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The other day I was interviewed and asked, “How does one get started?”. My flippant answer could have been, “Read the book and find out,” but instead I gave an answer that was simple and applicable to any type and any size business. It’s where you want to start. MORE
No one likes to deliver bad news to customers, but for a lot of us, giving bad news is a regular part of business. You know the feeling – you probably get nervous, or you have to transfer a call to your supervisor because the customer won’t accept your word as final. MORE
I’d bought something for my Dad and had it shipped directly to his home. So I reached out over chat, and this is what I was told: “We are constantly looking for the best prices to offer our customers, and that sometimes means a lower price is featured. MORE
If you find it hard to get customers to accept your word as final and if too many of your customers just go over your head to talk to a supervisor who will tell the customer the exact same thing, you need to read this. Of course, I didn’t want to pay it. MORE
Lying is a rotten thing to do. The researchers, including Dan Ariely , author and Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, wondered if your brain adapted to being deceitful. Lying Creates a Gateway to More Lying. The post How To Lie Effectively! MORE
How to Respond to the Yelling or Cursing Customer – Plus More Diplomatic Phrases to Help You Regain Control in 9 Common Situations with Difficult Customers. Customer Experience Design Difficult Customers How to deal with Difficult Customers How to Talk to Customers MORE
Even though creating an online survey nowadays is much easier than in the past, that’s not to say all aspects of surveys are easy. The distribution plan for your online surveys should put your existing outlets and channels to use while focusing on the goals you’re trying to accomplish. MORE
Next comes finding the perfect location to set up shop and after almost a year you’re finished. Sure, you had to get over a few hurdles and you corrected some mistakes but now business is steady. But for how long? Your focus is only on the things that are important to you. MORE
A Tufts University researcher named Silke Forbes thought it odd that she arrived 30 minutes early on a flight from Cleveland to Washington. How could she be early for a flight that was taking longer? If I don’t land until 2:30, I’ll feel stressed about getting to my 3:30 p.m. MORE
Your customers want your product to meet their expectations. Your customers also expect to receive a positive customer service experience. Everyone is striving to create a good experience, at every level. How can you stand out? MORE
You’re ready to take the lashing this customer is about to give you. You know you personally did nothing to offend and upset this customer. But somebody did something, or something happened, that made this customer want to lash out at you. Imagine this. MORE
I remember being a new manager preparing to deliver bad news to a group of executives. You go in there and answer their every question, before they even have a chance to ask you anything. Three weeks later, I delivered the dim news to a group of 68 executives, all men. MORE
What it takes to be a happy customer. There are many talks around what companies should do to create happy customers. To a great extent it is in our power to have positive customer experience wherever we go and whatever we purchase. Was there anyone to blame? MORE
So, if your employees aren’t friendly, helpful, and showing empathy, you have to ask yourself, Have I been tolerating poor performance? If you want to see change, you have to set expectations, have coaching conversations, and be willing to deal out consequences. MORE
For all of my onsite customer service workshops and keynotes, I arrive at least 45 minutes before we start so I can meet and talk to the people who’ll be spending several hours with me. Taking a few seconds to create rapport makes interactions much smoother and more pleasant. MORE
Guilt was my first response to burnout. How dare I feel bored, dis-interested and un-creative. So many people would be happy to be where I am; I should be grateful. Don’t allow customer service employees to spend more than 80% of their time on the phones. MORE
When you can’t tell your customer exactly what they want to hear, maintaining a sense of rapport can be challenging. But it’s possible to give your customer lousy news with empathy and a positive slant. Relay that you understand how the customer feels. MORE
Customer loyalty consultants refer to it as Innovative Customer Experience, and it is the key to getting your customers to talk about your experience to everyone they know. The main difference is that customers expect your experience to be value-added. MORE
Do you really know how your customers feel about your products and services? How about the quality of your customer service? The only way to really find out is to ask, which is why so many companies measure customer satisfaction regularly. When to use CSAT. MORE
It’s time to fix the escalation problem. Here are three ways you can prepare your employees to de-escalate so you can take a little stress out of everybody’s life. See How Much It Costs You To Resolve Most Customer Issues. De-escalation How to De Escalate MORE
We discussed how to measure customer emotions on our recent podcast. Today we will discuss how to measure feelings, which feelings you should measure, and where and when you should measure them. How Do We Measure a Feeling? There is no one way to measure emotions. MORE
My course, “Delivering Bad News to a Customer” for Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning is now live! If you struggle with how to deliver bad news to customers, you’ll want to take this class. Being open to additional questions. MORE
I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How the leader in the cockpit builds a brand by Alaina Love. My Comment: While this article’s title claims to focus on the retail industry, the four tips in this article could apply to any industry. MORE
Chat support is not supposed to be rote like an ATM transaction. The idea is to insert a personal tone so you can build rapport and even delight customers. I have my clients do four things in chat interactions to make them more human. We’re always glad to help.” MORE
It is no secret to anyone that this is the busiest season of the year for most businesses. It is the ideal period to offer varied products to different niches, which for, only this time of the year, will coincide with the purchase period. MORE
How to Manage Uncertainty. I heard the manager say about the team that you have to control the controllable. I quite like that phrase and I believe it is the key to managing uncertainty in your business for your customers. In some ways, this is how you manage uncertainty. MORE
Telling customers what they don’t want to hear is one of the hardest things customer service employees will ever have to do. Giving bad news is hard because of the fear of backlash and because so many customers will just escalate to a supervisor in hopes of getting a different response. MORE
How do we measure a feeling? The post How To Measure Customer Emotions appeared first on. What emotions should we be measuring? Where and when should we be measuring them? Colin and Ryan discuss what is best practice and what you should be doing. MORE
How to Understand Customers Preference. Have you ever noticed how some people put a lot of letters after their names in their signatures and bylines? Then, I remember that when I introduce myself, I often refer to my status on LinkedIn as one of the top 150 Business Influencers. MORE
It is crucial you ensure you are making it as easy as possible for your customers to do business with you. Today, we are going to discuss some areas you can look at to do just that. I hated creating a bloody list and taking it up to the store because it wasn’t convenient. MORE
A New Year tradition we started here at C3Centricity back in 2011, is to share our most popular brand building strategies and posts of the year. This gives everyone a chance to catch up on our best posts that they may have missed. Are they right to do so? To Survey. MORE
Your interactions with customers who have experienced a problem need to be structured in such a way that you restore the customer’s confidence in your company, and you regain their goodwill. In the first sentence of a letter, an airline said to customers, “We are sorry and embarrassed. MORE
Do you find it difficult to get customers to accept your word as final? Or even better, do they ask to talk to your manager? The thing is, we all need to get better at making our answer the final answer. Making your answer the final answer comes down to two things. MORE
But never have I dared to cuss at a person in a customer service role. And I get rather upset about lousy customer service and still manage to talk nicely to people about any issues I encounter. It isn’t possible for me to help while listening to that language. MORE
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Your customers want your product to meet their expectations. Your customers also expect to receive a positive customer service experience. Everyone is striving to create a good experience, at every level. How can you stand out?
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Do you find it difficult to get customers to accept your word as final? Or even better, do they ask to talk to your manager? The thing is, we all need to get better at making our answer the final answer. Making your answer the final answer comes down to two things.
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Your interactions with customers who have experienced a problem need to be structured in such a way that you restore the customer’s confidence in your company, and you regain their goodwill. In the first sentence of a letter, an airline said to customers, “We are sorry and embarrassed.
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No one likes to deliver bad news to customers, but for a lot of us, giving bad news is a regular part of business. You know the feeling – you probably get nervous, or you have to transfer a call to your supervisor because the customer won’t accept your word as final.
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A New Year tradition we started here at C3Centricity back in 2011, is to share our most popular brand building strategies and posts of the year. This gives everyone a chance to catch up on our best posts that they may have missed. Are they right to do so? To Survey.
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For all of my onsite customer service workshops and keynotes, I arrive at least 45 minutes before we start so I can meet and talk to the people who’ll be spending several hours with me. Taking a few seconds to create rapport makes interactions much smoother and more pleasant.
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When you can’t tell your customer exactly what they want to hear, maintaining a sense of rapport can be challenging. But it’s possible to give your customer lousy news with empathy and a positive slant. Relay that you understand how the customer feels.
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Next comes finding the perfect location to set up shop and after almost a year you’re finished. Sure, you had to get over a few hurdles and you corrected some mistakes but now business is steady. But for how long? Your focus is only on the things that are important to you.
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Guilt was my first response to burnout. How dare I feel bored, dis-interested and un-creative. So many people would be happy to be where I am; I should be grateful. Don’t allow customer service employees to spend more than 80% of their time on the phones.
Myra Golden Media
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I’d bought something for my Dad and had it shipped directly to his home. So I reached out over chat, and this is what I was told: “We are constantly looking for the best prices to offer our customers, and that sometimes means a lower price is featured.
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My course, “Delivering Bad News to a Customer” for Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning is now live! If you struggle with how to deliver bad news to customers, you’ll want to take this class. Being open to additional questions.
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Chat support is not supposed to be rote like an ATM transaction. The idea is to insert a personal tone so you can build rapport and even delight customers. I have my clients do four things in chat interactions to make them more human. We’re always glad to help.”
Myra Golden Media
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
How to Respond to the Yelling or Cursing Customer – Plus More Diplomatic Phrases to Help You Regain Control in 9 Common Situations with Difficult Customers. Customer Experience Design Difficult Customers How to deal with Difficult Customers How to Talk to Customers
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The other day I was interviewed and asked, “How does one get started?”. My flippant answer could have been, “Read the book and find out,” but instead I gave an answer that was simple and applicable to any type and any size business. It’s where you want to start.
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It’s time to fix the escalation problem. Here are three ways you can prepare your employees to de-escalate so you can take a little stress out of everybody’s life. See How Much It Costs You To Resolve Most Customer Issues. De-escalation How to De Escalate
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Do you really know how your customers feel about your products and services? How about the quality of your customer service? The only way to really find out is to ask, which is why so many companies measure customer satisfaction regularly. When to use CSAT.
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Customer loyalty consultants refer to it as Innovative Customer Experience, and it is the key to getting your customers to talk about your experience to everyone they know. The main difference is that customers expect your experience to be value-added.
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How to Understand Customers Preference. Have you ever noticed how some people put a lot of letters after their names in their signatures and bylines? Then, I remember that when I introduce myself, I often refer to my status on LinkedIn as one of the top 150 Business Influencers.
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A Tufts University researcher named Silke Forbes thought it odd that she arrived 30 minutes early on a flight from Cleveland to Washington. How could she be early for a flight that was taking longer? If I don’t land until 2:30, I’ll feel stressed about getting to my 3:30 p.m.
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It is no secret to anyone that this is the busiest season of the year for most businesses. It is the ideal period to offer varied products to different niches, which for, only this time of the year, will coincide with the purchase period.
Speaker: Jim Rembach, President of Call Center Coach
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I remember being a new manager preparing to deliver bad news to a group of executives. You go in there and answer their every question, before they even have a chance to ask you anything. Three weeks later, I delivered the dim news to a group of 68 executives, all men.
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OCTOBER 29, 2018
If you find it hard to get customers to accept your word as final and if too many of your customers just go over your head to talk to a supervisor who will tell the customer the exact same thing, you need to read this. Of course, I didn’t want to pay it.
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We discussed how to measure customer emotions on our recent podcast. Today we will discuss how to measure feelings, which feelings you should measure, and where and when you should measure them. How Do We Measure a Feeling? There is no one way to measure emotions.
Beyond Philosophy
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How to Manage Uncertainty. I heard the manager say about the team that you have to control the controllable. I quite like that phrase and I believe it is the key to managing uncertainty in your business for your customers. In some ways, this is how you manage uncertainty.
Speaker: Kristina Evey, Customer Experience Expert and Consultant
Myra Golden Media
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Telling customers what they don’t want to hear is one of the hardest things customer service employees will ever have to do. Giving bad news is hard because of the fear of backlash and because so many customers will just escalate to a supervisor in hopes of getting a different response.
Beyond Philosophy
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How do we measure a feeling? The post How To Measure Customer Emotions appeared first on. What emotions should we be measuring? Where and when should we be measuring them? Colin and Ryan discuss what is best practice and what you should be doing.
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What it takes to be a happy customer. There are many talks around what companies should do to create happy customers. To a great extent it is in our power to have positive customer experience wherever we go and whatever we purchase. Was there anyone to blame?
Beyond Philosophy
APRIL 24, 2017
Lying is a rotten thing to do. The researchers, including Dan Ariely , author and Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, wondered if your brain adapted to being deceitful. Lying Creates a Gateway to More Lying. The post How To Lie Effectively!
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So, if your employees aren’t friendly, helpful, and showing empathy, you have to ask yourself, Have I been tolerating poor performance? If you want to see change, you have to set expectations, have coaching conversations, and be willing to deal out consequences.
ShepHyken
DECEMBER 3, 2018
I have added my comment about each article and would like to hear what you think too. How the leader in the cockpit builds a brand by Alaina Love. My Comment: While this article’s title claims to focus on the retail industry, the four tips in this article could apply to any industry.
Beyond Philosophy
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It is crucial you ensure you are making it as easy as possible for your customers to do business with you. Today, we are going to discuss some areas you can look at to do just that. I hated creating a bloody list and taking it up to the store because it wasn’t convenient.
GetFeedback
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Even though creating an online survey nowadays is much easier than in the past, that’s not to say all aspects of surveys are easy. The distribution plan for your online surveys should put your existing outlets and channels to use while focusing on the goals you’re trying to accomplish.
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