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Let your customer lead

by Kevin Stirtz


Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service:

Let your customer lead

And here are some additional thoughts on this topic…

I can’t seem to sit down in a restaurant anymore without being offered something I have no interest in. Take sweet tea for example. Everywhere I go a server offers me sweet tea. Yet I don’t drink sweet tea. I have never liked sweet tea. I probably never will. If one more person offers me sweet tea, someone’s going to need a paramedic.

So why

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Amazing Customer Service Means Leaving the Spam in the Can

by Kevin Stirtz


We hear a lot about spam (the technology kind, not the food product) but usually it’s in the context of email. Most of us know or have heard of spam filters, spamming rules and anti-spam policies. There are even laws that seek to reduce the amount of spam we have to deal with.

But, we don’t typically think of spam in terms of customer service. We should though because, no matter how it’s being used, spam is dangerous and damaging to businesses that use it.

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Service Recovery

Are Your Customer Service Recoveries Really Recoveries?

Recently my wife picked up dinner for 4 on the way home from work. We had ordered online from Swiss Chalet (Canadian Rotisserie chicken franchise). Swiss Chalet is known for their dipping sauce, which is included with every signature meal.

When she arrived home, we discovered that the “special sauce” was not included in the order.

I called the order desk to report this lapse and the conversation went something like this.

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Customer service and Twitter

The popular notion stating that if a customer receives poor service, he/she will tell nine other people, has been grossly out of date since the advent of the Internet. In reality, customers can electronically tell millions of people about their experiences. And now, with Twitter, people can tell others about their experiences as they happen.

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How to get amazing online reviews from your customers

More and more customers are going online before AND after they do business with a company. They’re getting smart about using online tools to make the best decision about who they do business with.

To thrive in this new world of connected customers you need to do more than ever to make sure your customers get the experience they want. If you do this well you can leverage the power of online feedback and reviews to grow your business. If you fail at this, the online chatter about your business can tarnish your reputation both online and off.

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