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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BBC News

24% of buyers 'unhappy with customer service' in the UK
Times of Malta
Almost a quarter of consumers are unhappy with the customer service they have received recently, a study suggests. The poll for the Office of Fair Trading ...
Consumers urged to look out for OFT Approved logoBusiness Financial News Wire

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Best customer service comes from empowered employees
Arizona Republic
21, 2010 12:00 AM The best customer service comes from employees who are empowered to resolve matters on their own, said the owner of Tempe's Cartel Coffee ...



The Consumerist (blog)

Moen Keeps Excellent Customer Service Flowing
The Consumerist (blog)
Now that's customer service! This isn't the first we've heard of Moen's awesomeness in customer service. Keep the "above and beyond" flowing!



Lena Vu receives Customer Service Award
Jamestown Sun
Submitted photo Members of the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Committee and Chamber staff members recently presented a Customer Service Award ...



Retail Sector Ranks First in Customer Service: Survey
TMC Net
In eGain's latest research, North American retail sector ranked first overall in customer service. ...



Seminar focuses on customer service
Southwest Virginia Today
By WAYNE QUESENBERRY/Staff If great customer service comes from the heart, then lots of transplants are needed in today's business world. ...



Autodesk Names M2 Technologies Reseller of the Quarter for Customer Service ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Autodesk selects the Reseller of the Quarter based on quality of customer service, level of support and professional education, overall growth and vertical ...
M2 Technologies Named Reseller of the Quarter for Customer Service ExcellencePR Newswire (press release)

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FRYE REAL ESTATE RECEIVES CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
The Newark Advocate
NEWARK -- Century 21 recently awarded Century 21 Frank Frye Real Estate with its Quality Service Award for customer service provided to clients in ...



Is anyone listening? The REAL state of customer service
Daily Mail
Today we launch a major new series investigating the parlous state of customer service in Britain. We start on telecoms companies, which, ...

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BBC News

Virgin creates 200 jobs in new customer service centre
Travel Daily UK
Virgin Atlantic is opening a new customer service centre in Swansea later this year, creating 200 jobs in the area. Opening in September 2010, ...
Virgin Atlantic and Swansea Drydocks promise new jobsBBC News
Swansea wins Virgin Atlantic call centre with more than 200 jobsWalesOnline
Virgin Atlantic looks online to fill call centre jobsRecruiter
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