Customer Service
GSB TV: Building a Customer-Centric Culture
This week on the GSB TV Customer Service Show, Rachel Baker and Chris Barnes talk about how you can build a customer-centric culture in your business. A business that is focused on its customers, and makes that ethos clear at every level and every interaction, will provide great customer service and create enthusiastic, loyal customers.…
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What is the Velocity of Your Customer Service?
The CEO of Busey Bank, Van Dukeman, has an interesting concept he calls the Velocity of Business. I heard his presentation on the subject of how quickly a business moves when I had the privilege of working with the bank, and I realized the importance of how velocity applies to the customer service experience. What…
Read This ArticleBeef ‘O’ Brady’s: The Importance of Community Service
In tough economic times, one of the best ways for a business to stand out and find a way to survive is by taking an active role in the local community. Reed Parker, owner of a Beef ‘O’ Brady’s franchise in Dallas, Georgia, says that his business found great success by getting out into the…
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GSB TV: Dealing with Customer Complaints
This week on the GSB TV Customer Service Show, Rachel Baker and Chris Barnes offer tips for dealing with customer complaints, from before the complaint even arises through to solving specific problems. While many people dread customer complaints, you should learn to see complaints as an opportunity—an opportunity to solve a problem and salvage a…
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Do You Know, Like, and Trust Your Customers?
It’s common knowledge—and common sense—that customers want to do business with people they know, like, and trust. Business is all about relationships. Your customer relationships may fall on various levels, but at a minimum, customers should be able to count on you. They have chosen to spend money on your products or services, so to…
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Make Customer Service Best Practices Your Standard Practice
I am no stranger to travel … airports, hotels and the like are all in a day’s work. On a recent occasion, I was flying into Las Vegas to present a customer service speech. The client had arranged ground transportation, so I expected to find a driver holding a sign with my name on it…
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Are You Really Customer-Focused?
Many companies that claim to offer good customer service in reality are grounded in an operations mentality with rules and policies that allow for little flexibility, preventing them from rising above anything more than average or satisfactory. The companies that really understand customer service have a different focus. Their hiring and training is focused on…
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10 Steps to Create a Customer-Focused Culture
I’ve talked and written a lot about how to create a customer-centric culture. I believe the basic premise is to start on the inside, with the employees. If you want to read more about it, there is a wealth of information in the articles on CustomerServiceBlog.com. For the short version to get you started, here…
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5 Steps to Managing Complaints on Social Media
Social media is a customer service tool that has great potential beyond what most companies are currently using. Outlets such as Facebook and Twitter offer the opportunity for companies to enhance the customer service experience by posting value-added content. Often, however, their only involvement is to monitor what customers are saying about them on social…
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Customer Service Tech: The Future of Customer Service is Now
Customer service used to be just about how nice someone was when they interacted with you – or a phone number that you called when they weren’t so nice. But traditional customer service has expanded into so much more. The “customer service experience” encompasses every interaction, or touch point, that a customer has with your…
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