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Telephone Etiquette

Telephone Etiquette

Every call is an opportunity to provide service that adds value to a caller—this is the case whether the person on the other end of the..

April 2, 2013 with 0 Comments
Top 20 Books on Customer Service

Top 20 Books on Customer Service

Putting together a list of excellent books on any subject is always a highly subjective exercise. Nonetheless it is often useful to try to..

February 8, 2013 with 0 Comments
Dealing with Difficult Customers

Dealing with Difficult Customers

Every organization will have “difficult” customers. They are usually difficult not because they are trying to cause trouble, but..

November 20, 2012 with 0 Comments
Customer Service Excellence – The Ritz-Carlton’s “Secret Sauce”

Customer Service Excellence – The Ritz-Carlton’s “Secret Sauce”

Luxury hotel chain Ritz-Carlton is world renowned for their ‘above and beyond’ approach to customer experience and management...

November 15, 2012 with 0 Comments
What is CRM?

What is CRM?

One of the ways in which organizations large and small have sought to make the most of their customer interactions and online customer..

May 23, 2012 with 0 Comments
How to Handle Customer Complaints

How to Handle Customer Complaints

The fact that people express their emotions via a complaint (however angry and negative the expressions of these emotions may be initially)..

May 4, 2012 with 0 Comments
Importance of Customer Satisfaction

Importance of Customer Satisfaction

There is little doubt that few organizations of any kind welcome having upset customers and will therefore usually try hard to make the..

April 18, 2012 with 0 Comments
Customer Service Excellence: Setting Effective Service Standards

Customer Service Excellence: Setting Effective Service Standards

As a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, every individual across the whole organization needs to ensure that standards of service..

April 17, 2012 with 0 Comments
How to Improve the Customer Experience by Empowering Frontline Employees

How to Improve the Customer Experience by Empowering Frontline Employees

Service excellence is achieved through people. Every individual needs to understand who its customers are (internal and external) and what..

April 17, 2012 with 0 Comments
Customer Feedback Management: Measuring Customer Satisfaction

Customer Feedback Management: Measuring Customer Satisfaction

Customers are the ultimate recipients of the goods or services provided by any organizational team. If customers were consistent in their..

April 16, 2012 with 0 Comments