Customer Service Information

Customer Service Information

First Contact: The Source of Customer Loyalty


With customers being smarter, more cost conscious, more product knowledgeable and more demanding, improving customer service has become a major focus within many businesses. In Customer Satisfaction is Worthless; Customer Loyalty is Priceless, author Jeffrey Gitomer contends the real solution is shifting the paradigm away from customer service to customer loyalty.

Should I Have My Company Mystery Shopped?


I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, "Oh, you do Mystery Shopping; I always wanted to do that!" I think most people do find the thought of posing as a customer and reporting back on how they were treated, rather intriguing. But there is a lot more to it that skulking around in a trench coat and spy glass!I believe most companies have taken the plunge and decided that it really is important to conduct frequent "mystery or secret shops" of their businesses.

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder


However, in the world of business, this cliché may not necessarily be true. Sometimes it can be more like 'Out of Site, Out of Mind'.

What Do They Want Anyway?


You want customers. I want customers.

Your Actions Tell Your Clients How You Expect To Be Treated


There is a widely accepted principle of human behavior that goes something like this. "Your actions tell the world how you expect to be treated.

Are You Putting Technology Before Your Customers?


Which is more important the technology or the customer?The one thing about the online world you can be sure of is change.It seems like every day there is a new technology being addedwhich will make the internet more accessible.

Astonish your Customers With These Customer Service Tips


Customer service today is getting worse. Win customers overand you build your business for life.

To Complain and Win! - My Personal Recipe


Prime directive: Make sure your claim is reasonable! Otherwise, forget it.First thing: If you have a legitimate claim denied or a beef with a company (my method can be applied to insurance companies, dealerships, bad fish, or whatever), prepare yourself for the likelihood of frustrating conversations with people who either can't think for themselves or have been told by their boss not to.

Invalid Excuses for Poor Business Results - The Weather


Note to Kmart: It wasn't about the weatherIn the 1970s Kmart was the retailer to beat. No matter what happened, they seemed to turn profit.

Oil Change Customer from Hell or Hoax; You Decide


Evacuation, "E-Vac" Oil System for Oil ChangingHow do most mobile oil change companies remove the used motor oil from the crank case? Well they "Evacuate it" or in the industry we call it "E-VAC" and this means we suck it out of the dip stick tube with a thin tube which is pushed into the crankcase. Many wonder will this get all the oil out? The answer is not all the oil.

The Added Value - Is YOU!


If there was a restaurant in your town that was physically attractive and clean, had a pleasant variety of entrées on the menu, served food that was prepared in an attractive manner, and the service was outstanding--the maitre'd greeted you by name, remembered which was your favorite table, stopped by later to inquire about your needs and satisfaction, the waiters and waitresses bent over backwards to make your dinner a pleasurable experience and always treated you as if you were their most important patron--would you be willing to pay a little more than other restaurants charged?Many of us will pay a more to obtain better treatment. Why? Today, outstanding customer service has become the exception rather than the rule.

RETAIL GREETERS: Sales Builders or Customer Turnoff?


Do you need greeters or should you avoid them? That is the perplexing question many retail organizations are struggling with today. Often touted in the press as the perennial example of the benefits to employing greeters,Walmart has hung on to its practice faithfully.

Sorry, No Customer Service After 4:00 P.M.


A few months ago, I wrote about ingenious styles of customer service that every business should know about, mostly because their employees were inflicting them on their customers.For instance, I warned about "in your face customer service" and "run for cover customer service", two equally effective opposites.

How To Keep Your Customers Coming Back -- Understanding Customer Retention


Why do some businesses offer points, stamps or every tenth coffee for free?These businesses understand that a customer retention program is a fantastic way to ensure that customers keep coming back. The most recognized customer retention programs are those loyalty programs used by retailers, but this same principal can be applied to any business that wishes to maintain a loyal customer base.

How To Kick Your Customer Service Up A Notch!


Welcome to the inaugural issue of Human Tech Tips -- Tip #1. How do we take your customer service and kick it up a notch?This is a big question so where do we begin?As an overview, it's a given that the answer is three-fold: People, Process, and Technology.

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Customer service: The client Is always right
The Commercial Dispatch
McRae's Department Store in the Hattiesburg Cloverleaf Mall was hidden far behind cosmetics, just past the shoes and tucked into a small corner beside customer service. Perhaps it's ironic that this column is all about customer service.



Tricks of the trade: Insider's tips on how to get great customer service
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
As we waited in line at the airline counter behind a crowd of other travelers, we could hear one disgruntled customer after another vent their frustrations to the customer service agent. As they did so, I could hear the agent rapidly type on her ...



Sydney Morning Herald

Rail customer service: if you're Jewish catch a taxi
Sydney Morning Herald
The customer service manager at Central Station, no less. ''They're all Jews living in the eastern suburbs; they're all wealthy; they can afford to get a taxi,'' Roman Arnusch uttered repeatedly, according to the couple. The Bogans, who are Jewish and ...
Jews can afford taxisJ-Wire Jewish Australian News Service

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Nexteer Automotive to open customer service center in Troy
Midland Daily News
Saignaw-based Nexteer Automotive plans to hire 50 engineers to support a new 30000-square-foot customer service center in Troy that will be open by April. "Following two record-breaking years for new customer contracts, this latest customer service ...
Nexteer Automotive: New Customer Service Center in TroyMyFox Detroit
Nexteer plans customer centre in Troy, Michiganjust-auto.com (subscription)

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Rail customer service: if you're Jewish catch a taxi
Sydney Morning Herald
The customer service manager at Central Station, no less. ''They're all Jews living in the eastern suburbs; they're all wealthy; they can afford to get a taxi,'' Roman Arnusch uttered repeatedly, according to the couple. The Bogans, who are Jewish and ...



Kuwait Times

NBK 'Best Customer Service Bank in Kuwait' for 2011 – 'Service Hero award ...
Kuwait Times
KUWAIT: For the second time in a row, National Bank of Kuwait was named the Best Customer Service Bank in Kuwait among retail banks countrywide by Service Hero, an independent organization specialized in cross-industry customer satisfaction and quality ...

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Local bank receives 11 customer service awards
NorthFulton.com
In the Middle Market Banking segment, Synovus Bank and Bank of North Georgia were recognized in four national categories: Overall Satisfaction, Relationship Manager Performance, Customer Service and Treasury Management. In addition to the four national ...

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Women like customer service at Scholfield Honda
Kansas.com
His Scholfield Honda has been recognized a couple of times recently for offering great customer service to women. On Wednesday, Forbes wrote about a survey that WomenCertified conducted last fall for Dealer Magazine, which Scholfield calls one of the ...

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Joia Shillingford: Venomous bonus bashing risks causing a further ...
The Independent
This policy works at John Lewis, as he pointed out, and my fear is that if bonuses are removed as a way of remunerating staff, customer service in the UK will get even worse. Barclays Capital was the latest organisation to shrink its bonus pool (by 32 ...



Rediff

In Customer Service Push, Microsoft Invests In 24/7, Which Acquires Voxify
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Deborah Gage People who are forced to engage in online chats with virtual customer service agents–or who are passed from agent to agent without getting their problems solved–are likely to get highly frustrated and take their business elsewhere.
Microsoft strikes deal with 24/7, promises to 'redefine' customer serviceEngadget
Microsoft and 24/7 Inc. Join Forces to Deliver the Future of Customer Service ...MarketWatch (press release)
Microsoft Teams Up with 24/7 on Customer Service SoftwareDestination CRM
PCWorld -The Seattle Times -ITProPortal
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