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Is Customer Service A Thing Of The Past?
The economy is bad and companies are losing money left and right. Wouldn’t you think one of their top priorities would be amazing customer service? Customer service is a means for a company to stand out and encourage people to buy from them instead of their competitors.
Social Media #2 - Knowing What They're Saying
Part 2 in a social media tutorial
CES 2010 – Look Good, Act Assured, Play Loud
It is so easy to get swept up in the excitement, the presentations of CES. This year was no exception because there was an event-wide feeling that things are improving and that the PC, CE, communications industry has not only rebounded but is set for a number of years of solid growth. Watch the presentations and it is almost easy to believe that the world really does evolve around us. There are still challenges mixed in with the opportunities. There are sound ideas and products amidst the noise and sometimes it is difficult to see which products and product categories will be immediate hits and which will take months (or longer) to gain traction. We looked at them all and give you a different look at which will rise to the top...and when. It's still Shapiro's Greatest Show on Earth.

How can HR assist in the current market conditions?
Your HR department now needs to readdress it’s priorities and focus on building a sustainable plan to assist the business and its people through such difficult market conditions without adding costs and of course where ever possible reducing costs. A simple 5 point plan such as this will help.

Evaluating yourself through Questioning to Clarity
You can have everything you want, you just need to know what is is. The evaluation below is designed to clarify your life and action to move to the place where you want to be. Definition is clarity.

Customer Service Made Easy
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.

Top 5 Tips For Good Customer Service
Even the best business ideas fail because they lack in the area of customer service. Customer service is the backbone and starting point for any successful business. How do businesses succeed?
Do You Put Your Customers First?
Customer centricity - being customer centric - seems to be one of the buzz words again in business circles. Being truly customer centric means looking at your business from your customers' perspective. But what does it mean & is it worth it?

Customer Service - again
Great customer service ought to be the norm - but all too often it is the exception. In this article Doug Long uses two recent Australian experiences to discuss the issue of customer service.

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“BUILDING UP OR SELECTIVELY DEMOLISHING AN IMAGE \"
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.

“The State of Customer Service or Disservice in The U.S. – Awesome, Adequate or Abysmal? “
Many companies are touting world class, first class, and/or high quality customer service today. However, as a strategic thinking business coach, I wonder about the true state of customer service in the U.S. What is the real level of customer service being delivered – is it Awesome, Adequate or Abysmal? So, what is the “state of customer service” in the U.S.? I found a source of information to help answer that question in survey results released by Accenture, the giant consulting firm. Some highlights from the Fall, 2006 results include:

Customer Service Made Easy
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.

Motivate Your Customer Service Team for Outstanding Customer Service: Six Secrets of Customer Service Motivation
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.
Heart of Marketing by Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski
Customer service and really good customer service seems to be a thing of the past in many businesses. When I was growing up - my grandfather reinforced the importance of stellar customer service to me and that lesson has served me very well of the last two decades. This book explains how to put "heart" back into our businesses and our marketing.
Would you get A Tattoo of the General Motors’ Logo?
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.

Why you should stop trying to delight your customers
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...
The Significance of Customer Service
The quality of a business’ customer service to its customers is one of the most visible and significant aspects of organisational performance. Many organisations however find customer service to be one of the most challenging and neglected areas of management. Gary discusses in this article the significance that customer service has to the success of a business.
Are You A Good Customer?
There are great books on the market about customer service: Raving Fans, Contagious Customer Service and Exceeding Customer Expectations. All good books, however, none address a core issue required for receiving great customer service from vendors and suppliers: be a good customer.

Five Attributes that Lead to Exceptional Customer Service
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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