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Customer Service Is a Team Sport

ShepHyken

The employees recognized that customer service is a team sport. It’s everyone’s job to make sure the customers leave happy. Unfortunately, I’ve also witnessed the opposite at a restaurant. Get more information on The Customer Focus ™ customer service training programs.

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We Work Hard to Make It Look Easy

ShepHyken

Whether it’s sports, entertainment, or business, some people are so good that what they do looks easy. I Googled the quote to find out who to attribute it to and found numerous variations: In sports, Ken Griffey Jr., My friend Norman Beck recently shared a quote that inspired him: We work hard to make it look easy.

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Playing to Win in Customer Service

ShepHyken

So, what does this have to do with business, specifically customer service and CX? Plenty! In any team sport, the goal is to win. In the customer service world, we should create a “game plan” to deliver an experience that is perfect, never requiring a customer to reach out to us because of problems.

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This is our time for a CX Revolution!

Bill Quiseng

Let’s be revolutionary to transform CX Into CXM, customer service to customer CARE, and customer service training to an education in customer CARE or customer CARE University. We remember our favorite sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL. Why only three?

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Sometimes Customers Are Just Having a Bad Day

ShepHyken

And then there are days when it seems things did go well, but you still can’t make that customer happy, no matter how hard you try. It’s like a professional sports team that played a great game but lost. It’s how you fix it that makes the difference. It’s going to happen. And, it’s not your fault. Connect with Shep on LinkedIn.

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Put Some Fun Into Serious Business

ShepHyken

But this gentleman’s company does something different… so different, in fact, that customers actually ask to be put back on hold. Many of the trivia questions are about sports, but they’re not necessarily questions that would require you to be a true sports fan to answer. For example, “Why is home plate-shaped the way it is?”

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Create a Selfie Experience

ShepHyken

The Selfie Experience is easy to create when you are in an events business, such as a Broadway show or sporting event. It’s about creating an experience that is so good the customer wants a memento, in this case, a photograph. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author.

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