With the start of another new year, the time for basic customer service housekeeping is now. Over the course of the previous year, various updates and tweaks to our different service avenues may have altered the easy, straight-forward experience we've intended and our customers expect to enjoy. Let's take the time to do a little Keep Reading...
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Black hole photo courtesy of NASA How many times have you, as a customer, been on a service call or in a store, had a frustrating experience, and told the representative Keep Reading...
Every day we encounter case after case that require straightforward resolutions. But every [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Image courtesy of Mattes once in a while, a more convoluted case will pop up that pits our Keep Reading...
As we help each of our companies on their journeys to success, there are a lot of lessons each of us have learned along the way. Some have been easy while others have been more difficult, but their end results are helping to propel our arrivals at our goals. We've asked company owners and customer Keep Reading...
As we wind down the holiday shopping season, chances are the customers’ crises are rolling in [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] ©Copyright Ian S and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons License faster than ever. Our Keep Reading...
In every one of our companies, we have people who are assigned to customer service. Their responsibilities cover things like customer inquiries, requests for support, fielding complaints, remedying problems, and responding to electronic correspondence. If our team is already doing all of these things well, is our job done? Not if we want to position Keep Reading...
We've discussed how to deal with angry customers, and how to foster empathy, and even how to apologize. These are all invaluable tools for dealing with our customers and leaving them with a positive impression, so let's add two more skills to our arsenal: reflection and validation. In general life, it is often our knee-jerk Keep Reading...
Following the craziness of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, both we and our customers may feel burned out on all of the retail transactions. However, in a period of such abundance for so many, what can we do to remember those who are not as lucky as we? For many companies, a Keep Reading...
If you take stock of your employees, how many of them are in customer service? What percentage[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Image courtesy of Yoel Ben-Avraham of your company is dedicated to service? One common Keep Reading...
It’s no secret that having empathy, the ability to experience a situation from another’s point of[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"] Image courtesy of Lorenz Kerscher view, is one of the key ways in which we Keep Reading...
