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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Business Customers Give Sprint Top Rankings in Value, Customer Service in 2010 ...
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... further distinguishing the company as the one businesses have come to rely on for value, superior customer service and the best in business solutions. ...

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Frontier CEO pledges better service, stable pricing
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What can you say to win over a Comcast customer? We deliver the highest value for the price you pay. We also have excellent customer service. ...

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CUSTOMER SUCCESS: Easynet Global Services Strengthens Customer Satisfaction ...
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BMC's Remedy suite now supports more than 4000 service requests every month, seamlessly integrating customer support, change, asset and request management. ...

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2010 Service & Leadership Trends in Customer Support
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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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CSI's Reputation for Customer Service Attracts Marshall County State Bank
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"We are always looking for ways to improve our customer service, and we believe that CSI's products and services will allow us to better serve our customers ...

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vividwireless Deploys RightNow to Support Its Promise of 'Highest Standards of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We felt that it was essential to align our customer service offering to the exceptional experience offered by our products. With that in mind we needed a ...

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The Investigators: Credit Card "Backdoor Numbers"
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The moderator of the list posted on myFico.com wrote the numbers "...get you past frontline CSR's (Customer Service Representatives) directly to Credit ...
How to Pick the Best Credit Card: 4 Factors You Should Always WeighCredit Loan (blog)

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Frost & Sullivan Cites Agilent Technologies for Robust and Customer-centric ...
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"The company's proactive initiatives to reduce the costs associated with its products and services have helped to build stronger customer relationships. ...

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Internap Enables ecenta's New SME Hosted Contact Center Solution Driven by SAP ...
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... such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and flexible, on-demand, customer service solutions," said Amit Venugopal, board member at ecenta. ...

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TXU Energy Recognized for New Innovative Technologies in Customer Care
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
“I'm proud of the team's accomplishments and our implementation of new technologies for customer care, which enable us to deliver the premier service our ...

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The Great American Customer Service Unawareness Campaign

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Customers - What They Really Want - 6 Secrets of Customer Service

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Customer Service - A Lost Art?

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4 Things Your Clients Want From Your Company

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How to Succeed in Business Without Compromising Your Integrity

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Top Ten Strategies for Delivering 5-Star Customer Service

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CRM - Its Relevance

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Add Value - And Kill Mediocrity in Customer Service

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Client Appreciation - It Means Everything!

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8 Critical Steps to Establish a Customer Service Culture

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The Death of the Loyal Customer

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Handling Customer Complaints

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Client Service as a Competitive Advantage

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Be the Customer: See Yourself as Your Customers Do

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Boomerang Customers- What You Might NOT Think Brings Them Back!

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At Your Service: The Ten Commandments of Great Customer Service!

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Dont Work with Jerks: How to Recognize a Difficult Client Early

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