Customer Service Information

Customer Service Information

Take Care of Yourself Before You Take Care of Your Customer


One of the most important questions people ask when they are focused on improving their quantity and quality of business is: "What is my competitive advantage?    What makes me unique, memorable, special? what truly sets me apart from the rest?" While there are no definitively right answers to that question, most people come to some conclusion that customer service is a critical component of your competitive advantage.  For most businesses, the service they offer can vary from exceptional to not so hot, depending upon circumstances.

You Bever Know Who Youre Serving


You Never Know Who You're Serving when customers turn irate.I think of myself as a reasonable person.

Clients... and 38 ways to communicate with them


As Alan Weiss (guru to the savvy consultant) says: "It is actually difficult to contact clients too much. It is easy to fail to contact them frequently enough.

Customer Service - A Lost Art?


Is customer service a lost art? Before you answer that question, take a moment and think about the last few times you have gone shopping or out to dinner. Okay, now that you have really thought about it, is your answer any different? Why is it that when we actually DO receive excellent customer service that it makes such an impression on us that we usually choose to go back? Why - because the occurrences are so few and far between!!! As a home business owner, it is imperative to my business that customer service is ALWAYS a top priority.

Is your Online Business Customer-Friendly?


Customer service is increasingly seen as one of the most valuable uses for a commercial World Wide Web site.  Your Web site is available on a 24 hour, seven days a week basis.

Customer Service A Chickens Way


Anyone who knows me knows my favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-A. Aside from the fact their chicken is especially good and I can always get sweet tea, I have a valuable business reason for eating there - they serve up amazing customer service.

Make An Action Plan To Improve Customer Service


Customer Service is a critical factor for keeping your clients coming back and ensuring they'll refer you to others. Growing your business will be a difficult task at best if you don't perform, meet and exceed your client's expectations, and provide service that creates customers for life.

Losing Angry Customers


This article offers five ways to help you deal with angry customers. While the goal of all businesses is to have only happy customers, we also have to be realistic and realize sometimes we are going to anger a customer.

Create Win-Win Deals With Your Competitors


In the competitive world of the 20th century, we generally viewed competitors as the enemy. And a competitor was anyone who sold to the same target audience as us - even if they sold a different item.

Making The Most Of Newsletters


Newsletters can be wonderful tools for communicating with your customers or prospects. Because of their format, they're often infused with more credibility than traditional brochures.

Customer Service Tips for Mail Order Businesses


Can we be too good to our customers? No way! Our customers are the backbone of our business! They're right no matter what! But I'm sorry to disagree with you. As small, honest and legitimate businesses - we have a tendency to place our product quality above money.

Becoming A Solution To Your Customers Problems


Those of us in home based and small businesses are in effect selling our product. So becoming an effective salesperson is very important.

Cultivating the Trust Factor


In today's highly competitive economy, it is difficult to maintain a significant market advantage based on your professional skills alone. Developing a trusting relationship with your clients is key to your success.

The 7 Principles of Business Integrity


If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

Breaking the Ice and Winning Over the Client!


Wherever you turn these days you'll find articles covering every business strategy and tactic available to man, from how to make a great presentation to strategies for success all the way to negotiations and prospecting and getting a client to commit. But hardly anyone touches on the subject of breaking the ice with a new client and winning them over.

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Northland's NewsCenter

No injuries, but some decry Allegiant customer service in wake of Duluth flight
Superior Telegram
Saturday afternoon, she was back at the same terminal, growing increasingly frustrated by what she considers Allegiant Air's poor customer service in the wake of mechanical problems shortly after takeoff Friday that forced flight 449 to make an ...
MORNING UPDATE: No injuries, but some decry Allegiant customer serviceDuluth News Tribune

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Comcast Unveils Interactive Xfinity Customer Service Center
Patch.com
Comcast Comcast held a special reception and ribbon-cutting event to announce the grand opening of its newly refurbished Xfinity Customer Service Center in Clinton May 8. The 1960 square foot center, housed in a restored historical building at 21 East ...



msnbc.com

Delta Air Lines violates own customer service commitments
eTurboNews
Delta Air Lines, by displaying on their website two different airfares at the same time to separate passengers, is violating their own customer service commitment displayed on its website's legal pages. Delta's duplicity was repeatedly tested and ...
Delta Q1 on-time percentage, customer service improvesAtlanta Business Chronicle

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Stuffed Giraffe Shows What Customer Service Is All About
Huffington Post
Most people have experienced outstanding customer service in one form or another -- an attentive server at a restaurant or a retail store employee who goes the extra mile. A thriving industry comprised of consultants dedicated to training companies how ...



The Atlantic

Customer Service: The Best Defense in a Data Breach
The Atlantic
Unfortunately, many companies do not have effective customer service policies in place before a breach brings them to their knees, says Larry Collins, Vice President, E-Solutions Risk Engineering, Zurich Global Corporate in North America.



Pasco clerk of courts will reduce customer service hours
Tampabay.com
By Lee Logan, Times Staff Writer Pasco County clerk of courts Paula O'Neil said Friday that she will soon reduce customer service hours by an hour and a half each day after a "severe" budget cut approved by the Legislature this spring.



The Consumerist (blog)

7 Customer Service Saboteurs to Avoid
BusinessNewsDaily
If you have ever had a meal ruined by a loud child or waited on a long line while a customer quibbles over the price of a pound of produce, then you have been a victim of customer service sabotage. Even though it's others customers who are ...
A new category of heel: The customer service saboteurPhys.Org
Are You A Customer Service Saboteur? If So, What Kind?The Consumerist (blog)

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Dutch Bros. trumps others in customer service
Coos Bay World
Coffee has some independent confirmation that its customer service is la creme de la creme. The chain easily bested its rivals -- Tully's Coffee, Caribou Coffee, Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks Coffee, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Peet's Coffee ...



GigaOM

Survey says: Apple customer service a secret weapon
GigaOM
Apple is famous for customer satisfaction — it scores tops among cell phone owners and computer owners, according to the American Customer Service Index. It's probably no coincidence that high customer satisfaction scores – and offering professional ...

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A new category of heel: The customer service saboteur
EurekAlert (press release)
Anaya has even coined a term for it—"customer service sabotage"—and discerned seven different categories of rude customers who can be a serious liability for the service industry. "Customers don't just go to a restaurant to enjoy a burger," he says.

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