There I was, standing in the Burnsville Post Office, staring at a pile of work. I had 21 books to mail that each required 5 stamps. (Yes, that’s 105 stamps total.) It was 5:36 pm and the deadline for pickup that day was 5:45. The clock was ticking so loud I could barely think straight. I felt dizzy and unsure of myself. There was no way I was going to get these stamped and in the mail slot in time. Arrggh! Then, through the door walked the answer to my dilemma, though I didn’t yet realize it. She walked past [...]
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Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service: Serve your customers And here are some additional thoughts on this topic… We’ve all dealt with people and companies that try to sell us what they want us to buy. They try to fit our need to their solution. They send us away with no help if what we want is something they cannot quickly and easily do. Their entire focus is on what they want to accomplish. They are not delivering customer service. They are only serving themselves and their company.
Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service: Be interested in helping your customers And here are some additional thoughts on this topic… It’s easy for us to get distracted. We all have many things to accomplish in addition to helping customers. And we know if we don’t do them, no one else will! But we need to stay focused. When we are helping our customers, that’s where 100% of our attention and energy should be. Our intent should be
Yesterday a massive fire engulfed a large apartment complex in my city. While fire fighters from 6 communities fought the blaze, residents shivered in sub-zero temperatures. It was three days before Christmas and everything they owned was going up in smoke. It was a miracle nobody was injured. But the tragedy is still monumental for the people who lost their homes. And, for a business, it’s hard to imagine a more difficult situation to be in.
“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’” -Brian Tracy Author of: Reinvention: How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life
I saw this on the KSAX TV website. An unemployed contractor donated a custom trailer he owned to a nonprofit agency that provides service dogs for people who are deaf or disabled. A week ago (on Thanksgiving) someone had stolen the trailer owned by the nonprofit. Without it
Too often I hear people give bad advice to others about how to talk with new potential clients. Rather than focus on what the customer is trying to accomplish now, they try to get their foot in the door for a long-term relationship with the company. It’s like talking about marriage, kids and and the white picket fence before the other person has even committed to a first date. I know why they do this.
