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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Survey measures VCUSD's customer service satisfaction (Vallejo Times-Herald)

A new Vallejo school district survey shows that the central office perceives teachers, parents and principals to be more satisfied than they really are with the district's level of customer service. The survey, conducted in July, measured both external and internal views of Students Know Customer Service (Carollwood News & Tribune)

Chamberlain students Danielle Gray and Katrina McNeal knew so much about customer service that it earned them national honors. Cabell Huntington gets national honor for customer service (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)

HUNTINGTON -- Cabell Huntington Hospital has been recognized as the 2008 Hospital of the Year for its customer service by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. DTCC Launches New ID Net Service The new service streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces ... (Finance Technology Network)

DTCC launched a new service, ID Net, which streamlines clearance and settlement, cuts customer costs and reduces fails associated with affirmed institutional equity trades, the utility said. Ernan Roman: Customer Dis-service: Only 32% Report Positive Experiences (HuffingtonPost)

Given that it's 7 to 10 times more expensive to acquire new customers versus selling existing customers, companies should view customer service centers as profit centers. Avoiding The ?Cable-Guy Problem;? Customer Service As Differentiator (CommunicationsDirect)

Communication is step one in taking cable, telco providers out of the red in customer service Yuval Brisker, president and CEO of TOA Technologies, co-founded his Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company in 2003 with the goal of ridding the world of the ?cable guy problem.? He was tired of the all-too-common scenario... Verizon Wireless ranks No. 1 in customer service (CNET)

J.D. Power and Associates has ranked Verizon Wireless tops in customer service. Customer service, Wachovia-style (The News & Observer)

To find the person to keep its customers happy, Wachovia went to the Four Seasons. Michael Sherck, the bank's first 'customer experience executive,' spent the first 22 years of his career in the hotel industry. Business briefs: Study says Verizon Wireless tops in customer service (Lincoln Journal Star)

Verizon Wireless, which has a customer care center in Lincoln, was named tops in wireless customer service in the 2008 J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Customer Care Performance Study. Landlords serious about customer service (Scoop.co.nz)

? Customer service is an extremely important issue for landlords. Site: customer service - Google News
Nuance to Acquire SNAPin Software and Put Revolutionary Self ... - Earthtimes (press release)

Earthtimes (press release)

Nuance to Acquire SNAPin Software and Put Revolutionary Self ...
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 5 hours ago
In addition, estimates suggest that more than 200 billion calls are placed into customer service numbers around the world every year. ...
Genesys Introduces Next Generation Genesys Voice Platform 8 ... - CNNMoney.com

Genesys Introduces Next Generation Genesys Voice Platform 8 ...
CNNMoney.com - 14 hours ago
GVP 8 further leverages voice in customer service by tightly integrating key technologies such as SIP, web integration, and voice security software, ...
Genesys Debuts Genesys Voice Platform 8 for IVR TMC Net
Genesys Voice Platform 8 leads with sophisticated applications Trading Markets (press release)
TuVox Announces Support for Genesys Voice Platform 8 Stockhouse
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Apple: World?s best customer service or most dangerous products? - Reuters UK

Apple: World?s best customer service or most dangerous products?
Reuters UK, UK - 12 hours ago
... feeling that buying an Apple product could set your house on fire but at least the company will answer the customer service phone on the first ring. ...
Astute Solutions Launches ePowerCenter(TM) 7.0 - MarketWatch

Astute Solutions Launches ePowerCenter(TM) 7.0
MarketWatch - 14 hours ago
The new version of its award-winning customer service application distinctly meets the demands of the extended contact center. ...
Director of Operations & Forensic Engineering, Customer Service ... - Cable360.net

Director of Operations & Forensic Engineering, Customer Service ...
Cable360.net, NY - 55 minutes ago
Driving Cablevision's success is the company's commitment to customer connectivity and its sophisticated new digital platform. The Customer Service ...
Nuance to buy SNAPin and transform customer service via cellphones - iTWire

Nuance to buy SNAPin and transform customer service via cellphones
iTWire, Australia - 2 hours ago
... six million agents and spend more than $US100 billion in customer care in 2008 responding to more than 200 billion calls into customer service numbers. ...
Verizon unveils Usage Controls online service - Telecom Paper (subscription)

Verizon unveils Usage Controls online service
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 19 hours ago
Verizon Wireless has introduced Usage Controls online service, which enables customers to manage and control the way they use their mobile phones and how ...
T-Mobile Netherlands expands online self-service - Telecom Paper (subscription)

T-Mobile Netherlands expands online self-service
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 16 hours ago
The operator has also enhanced the online chat service for customer service. Around 40 percent of T-Mobile customers actively make use of My T-Mobile.
UnitedHealthcare's PlanBien(SM) Combines Health Plan Coverage with ... - FOXBusiness

UnitedHealthcare's PlanBien(SM) Combines Health Plan Coverage with ...
FOXBusiness - 12 hours ago
Plan participants also have access to enhanced bilingual customer service and guidance from bilingual customer care professionals located in Miami. ...
Avaya at SpeechTEK 2008 Spotlights Customer Service Solutions ... - MarketWatch

Avaya at SpeechTEK 2008 Spotlights Customer Service Solutions ...
MarketWatch - Aug 18, 2008
These video capabilities power a unique customer service solution -- Avaya Interactive Voice and Video Response -- which combines speech automation with ...
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