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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of November 14, 2016

ShepHyken

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. ROI’s on the Prize: Twitter Links Social Customer Care and Willingness to Pay by Lia Winograd. Where Customer Service is Failing: Top Priorities For Your Contact Center [Research] by Sharpen.

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Dollar Shave Club Teaches a Valuable Customer Service Lesson

ShepHyken

The Dollar Shave Club continues to impress me with their amazing customer service. I have used them as an example of how to create a membership experience , but now I want to focus on their ability to deliver amazing customer service. They just took great care of me. That’s what great customer-focused companies do!

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Three Ways to Create Confidence with Your Customers

ShepHyken

I recently interviewed Nate Skinner, the VP of Customer Care for Campaign Monitor, a company that helps businesses use email to market their businesses. It was for one of my Forbes columns, Seven Ways to Use Email to Build Your Brand and Create a Better Customer Experience. For information contact or www.hyken.com.

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What Does Perfect Service Recovery Look Like?

ShepHyken

There are many great customer service stories that can serve as a template for how to handle a problem. I always fall back on my five-step service recovery process to handle all complaints and problems. And, they didn’t get there by disappointing their customers. 2) Apologize for the problem. 5) Act with urgency.

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“That’s Not My Department” and 10 Other Phrases Customers Hate

ShepHyken

You finally get to a customer service rep. You tell your story and the customer service rep responds, “I’m sorry, that’s not my department.” Since customer service has become a center of attention for most companies (even though some still don’t get it right), “That’s not my department” is being heard less and less.

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Do Your Customers Trust You This Much?

ShepHyken

So, how much do your customers trust you? Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs, go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. They also know you won’t take advantage of them.

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Sometimes It’s Okay to Ask a Customer to Repeat the Story

ShepHyken

Just last week I wrote an article about companies that ask customers to repeat their problems, account numbers and more. For example, getting transferred from one customer service representative to the next and having to repeat the issue. For information contact or www.hyken.com. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.