Category: Customer Service

  • Customer Data to Generate Positive Business Results

    “Analytical software enables you to shift human resources from rote data collection to value-added customer service and support where the human touch makes a profound difference.” – Bill Gates Every company today (at least most) know the importance of collecting, collating, and applying customer data to generate positive business results. However, many struggle with doing…

  • Ways to Gain Overseas Customers

    “You are like a global market. You can’t hide yourself from global customers! Make a global exposure of your dreams and you will achieve global success!” – Israelmore Ayivor At some point, if you have done a lot right, your company would realize the need to spread its business out the home country. You would…

  • Best Ways to Impress your Customers

    “Don’t be fooled by the signature at the bottom of your payroll check – the guy who signed the check didn’t put the money there – your customers did.” – Jeffery Gitomer The quote above is possibly one of the most appropriate ways to describe why your company must keep service standards high – it…

  • Many Reasons why Customers Complain

    Many Reasons why Customers Complain

    Photo by Andrea Piacquadio “Be thankful for customers who complain. You still have the opportunity to make them happy.” – Smith Management Group It would be so great if a company did everything right ensuring that its customers were always happy. However, we know that would be a utopian situation and one that does not exist.…

  • Resolving the Customer Problems Highlighted by Surveys

    Resolving the Customer Problems Highlighted by Surveys

    Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” – Bill Gates Customer feedback is essential for any company, to get a better understanding of what customers need and expect. All companies seem to claim that they do gather such feedback in some way and do so…

  • Prominence to Customer Feedback for Profitability

    “Customer feedback is the ultimate truth. If you read customer feedback and listen to call center calls, you will really get grounded” – Julia Hartz There is no doubt that businesses can exist only when the company has a set of loyal and profitable customers. To ensure that customers stay, a company must consistently know…

  • Managing Post-Holiday Customer Reviews

    January is here – meaning the end of the holiday season, and the time also, to take an account of how your company ‘performed’ from the perspective of customer service. We discussed earlier, about the importance of holiday customer service – we now look at managing post-holiday customer reviews. These would begin coming in post…

  • Importance of Speed in Customer Service

    Importance of Speed in Customer Service

    Photo by CoWomen “Everybody has a need for speed and you actually make your product, or service, or services more attractive when you do them fast.” – Brian Tracy With so much competition, especially in business, customers seek companies that can give them what they want fast. Customers contact a company only when they need…

  • Refresher on Essential Skills for Customer Service Success

    “Courteous treatment will make a customer a walking advertisement.” – James Cash Penney We know and every business owner knows that the surest and shortest way to the heart and minds of customers, is top class customer service. However, companies are unable to make top service a reality very often, owing to a number of…

  • Top Customer Support via Phone Service

    “Good customer service and smiling service should occur the minute people walk into the door. People get tired of calling and having to get transferred, they need a live person to answer the phone.” – Matt Hilton In the current technological ‘age’, customers can seek support from companies through various channels – live chat, online…