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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Case study: Thomas Cook improves customer service (Computing.co.uk)

Rosalie Marshall, Computing , Friday 12 September 2008 at 05:45:00 The travel group's "Ask Thomas" portal will support 17,000 users by delivering up-to-date information Thomas Cook is planning to improve customer service across its business by standardising the portal software used to support 17,000 users across all its brands and departments.... Scottrade Enhances Customer Service with WAN Improvements (Wall Street and Technology)

Scottrade overhauls its WAN in support of branch expansion and, ultimately, improved customer service. Playboy.com Improves Customer Service Response Time And First-contact (CRM Today)

eGain Communications Corporation (OTC BB: EGAN.OB) ? the leading provider of multichannel customer service and knowledge management software, proven on-premise or on-demand ? today announced that Playboy.com has reduced Average Handle Times (AHT) by 60% and substantially increased first-contact resolution of customer service emails in the three years since the initial implementation of eGain® ... CONVERGYS THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SPEAKER SERIES: When in need of customer service, customers are easily frustrated and ... (Centre Daily Times)

At the Gartner Customer Relationship Management Summit 2008 in Washington, DC, this week, Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a global leader in relationship management, shared its insights on how to use technology-based solutions to increase customer satisfaction and save customers, whether using agent-assisted services or automated self-service solutions. Print Audit Wins National Customer Service Award (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

National Quality Institute to present Print Audit with the 2008 Canada Awards for Excellence Gold Trophy for Small Business in the Customer Service category Bell's new owners promise better customer service (Toronto Star)

CHRIS SORENSEN BUSINESS REPORTER Bell Canada Inc. is taking steps to deliver on a promise to improve customer service, part of a 100-day plan instituted by the company?s incoming private owners. End-to-End Customer Experience Working Group Hosted by Synchronoss Technologies Identifies Convergence Key Success ... (Broadcast Newsroom)

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., BUSINESS WIRE -- Leading communication service providers and industry thought leaders representing Sprint, Comcast, Embarq, Time Warner Cable, ATG, Brightpoint, Motorola, Nokia, Frog Design, Interwoven, McFayden Solutions, Rogers Communications, Stratecast / Frost & Sullivan and Wireless Week, among others convened at the First End-to-End Customer Experience Working Group ... End-to-End Customer Experience Working Group Hosted by Synchronoss Technologies Identifies Convergence Key Success ... (Centre Daily Times)

Leading communication service providers and industry thought leaders representing Sprint, Comcast, Embarq, Time Warner Cable, ATG, Brightpoint, Motorola, Nokia, Frog Design, Interwoven, McFayden Solutions, Rogers Communications, Stratecast / Frost & Sullivan and Wireless Week, among others convened at the First End-to-End Customer Experience Working Group hosted by Synchronoss Technologies. The ... End-to-End Customer Experience Working Group Hosted by Synchronoss Technologies Identifies Convergence Key Success ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BRIDGEWATER, N.J.----Leading communication service providers and industry thought leaders representing Sprint, Comcast, Embarq, Time Warner Cable, ATG, Brightpoint, Motorola, Nokia, Frog Design, Interwoven, McFayden Solutions, Rogers Communications, Stratecast / Frost & Sullivan and Wireless Week, among others convened at the First End-to-End Customer Experience Working Group hosted by ... Homecare Suppliers Makes Its Mark Online With Instructional Videos Leading to a New Level in Customer Service and Care (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Homecare Suppliers, LLC, a nationally certified provider of home medical equipment for senior-age adults, is using innovation, customer service and easy-to-use online planning videos to help seniors live longer and healthier lives in their homes.
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