Category: Customer Service

Business Writing and Customer Service?

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writing and customer service go hand in hand

We made it through lockdown, but a lot has changed. Thanks to a lack of face-to-face and an increase in technology use, we find ourselves circling back to a reality where a lot more business is conducted in writing. But how are business writing and customer service skills related? Recently, we were on a call … Read On >

       

More Essentials For Customer Service Skills

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Essentials for Customer Service -- Image by Ryan McGuire from Pixabay

Last week we talked about 3 Essential Qualities for Customer Service – here are a few more to take under consideration.

       

3 Essential Customer Service Qualities for Business Growth

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Customer Service Qualities for Growth

Pick me! Pick me! With so many choices out there for service providers, why should your company be ahead of the pack? Start with your customer service.

       

A Bad Customer Experience

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Bad Customer Experience

A Bad Customer Experience – Read a case study of a call gone wrong, and a few tips on how it could have gone better.

       

Simon Phillips on Listening

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Simon Phillips - playing

In order to play music, you have to have empathy; feeling and spirit for the for the song. I was taught that very early on, just by working with great musicians. It’s common sense. In order to play music, you have to listen.

       

Soft Skills and Hard Dollars

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Brain - Soft Skills

Do we really need soft skills training? The answer is yes. We all could use improvement with these attributes.

       

Walk-In Customer Service

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walk in customer service

Has your business thought about its walk-in customer service? Clients walk into businesses. Whether it is in a store, a doctor’s office, an insurance company, or even a communications skills training company—customers enter, conduct business, and then leave. The real level of service is found, not in how the providing staff solves problems. Service, on … Read On >

       

Customer Service 101 (Part 2)

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Customer Service 101 (Part 2)

Customer Service 101. Serving people is not always easy. In fact, it’s a great challenge. Yet, in the final analysis, the customer is the most important person to a business. Why? Because that customer, spending money, helps to ensure that each job at the business is kept (and perhaps more will be created). After all, when … Read On >

       

Customer Service Questions: Ask the Right Ones

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Customer Service Questions

I called my wireless service provider and spent 45 minutes on hold waiting to speak to a supervisor. I wish that statement above was the setup to a joke with a feisty and funny punchline. But it’s not. It’s part of a phone call that took up much of my Tuesday afternoon. When I finally … Read On >