after this experience.”

Basically, are you setting an example for your business, your particular service or product(s), or yourself that everyone around you can admire?

Are you taking ownership of that particular interaction, whether it’s your own company or one you “just” work for?

The above questions, if answered correctly, will set a ground point for Extraordinary Customer Service.

1. Take ownership of the interaction
2. Take pride in the interaction
3. Always thank the customer for their time, business AND ask them to come back.

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aiyanarose: THIS IS EXTREMELY BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE TMOBILE!! IM ABOUT 2 TAKE MY BUSINESS SOMEWHERE ELSE THIS IS RIDICOUS

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jbernoff: @shelisrael Interesting what you say about Twitter being a comm too. Is Twitter really best for marketing, or for customer service? #tville

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