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What Elephants and Customer Experiences Have in Common

CSM Magazine

Customers are like elephants; they have amazing memories. This means they will never forget a truly wonderful or absolutely horrible service experience. So, in these tough economic times, what are the best customer service strategies to provide elephant-astic experiences?

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5 Principles of Good Customer Service

CSM Magazine

The old adage ‘people buy from people’ underpins every good customer service strategy so bear this in mind when creating your own vision of what excellent service looks like. Train new recruits and experienced members of the team then inspire and motivate them through gamification.

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A Common-Sense Approach to Employee Engagement

CSM Magazine

Involve: in their elevated role of brand guardians, agent opinions really matter so involve them in your customer service strategy or new technology investments. Voice of the Employee (VoE) is just as en vogue as Voice of the Customer (VoC). Then apply a little common sense. There are other ways to reward staff.