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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,... Read More

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. It takes a lot to upset me, but upset I am.A number of years ago, I bought a new television set. I had seen a flyer from Lechmere's that had TV's on sale.... Read More

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. If there is anyone anywhere who has ever sent you a check for your services and with whom you haven't communicated in... Read More

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... Read More

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. So it is well worth exploring ways in which your customers can virtually "serve themselves," without the... Read More

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. And these lessons aren't just served... Read More

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.Customer service is all... Read More

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. Isn't it best to know in advance how to deal... Read More

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. After all, since there was a finite group of customers and a limited... Read More

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. If your newsletter is little more than blatant self-promotion, however, it's likely to hit the wastebasket before it hits your target's desk. By following a... Read More

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Analysis Confirms Accuracy Of Meters But Questions PG&E Customer Service
Renew Grid
s (PG&E) smart grid deployment has determined that advanced meters are accurate, the utility's customer-service strategies related to the rollout have been ...
= Review Finds PG&E Meters Work, But Customer Service ShoddyTrading Markets (press release)
Study faults PG&E's customer service, not SmartMetersBakersfield Californian
PUC: PG&E SmartMeters OK, but company needs better customer serviceMarin Independent-Journal
San Francisco Chronicle -San Jose Mercury News -New York Times (blog)
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About My Job: The Customer Service Rep
The Atlantic (blog)
Below the fold is an actual letter I wrote to the customer service people at Verizon Wireless. Once upon a summer job I answered phones at Mazda Motors of ...
Best Customer Service Reps Bend the Rules.Tapped (blog)

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2010 Service & Leadership Trends in Customer Support
TechRepublic
It assesses the state of customer service issues specifically, what the support industry does and how well it does it. (Is this item miscategorized? ...

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4-Year Recipient PNT Marketing Services, Inc. Ranks No. 3881 on the 2010 Inc ...
PR Newswire (press release)
A staunch dedication to customer service and project management expertise has earned PNT many referrals and contributed to low customer attrition. ...

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The JetBlue Steven Slater Situation Proves Customer Service Is Dead
The Business Insider
Everyone knows that the contemporary customer is mad as hell, too—fed up with inept service, indifferent employees, and customer-service departments that ...
3 Unthinkable Things the Recession Has CausedTIME (blog)

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ARRIS Introduces ServAssureâ„¢ Live!
PR Newswire (press release)
"They are the front line of customer service and need the most accurate information to be able to resolve customer problems in a timely and efficient manner ...
Arris launches ServAssure Live!Telecompaper (subscription)

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Data show customer service works
Bradenton Herald
Because customer service errors are so glaring and so easy to fix, I focus heavily on this topic in my ...

and more »

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com (blog)

Electrical safety in a storm
Wicked Local (blog)
In addition to its field and operations support teams, the company has enhanced its Customer Contact Center services to make certain all calls will be ...
What should you do if your power goes out?WBZ
National Grid Begins Preparations in Anticipation of Hurricane Earl Arrival ...ReadMedia (press release)

all 11 news articles »

Nextiva Fax Service Added to InternetFaxProvider.com
TMCnet
Their customer support is knowledgeable and available 24/7, company officials said. “Nextiva's Customer Service helped solve our issue when the password we ...
Nextiva Fax Service Added to InternetFaxProvider.comPR Web (press release)

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Good Customer Service is Worth its Weight in Gold
NBC Philadelphia
I'm always quick to point out poor customer service and quick to come to the aid of viewers who ask me to help after they've been shafted. ...

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