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		<title>Recognize your loyal customers</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2302/recognize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service: Recognize your loyal customers And here are some additional thoughts on this topic… Recently I was dining at a favorite local cafe. I&#8217;ve been going there regularly since they opened. Our server had waited on me dozens of times in the past. Yet when someone in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let your customer repeat themselves</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2171/never-let-your-customer-repeat-themselves-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service: Never let your customer repeat themselves. And here are some additional thoughts on this topic&#8230; Customers understand that often you have to hand them over to other people to help them get what they want. That&#8217;s okay, But, as you do this, don&#8217;t let the customer repeat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do you know companies like this?</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2110/customer-reduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media & Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Engagement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Logically we know when customers complain, they're giving us useful information. But emotionally we don't like to hear it. Especially since some customers tend to be a little rough about how they deliver their feedback. And employees get tired of being beat up by customers, all the while knowing nothing will be done to prevent future]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s how to &#8220;wow&#8221; your customers</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2107/wow-your-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2107/wow-your-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Improve Customer Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazing Service Tip: Do something positive and unexpected When you do something for a customer (or anyone) that is positive (something they like) and unexpected (they didn’t see it coming) then you make that event a permanent part of their memory. Because they like what you did, you created positive emotional content for the experience. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better customer service means respecting their opinion</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2085/better-customer-service-means-respecting-their-opinion/</link>
		<comments>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2085/better-customer-service-means-respecting-their-opinion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Improve Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Retention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is your Daily Dose of Amazing Service: Respect your customer&#8217;s opinion And here are some additional thoughts on this topic… Our customers come to us for our knowledge. They want our help in accomplishing something. But some employees take this to mean the customer’s opinion does not matter. They go directly into “arrogant expert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-Mobile continues to dominate in customer service</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2075/t-mobile-continues-to-dominate-in-customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Experience]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the presses today is a brief note from our friends at dslreports.com. They tell us T-Mobile remains the customer service champion of the big wireless carriers.  On the other hand, AT&#38;T didn&#8217;t do so well. &#8220;Our in-store experience left us with one question out of three unanswered and we were shocked that one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Retention Tip: Let your employees be real</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2073/customer-retention-tip-let-your-employees-be-real/</link>
		<comments>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2073/customer-retention-tip-let-your-employees-be-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many managers think they can plan and script and train employees how to handle every customer situation. It&#8217;s even worse with offshore call centers. As a customer you can tell when these people are forced to use scripts. It can be a painful process to participate in.  And it&#8217;s a massively ineffective way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Airlines provides today&#8217;s (unfortunate) customer service example</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2069/united-airlines-provides-todays-unfortunate-customer-service-example/</link>
		<comments>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2069/united-airlines-provides-todays-unfortunate-customer-service-example/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s why so many companies have a customer retention problem. Ironically, this customer service example is from a Los Angeles Times article about how airline customer service has improved during the recession. United Airlines lost a customer&#8217;s bag that had medication in it. So the customer had to replace the medication for the duration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J. C. Penney uses questionable tactics to &#8216;reward&#8217; loyal customers</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2017/j-c-penney-uses-questionable-tactics-to-reward-loyal-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2017/j-c-penney-uses-questionable-tactics-to-reward-loyal-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love it when a person honestly recognizes that I&#8217;m a loyal customer. And I look for nothing more than a thanks. Because loyalty is not about money. It&#8217;s about being in a relationship that works for both people, whether it&#8217;s business or personal. But I hate it when a company clubs me over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abercrombie feels the sting of bad customer service</title>
		<link>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2012/abercrombie-fitch-feels-the-sting-of-bad-customer-service/</link>
		<comments>http://amazingserviceguy.com/2012/abercrombie-fitch-feels-the-sting-of-bad-customer-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Stirtz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know good customer service can keep customers coming back. And most of us understand the power bad customer service has to hurt our business. Yet this simple lesson still falls on deaf ears at some large, well- known companies. Take Abercrombie &#38; Fitch for example. A $3.5 billion-dollar retailer known for attitude in their [...]]]></description>
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