Preparing to Serve a Diverse Customer Base Many organizations and employees have realized the importance of creating a fair and equal environment in which everyone feels respected and valued. This is especially important in a service environment where employees encounter customers who have different characteristics. Providing good customer service can be challenging on any given … Read more
Two Elements of Effective Customer Communication Two key elements in making your interactions with customers successful are to recognize how you tend to communicate and understanding how the communication process works. It is up to each customer service representative, and other employees in any organization, to take responsibility for developing his or her communication skills … Read more
Provide the Best Customer Service Possible Providing the best customer service possible means that you do everything in your power to ensure that your customer’s needs, wants and expectations are met. Obviously, there are going to be times when challenges arise in service delivery, but that should not stop you from looking for practical and equitable … Read more
Delivering Customer Service to a Diverse Customer Base Personal awareness on the part of customer service representatives is the first step in delivering customer service to a diverse customer base. The word diversity encompasses a broad range of differences. Many people only associate the term diversity with cultural diversity, which has to do with the … Read more
Impact of the Recession on Customer Loyalty Many business owners and managers will tell you that they are struggling to maintain market share and service levels to guarantee customer loyalty. This has been a trend for a number of years and particularly became difficult once the recent economic downturn kicked into full swing. To off-set the … Read more
Recovering from Customer Service Breakdowns Customers are better educated and have access to a more competitive product and service information that at any time in history. The result is that when they contact a customer service representative, they have specific wants, needs, and expectations. When their preconceived ideas are not met, service breakdowns are likely … Read more
Service Recovery Strategies: Rebuilding customer relationships after breakdowns Managing conflict with customers involves more than just resolving the disagreement. If you fail to address the emotional and psychological needs of those involved, you may find the conflict returning, repercussions and/or severe damage to the customer-provider relationship may occur. Often poorly handled service recovery efforts result in … Read more
Customer Service Breakdowns Are Everywhere It seems that there are no shortages of service breakdowns in today’s world. You would think that in the down economy where so many people are unemployed or hurting financially, that service providers would think before doing or saying something that could have a negative impact on them. But then … Read more
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