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Creative Customer Service How Far Will You Go to “Wow” a Customer?

Mary Sandro helps companies and professionals achieve results through effective presentations, exceptional customer service, and innovative hiring techniques. She is available to speak on these topics. For more information visit…

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Everyone Represents Your Company

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE is a San Francisco-based professional speaker on the subjects of Change, Teamwork, Customer Service, Promoting Business, and Speaking Skills. She is the author of Get What…

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Keeping Up with the Vigilante Customer

Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE is a San Francisco-based professional speaker on the subjects of Change, Teamwork, Customer Service, Promoting Business, and Speaking Skills. She is the author of Get What…

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How to Improve Customer Service

Everyone wants to improve customer service. But exactly what is “customer service” and how do you go about improving it? In this article, guest columnist and customer service expert Doug…

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Customer Service Report Cards

Almost every company I deal with claims to give better service than their competition. Interestingly, if you talk to the competition, they also claim to give better service! So who…

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Cracking the Egg: Dealing with Difficult Customers

It is easy to work with people you like, and it is even easier to work with people who like you. But that’s not always the case. Sooner or later,…

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Customer Service Encounters of the Third Kind

What makes a company successful over the long, long term? What characterizes the service relationship between companies and customers who do business together for decades, even centuries? How can your…

Six Ways to WOW Your Customers

The problem with many businesses today is that they strive to satisfy customers. What’s wrong with that? Well, customers expect satisfaction, so satisfaction is now a basic requirement for doing…