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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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Globe's customer service is now online with the new Chat Assist (Manila Bulletin)

Globe customers can get real-time customer service assistance including inquiries, requests and concerns about Globe's products and services through the new Chat Assist. Globe's customer service is now online with the new Chat Assist (Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, launches Chat Assist, an online customer service assistance that can be accessed using the Globe website (www.globe.com.ph/support). Globe customers can get real-time customer service assistance including inquiries, requests and concerns about Globe's products and services through the new Chat ... Putting on customer service at the Ritz (Bradenton Herald)

If you have followed this column for a while, you know that one of my favorite topics is customer service. A business must focus on this to succeed. Google tries its own take on customer service (CNN)

If you rely on a compelling service that happens to be free, what level of customer support are you entitled to receive? Used car buyers deserve same customer service (AM Online)

Customer service standards at car dealerships shouldn?t be confined to new car buyers said used car hypermarket Carcraft. Customer Service (Brandon Sun)

NEW YORK - The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength. Google tries its own take on customer service (CNET)

Not surprisingly, the search giant thinks automation and innovation are important. But as CEO Eric Schmidt says, everyone wants to wring a neck when things go wrong. Online retailers still need to work on customer service (e-Consultancy)

While a study of 46 leading e-commerce sites found overall performance to be satisfactory, with average scores ranging from 76% to 90%, many etailers still need to improve on customer service. Customer Service (Brandon Sun)

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Fraser Valley prison for women is in lock down after an altercation between two women. Canada Correctional Service says both women were hurt and were taken to hospital by ambulance. The injuries aren't considered life threatening. South Dakota businesses recognized for outstanding customer service (Aberdeen American News)

The South Dakota Office of Tourism is giving the Great Service Star to 12 area businesses and visitor groups.... Site: customer service - Google News
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Salesforce.com has Outage, Users & Customer Service Software Reps Respond - TMCnet

Salesforce.com has Outage, Users & Customer Service Software Reps Respond
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For others ? like software providers like CRM sales software, CRM cloud computing and customer service software provider Salesforce.com (News - Alert), ...

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Social CRM's Point of First Impact - CRM Buyer

Social CRM's Point of First Impact
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The advent of social media as a new arm of customer service ought to trigger some changes within your service department, too. While calls about routine ...

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Green utility crowned for top customer service - Greenbang (blog)

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Green utility crowned for top customer service
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By Greenbang on Thursday, 11th March 2010 A green utility firm in the UK has bucked the odds by winning an award for customer service, ...
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Linde Consolidates US Electronics and Specialty Gases Customer Service Operations - SYS-CON Media (press release)

Linde Consolidates US Electronics and Specialty Gases Customer Service Operations
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By Business Wire The Electronics and Specialty Gases business of Linde North America will consolidate its customer services operations in a state-of-the-art ...

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Vodafone Cuts 375 Jobs in UK but Hires Customer Service - TopNews United States

Vodafone Cuts 375 Jobs in UK but Hires Customer Service
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The company has also announced plans to recruit 170 people in UK for enhancing its customer service. It is somehow surprising that on one hand people are ...

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FinServ, CSP Single-Channel Service Up, Cross-Channel Down, Retail Superior ... - TMCnet

FinServ, CSP Single-Channel Service Up, Cross-Channel Down, Retail Superior ...
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Opinion: Customer Service Is Key Strategy - Brandweek Magazine

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Opinion: Customer Service Is Key Strategy
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Hitachi Data Systems Helps Customers Address Most Critical Storage Management ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Hitachi Data Systems Helps Customers Address Most Critical Storage Management ...
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