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A Difficult Customer
Customers like this may appear to be difficult, but actually they are wonderful for a business.
Make Your Customers Feel Comfortable
Customers may not remember the words you spoke or the actions you took, but they will remember how you made them feel.
Friendliness is not overrated
“Growth” is a buzz word in the business world, but how do some organizations think that will happen if they treat their customers terribly?
It’s a secret
No one is a mind reader, least of all your customers. They have other things going on in their lives.
A Home Run
They seemed to understand what their customers might be feeling, not just the problem they were having.
They are right in front of you
So when the world turned upside down last year, this organization didn’t know what to keep and what to let go of.
A rose by any other name
A problem in one location will cause lost revenue for another.
We offer so much
What more could customers want? Well, customer service, for one.
Customer satisfaction vs. customer loyalty
Are you focusing on the short term, the long term or both?
Especially for you
Everyone likes to feel special, even customers.
New year, new _____?
What changed in 2020? Everything and nothing.
Upfront or underhanded?
When it comes to pricing, don’t be shady. Be honest. Be upfront.
Transfer or translation?
The online experience is much different than an in-person one regardless of industry. It’s not better, it’s not worse, but it is different.
Who has the power?
When a customer calls into a customer service center, they are only calling because they have a problem and need assistance in solving it. They aren’t calling to ruin a staff person’s day and they aren’t calling to be a pain in the neck. They are calling because they need help.
Quality control
Two different organizations both faced a customer service issue as they each had a customer who was sent a defective product.
You’re going the wrong way
Customer Experience has always been important for customer retention, but now health and safety has become a large portion of it.
What? Where? Who?
The fault lies not with the employee, but with management who hasn’t empowered their staff to enforce protocols.
Full-service farmer’s market
What set this market apart from others happened at the cash register.
Not your fault, not your problem? Think again.
When a customer places an order online and receives a damaged item, who do they hold responsible?
Get off autopilot
Times are tough for everyone; don’t make a bad situation worse for your customers.