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How to Lose Customers!
Companies are inadvertently doing just this – running businesses that make them lose customers and may be on a regular basis. At first it may not seem like much but this losing begins to sabotage other customer relationships when others begin to hear about it. Customers hate being ignored and treated shabbily (just like all…
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Customer Experience is a Journey
“The best journeys answer questions that, in the beginning, you didn’t even think to ask”. -Jeff Johnson It possibly did cross your mind, but all the same we reiterate that customer experience is ongoing and continues for the entire life of the customer’s association. Since it is continued process it can be said that customer…
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Managing Brand Integrity through Customer Service
Integrity is about being honest and upright in all aspects. A person with integrity will do the right thing always and will earn the trust and respect of those around. A brand is the defining part of any company. Managing brand integrity then becomes as vital as the integrity of a person. Companies can claim…
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Managing Customer Service Stress
“To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you’ve prepared mentally and physically, you don’t have to worry.” – Harvey Mackay Everyone faces some amount of stress irrespective of the stage of life, position, occupation, age – there is a point when stress seems to overpower and overwhelm.…
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Consistency builds strong Customer Relationships
“In the not-so-little mind of your customer, consistency is absolutely essential in delivering a world-class customer experience.” – John H Fleming Don’t you just hate it when the regular store, you visit, has fresh stocks on one visit and is severely out of stock on the next? Or when your broadband connection is smooth as…
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Reduce Customer Effort: Make it Easy
“The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works.” – Jeff Bezos This is as simple an explanation as is possible of how to reduce customer effort. Customer effort is described as the amount of effort the customer must exert in order…
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Dissecting Customer Anger
“If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow” – Chinese Proverb Anyone who is working or has worked in customer service knows fully well that there is never a completely calm day. There are bound to be interactions with a customer who is frustrated or worse…
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Telephone Etiquette in Customer Service – dos and don’t
“Why are phone skills so important? Because they put money in your pocket!” The telephone is a wondrous invention. It connects us. For companies – it is about connecting with customers and letting them connect with the customer service staff. A major part of the interactions between customers and companies still take place over the…
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Is your Customer Service making Customers pay attention?
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Donald A. Adams If the service your company gives customers is a reflection of the quote above, it is sure to get the customer’s attention. Is your Customer Service making Customers pay…
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Customer Service Myths – busted
Is there a specific definition of customer service? Can you define it? More often than not when this question is asked, the response is either vague, disjointed or just a long pause. Most people think they know and can define customer service but fall short when actually asked. If customer service were to be defined…