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How To Handle Disgruntled Customers
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| In any business situation, it is never easy to please every customer. Even with a mass-selling product and a great team of customer service individuals, you will always encounter one customer whom you cannot please. |
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“BUILDING UP OR SELECTIVELY DEMOLISHING AN IMAGE \"
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| Is your customer service building up a positive image for you as a builder or is it selectively demolishing your image? Do you simply talk about good customer service or do you provide and promote a daily customer service commitment? And is customer service really important to individual builders and the entire building industry? The answers are crucial to you specifically as a builder and to the building industry, in general. |
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Customer Service Made Easy
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| There is a mystery around customer service. Most consumers think that customer service has gone downhill. Most businesspeople think that their customer service is good. How can this be possible?
If you can solve this puzzle then you are well on your way to delivering great customer service. |
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Motivate Your Customer Service Team for Outstanding Customer Service: Six Secrets of Customer Service Motivation
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| Providing outstanding customer service is one of the most rewarding yet challenging activities within your organization. Exceptional organizations that provide outstanding customer service will experience the following benefits:
* Increased customer satisfaction
* Increased revenues
* Increased repeat and referral customer traffic
* Less employee turnover
* Increased profits
So how do we support and motivate our customer service team to give outstanding customer service? The following are six secrets to motivate your customer service team to give exceptional customer service to your customers. |
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8 Tips for Successfully Handling Customer Complaints
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| Everyone has heard the adage, “The customer is always right.” And while there are times that this idea can really be put to the test, quality customer service is something that every business, no matter what industry, should aspire to possess. Addressing customer complaints is a key part of nailing down that sterling customer service image. Customer complaints can actually benefit your business, as it gives you a clear idea of what areas need improvement and provides you with direct feedback from your clients. Deftly handling customer complaints can build you a strong and loyal client base; disregarding them can result in nothing but lost sales and a poor brand image.
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8 Tips for Successfully Handling Customer Complaints
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| Everyone has heard the adage, “The customer is always right.” And while there are times that this idea can really be put to the test, quality customer service is something that every business, no matter what industry, should aspire to possess. Addressing customer complaints is a key part of nailing down that sterling customer service image, and customer complaints can actually benefit your business, as it gives you a clear idea of what areas need improvement. Follow these tips to smoothly handle complaints professionally and with ease. |
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Would you get A Tattoo of the General Motors’ Logo?
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| When was the last time you were really excited about the customer service you received? A recent survey showed that 44% of people rate the customer service they usually receive as dull and bland.
Most customer service experiences are, well ok, and we unusually come away somewhat satisfied from the experience. This is all well and good, but most of your competitors are already doing this. To stand out from the competition you need to demonstrate customer service on a dramatically different level: service that is anything but bland and dull! Think Disney, Harley Davidson, or Apple.
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Why you should stop trying to delight your customers
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| Delighting customers does not build loyalty. Reducing customers’ effort does.
These were the findings from a large customer service survey conducted by the Customer Contact Council (CCC), and featured in the July edition of the Harvard Business Review. The survey’s aim was to get answers to three questions:
1. How important is customer service to loyalty?
2. Which customer service activities increase loyalty, and which don’t?
3. Can companies increase loyalty without raising their customer service operating costs?
After conducting structured interviews with customer service leaders and a study of more than 75,000 customers, the CCC uncovered three findings... |
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Answering Service Customer Service Agents
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| In the answering service industry, the operators are also customer service agents.
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How to Hire Customer Service Stars
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| What are some tips to ensure I’ll hire the best customer service people?” That was the question the golf course owner asked me when she was about to begin hiring for another season. I don’t profess to be an expert in running a golf course, but when I speak at conferences about customer service, I’ll occasionally also facilitate an exchange of best practices among industry leaders. Here’s a compilation of their top tips, which apply to any industry on how to hire customer service stars. |
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Five Attributes that Lead to Exceptional Customer Service
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| As a business owner, I have developed a keen sense of the attributes of people who are highly motivated as well as those qualities that lead to counter productive behavior. Regardless of the industry, customer service is key to the success of your business. Unfortunately, there are many examples of people whose poor customer service has been memorable: people who have left us on hold and forgotten about us, waitresses who never return to our table, the customer service person who leaves us on the phone for several minutes. We all have experienced poor customer service at some level.
This article illustrates how Five Attributes Can Lead to Exceptional Customer Service. I refer to them as the PAULA(sm) Customer Service Success Program.
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