Customer Service Has Moved Toward Customer Care

As I waited for an answer to my VCR inquiry from a stereo company, the recording stated a "customer care" representative would be available shortly. At that moment, I realized it's finally catching on everywhere. With aging baby boomers, world events and additional pressures in today's society; it is "customer... Read More

Service Equals Performance Equals Service

Service can be described as a "performance" of some kind involving two parties whereby one party is the benefactor and the other party is the performing party receiving some type of monetary payment. The value of the Service depends on the personal experience of the benefactor. When I looked it... Read More

Dont Eliminate The Middle Man - Add One

Today, there are situations when we actually add a "middle person" instead of eliminating one for increased service efficiency. If it's cost-effective and demand is high, then proper market positioning will make it a worthwhile endeavor. For example, my sister just informed me of a food delivery service in New... Read More

Restaurant Scheduling for Success

- Excerpt from Richard Saporito's latest e-book "How to Improve Dining Room Service"This Tip will Help Maintain the Staff Schedule Keeping the Dining Room Service Staff Tight and Content which is Essential for Pleasing Paying Guests.Staff scheduling is closely tied to dining room customer service and crucial for keeping your... Read More

Increase Sum in Your Check Account with Follow-Ups

We'll be examining what makes follow up to prospects/customers so important on our online world today.Are you familiar with this scenario? Joined an affiliate program with good pay-out.Send an email to everyone you know and/or send an email to a list of peopleDidn't make any salesChange to another affiliate... Read More

My Child Has Opie Eye!

7:00 a.m., the silence in the house is broken by my child's call to me, from another room, "Mom, please take care of my Opie eye!"Huh?... My mind is spinning trying to process this information, what sort of illness is Opie eye? Is it a variation of Pink eye? What... Read More

Transforming Disgruntled Customers into Your Biggest Advocates

"I am writing to complain about the widget I bought from your site the other day."Sell anything and eventually you will be on the receiving end of a sentence like this. So how do you turn a disgruntled customer not just into a satisfied one, but ? even better -... Read More

4 Easy Steps to Better Online Customer Support

Customer support is very important when you're running a business, whether your business is on or off the net. If your customer support is hopeless, you'll soon find your customers running away from you and worse, telling others to stay away too.If you're like many of us out there, the... Read More

Increase in Customer Sales = Increase in Customer Service

One of the most popular questions asked in online business forums or even by my customers and subscribers is this :"How the hell can I increase my sales?"or"I've got tons of visitors but nobody seems to be buying anything? What gives?"FISHNETS WITH HOLES? ANYONE?Getting traffic is not the be all... Read More

Dissatisfied or Rude Customers Can Be Satisfied Customers

On a recent airline flight I was an upset customer. I was arriving on a late inbound flight and connecting with the last flight out on the same airline, but the connecting flight left without me! At first, I was furious when told to wait in a line of... Read More

In The News:


Business Customers Give Sprint Top Rankings in Value, Customer Service in 2010 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... 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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New HomeServe USA customer center creates 140 jobs
BusinessWeek
Home warranty and repair services provider HomeServe USA is opening a customer service center that will create 140 jobs in Chattanooga. ...
HomeServe To Bring 140 Jobs to East BrainerdWDEF News 12

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Communications Technology

Comcast4U sends SMS for account info, TV listings
Digitaltrends.com
The service launched with 10 preset commands for the most frequently accessed account functions, ranging from customer service queries to finding what's on ...
Comcast Gets TextyMultichannel News

all 22 news articles »

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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Frontier CEO pledges better service, stable pricing
OregonLive.com (blog)
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 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
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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CSI's Reputation for Customer Service Attracts Marshall County State Bank
MarketWatch (press release)
"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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“Thank You” Email Causes Angry Mob To Descend On AT&T Facebook Page
TechCrunch
I used to love your service, best of all time, was never happier…now it's a joke. Support is a joke. Customer Service, a joke. They said they would give me ...

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Customer service is key to register of wills candidate
Business Gazette
Cereta Lee is seeking re-election as Prince George's County register of wills with a focus on customer service, an issue she ...

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Customer Service - A Sweet Essence

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How to Walk the Floor and Talk to Customers

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Establishing Yourself as an Expert in the Eyes of Your Customers

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Restaurant Owners ? How Important are People Skills?

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Whats For Lunch?

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The Death of the Loyal Customer

One of my classes in management focused on the repeat... Read More

Can Three Words In Websters Dictionary Be The Key To Customer Loyalty?

Are you concerned about customer loyalty? Are your customers so... Read More

Invalid Excuses for Poor Business Results - The Weather

Note to Kmart: It wasn't about the weatherIn the 1970s... Read More

How Not to Get Stiffed, Improving Your Collection Procedures

Some businesses have slow paying customers or past due balances... Read More

The 7 Principles of Business Integrity

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't... Read More

Poor Customer Service - Are Your Customers Driving Away Other Customers

Every customer you have is a word-of-mouth advertiser for you.... Read More

How To Kick Your Customer Service Up A Notch!

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Sorry, No Customer Service After 4:00 P.M.

A few months ago, I wrote about ingenious styles of... Read More

Customer Service Has Moved Toward Customer Care

As I waited for an answer to my VCR inquiry... Read More