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Service without a Fuss

[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"] Photo by Fribbleblib "Our prime purpose in this life is to help others." -Dalai Lama When customers reach out to us with their problems, we know that we should apologize Keep Reading...

Setting the Standard: Finding the Opportunity

[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 by Yeowatzup Whenever we come into contact with our customers, we have opportunities to wow them.  Sometimes the opportunities are obvious, other times they are more subtle, only apparent Keep Reading...

Correcting Course: Saving Cases That Are Going Sideways

"That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head." - Charlie Chaplin [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="" Keep Reading...

Setting the Standard: When a Product Malfunctions

A lot of discussion on customer service centers around the warm, fuzzy subjects of how we can make our customers feel connected to us, feel our devotion to them, how we can establish relationships with them that convey, "Hey, when things go south, don't worry, we'll be here for you".  But what about when things Keep Reading...

How Aware are You?

We talk all the time about how broad the demands on customer service are today.  There are so many channels that customers utilize to reach out to us through.  But if we are only monitoring the obvious social media channels, we're missing great opportunities to shine. [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="" Keep Reading...

Find Your Service Identity to Succeed

A brand is the way a business is personified in the minds of consumers. - Melissa Bolton When your team first set out to develop your company's brand, you may have invested a lot of time in what a customer actually sees: website design, logos, taglines, colors...  When you ask a customer about what he Keep Reading...

Work Through Misinformation This Way

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What’s the Right Choice?

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...

Does Your Company Have One of These?

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...

Communication Woes and How to Fix Them

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...