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Setting the Standard: Find Inspiration In These Cases

Reading inspiring customer service stories are an excellent way to focus our efforts on wowing our customers and remind us to connect with them whenever possible.  Here are three such stories. The first involves a customer by the name of Kelly Kinkel.  She had purchased a coat from online retailer, Zulily.  However, when it arrived, Keep Reading...

They’ll Pick You (or your baby) Up

When people are asked to list off industries from which they expect great customer service, car rental companies might not be on the shortlist.  But the opportunities for excellent customer service abound and great customer service employees, like John Goodlett, know it. This summer, Coty Vincent was the victim of a traffic accident at the Keep Reading...

Just a Stamp – Small Ways to Wow Your Customers

[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"] For Ashley, a single stamp turned her day around. A lot of stories about outstanding customer service involve companies going well beyond their ordinary duties to make their customers happy, Keep Reading...

How to Walk in Their Shoes

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...

How a Glass Repairman Made a Difference

When we remember to connect with our customers on a human level and seek to assist them as though they were a friend or neighbor, we are driven to do extraordinary things for them. When our customers receive extraordinary care and help, our interactions with them move beyond mere transactions for goods or services and Keep Reading...

When You Are the Customer

Do you approach customer service moments in your own life differently than you did prior to it being a part of your professional life? I realized that my initial feelings about having to call a company’s hotline have not changed, but my sensitivity to the quality of service is vastly heightened. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes" overflow="visible"][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" Keep Reading...

When Opportunity Knocks

You never know when the opportunity to do something outstanding will come knocking on your company’s door, but if you are [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"] Dylan, dressed as a vacuum salesman, for Halloween always Keep Reading...

Going Beyond “I’m Sorry”

[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"] Source: bluemoonartistry In life, when somebody wrongs you, the first thing you truly want is an apology.  A good one.  And your customers are no different when they feel they have Keep Reading...

Want to Set Your Company Apart? Follow These Three Simple Steps.

[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"] Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield have built an ice cream empire by connecting to and caring for their customers. “There is a spiritual aspect to our lives – when a Keep Reading...