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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Cheryl October 13, 2010 Customer Service , Customer Service Experience , Surveys No Comments Empathica, a customer service management firm, surveyed 3,000 U.S. If I don’t get the proper combination, I really don’t feel any customer loyalty. That’s what keeps all of us coming back.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Your products and services provide your customers with the choice to use your company, but your brand defines whether the customer will choose you over your competition. Let’s begin with the classic example of Toyota.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Publix on top of American Customer Satisfaction Index Cheryl February 19, 2010 Culture , Customer Satisfaction , Customer Service , Specific Companies No Comments In the lead since 1994, Publix scores the highest marks for customer satisfaction with products and services.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 15, 2010

Employees recommend us to prospective customers; they are commonly at the front lines, and the success of most organizations are based on employee loyalty and dedication. From self-awareness, employees can nurture customer satisfaction. If an employee perceives something is wrong, that is their reality.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 27, 2010

The successful company focuses on its customers, and in order to do that, leadership has to be involved and focused on improving employees and all business processes. Senior managers have to be involved, instead of just delegating training to lower-level managers. So how does a company become process-focused?

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Top companies recognize how this tremendous force can bring customer satisfaction, able suppliers to productively be in involved in the company’s best interest, and consequently mean profitability as all the cogs operate in a synchronized manner. Let’s start with the negatives. Eliminate the unknown for employees.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Actually the company’s customer service award can be attributed to the attentiveness and concern for the well-being of their associates. Panera also provided cash bonuses for hourly workers as well as management incentives. Panera kept employee hours steady when other restaurants were cutting hours.

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Service Untitled

MAY 15, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Use Glass Doors to Improve Accessibility Douglas May 15, 2009 Culture No Comments In my post on Wednesday , I touched on what I think is an important aspect of manager accessibility, a physically inviting workplace.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Home About Service Untitled Subscribe for Free Consulting Contact Archives Customer Escalations and You Douglas November 06, 2009 Behind the Scenes , Customer Service 1 Comment Many customer service managers (especially in small to mid-size businesses) spend quite a bit of time handling something I always refer to as “escalations&#.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

When employees get nervous, defensive, and confused while managing customers, the lack of skills can only result in a loss of customers; thus the loss of revenue. Do we always need an excuse to return something, and will the customer service agent respect our decision?

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Service Untitled

JUNE 14, 2010

Isn’t it up to team leaders and managers to supply the platforms that the customer service representatives can use as models, but still think independently for exemplary customer service? Customers want their problems fixed now and they dont want to hear “I cant do anything and you will need to speak to my manager&#.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 6, 2009

In one drive-through experience, I managed to find what seemed to be the black hole of McDonald’s and get told to pull up to the exact same window I was already at. I hand him my credit card and he then instructs me to pull up to the first window and continues to look at his screen.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Absolutely, but the customer was so satisfied she made a point to congratulate the store manager about the excellent and helpful store employee. Then the employee returns to stocking the shelves.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 20, 2010

Joesph has over 20 years experience managing brands and engaging with customers. If you are looking to create brand ambassadors, I hope this post will point you in the right direction. Today’s post was written by Joesph Eitan, Founder and MD of Photo Paper Direct. No related posts to display.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 29, 2010

photo credit: AchimH Possibly Related Posts: Spirit Airlines’ customer satisfaction a myth Spirit Airlines predominantly serves the East Coast, Caribbean, Bahamas, Latin. Jet Blue flies high with customer service perks Just check Terminal 5 at New York JFK airport for.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 30, 2009

Share your short and long term strategies with your employees and let them know what the management team is working on. Consider having meetings with a couple of employees at a time where you answer questions and address concerns.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. When you have to wait too long for your car servicing because the service manager ordered the wrong part, ask for a free oil-change the next time.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 10, 2010

Let’s start with no matter how angry a customer gets, every customer service agent must remain calm and never yell. The unique and effective skills needed for managing heated confrontations need to be reinforced with role-playing and again – practice, practice, practice.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 12, 2010

Car dealerships have staff working 24/7 to repair and replace parts, and local and national television commercials have been launched reiterating customer loyalty. Customer loyalty built on company focus I grew up in a very small town where we.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 14, 2010

I was also disappointed last year when I had a problem (not my fault) with American Express; they lumped all of my accounts together, and it wasn’t until I spent hours chasing after an elusive manager that I was finally able to get all of my accounts reinstated.

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Service Untitled

MAY 26, 2010

He’s likely found in one of his franchise stores, working on his laptop, watching the servers create happy caffeinated moments for customers. If you’re a manager, are you setting a positive example of service for your staff? What do you think? Have you defined your corporate mission, values and culture?

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MARCH 10, 2010

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Through training, monitoring, coaching, practice and new policies, employees understand that customers are driven by what they think about a business or service, and we want them to see positive perceptions.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

In a recent interview with Doria Camaraza , Senior Vice President and General Manager of Fort Lauderdale Service Center for American Express, Ms. Camaraza made a point to regularly meet with the customer care professionals, not just about social issues, but what is important to the employee and to American Express.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 2, 2010

The Service Manager, Brandi immediately greeted me at the kiosk in the center of the lobby and was able to direct me to the financial specialist who could handle my special banking needs. Up until a few weeks ago, I had never been to a Wachovia Bank, but special circumstances for an ailing relative brought me there.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Could it be the Starbucks store manager deemed the store without power to be a much more dangerous place for customers than in the street seeking safer shelter? Which is safer in a major storm–being on an open street or being in a store surrounded by large plate glass windows?

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Service Untitled

JULY 15, 2009

My personal style is to talk to employees about what the problems and opportunities are before I talk to managers about the same thing. Went to the manager(s). At this point, I went to manager in chart of the department and showed him what I had come up with. In this particular situation, the manager was on board.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 8, 2010

Bottomline: The book clearly explains starting and managing a company with practical and useful advice aimed towards customer service and employee satisfaction. The author’s logical sequence keeps you interested and entertained.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 26, 2010

This was an interview I was excited a lot about because I’ve written about American Express a number of times and in pretty much any customer satisfaction or customer service ranking, American Express makes the list. Five years ago, I joined the service center as General Manager here. Things like that?

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 11, 2010

By 1976, the opening of the Four Seasons in San Francisco which entered into a management contract for The Clift already defined true luxury. Every morning service, quality, and culture brand are set forward by the guest relations manager. Every department is represented in the morning meetings from housekeeping to upper management.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 24, 2009

Very few companies do a better job at managing crowds than Disney and whenever I was in line, I was impressed with how well Disney manages the waiting process. Any company that deals with long lines and large crowds can learn a lot from Disney and how they manage lines and crowds. Disney has perfected crowd control.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

All we need is for senior leaders to occasionally walk through our areas, show interest in what we do, spend time understanding what we are learning from customers, and thank us for our contribution.&# Great customer service is not “rocket surgery!” Service warmth comes from a strong demonstration of gratitude to customers.

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Measurement Fashion Exercises Consulting 41

Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

By listening carefully to customers, continuously gathering feedback from them, and taking note of reoccurring issues, your company will be fully prepared to meet customers’ needs and expectations. Some companies don’t do the work of linking up how they service with what customers expect and it shows.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 7, 2010

In this part, Doria talks more about the American Express culture, share some things are unique to American Express call centers, talks about how American Express engages with social media and gathers customer feedback, and finally, how she interacts with customers personally.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

In this part of the interview, we talk about how customer service ties in with the different types of American Express cards and how American Express approaches the important topics of empowerment and taking ownership of issues.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

How do you manage that when someone calls in and make people feel they are dealing with a small team and make it a personalized experience a little bit? Question: On a similar note, you obviously have a traditional call center where someone calls in and will probably not speak to the same person two calls in a row.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Your customer help desk software keeps incoming queries from falling through the cracks by turning them into easily manageable tickets. While some companies use ticketing software to manage their emails alone, true omnichannel help desks allow tickets to be created from any digital channel, including chat, social, SMS, and even voice.

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