Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 25, 2010

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on August 25, 2010 under Telephone Moments | 2 Comments to Read Often our first interaction with our customer is over the phone. Get Human is a website that offers a listing of companies and their customer service numbers and the shortcut secrets to help you connect with a real person.

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JULY 25, 2022

She was a great first employee : She trained each new team member, took on additional work and supported the company’s goals at every turn. I had removed myself so much from the day-to-day operations of my company that I had no idea how I would train a replacement—or whether I even had the knowledge to take on her responsibilities.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Remote workers typically work from home or from a “third place” location, such as a coworking space, a coffee shop or a business lounge, and collaborate with their team members through digital apps such as video conferencing and instant messaging, alongside traditional communication tools such as email and phone. . Virtual Assistant .

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MAY 22, 2024

VR and AR enhance meetings, training, relaxation, navigation, presentations, and creative design. Imagine your members brainstorming in virtual meeting rooms, attending training sessions from across the globe, or even unwinding with a guided meditation in a peaceful virtual landscape. Does this sound like science fiction?

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MARCH 28, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk 5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 09, 2009 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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MARCH 20, 2012

I also host a high-end training program for executive assistants and administrative assistants called World Class Assistant , in Las Vegas. If you are traveling alone, find out who else is attending that administrative conference or a training event, coordinate arrival times and share your transportation. Remain calm.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Basically, the do / build method means that you block time for ‘doing’ tasks, such as answering emails, attending meetings or writing reports, and you block time for ‘building’ tasks such as training, brainstorming, networking or strategic thinking. Every day your boss should have time for doing and time for building.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Struggling through one-on-one conversations in person or over the phone with hearing loss can also lead to decreased social interactions, which can even affect the length of your life. He was making repairs to patients’ hearing aids himself when he saw that better service was needed in this area.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

I also host a high-end training program for executive assistants and administrative assistants called World Class Assistant , in Las Vegas. If you are traveling alone, find out who else is attending that administrative conference or a training event, coordinate arrival times and share your transportation. Remain calm.

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Office Dynamics

MARCH 20, 2012

I also host a high-end training program for executive assistants and administrative assistants called World Class Assistant , in Las Vegas. If you are traveling alone, find out who else is attending that administrative conference or a training event, coordinate arrival times and share your transportation. Remain calm.

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Office Dynamics

APRIL 5, 2017

Whether these morning meetings take place in person or over the phone they are vital to the executives and assistants team success. How can you deliver over-the-top customer service to your internal and external customers? Have the courage to update old, unproductive habits. Anyone can have mediocre performance.

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Service Untitled

JUNE 29, 2011

Front-line customer service representatives impact our everyday lives. Why then, are service people often treated as among the lowest paid in many organizations? Why then, are service people often treated as among the lowest paid in many organizations? Praise jobs well-done and new initiatives that were successful.

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JULY 21, 2011

The sheer volume of businesses and the popularity of online shopping just make traditional ways of evaluating customer service dinosaurs of the past, hence the arrival of independent companies who generate measurements to assess customer service experiences we all hope or dread as we go about our online shopping moments.

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Make or Break Moments

MARCH 9, 2010

They have created a company that puts the specific needs of their customers first. I was especially intrigued by what the article refers to it as their Secret Sauce.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I was reading the posts over at Small Business Trends (something I highly recommend you do) and ran across an article by Barry Moltz entitled the 10 Customer Service Trends of 2010. She’d read that this newest generation was taking on traits of their grandparents; embracing the homemade handicrafts.

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Make or Break Moments

DECEMBER 16, 2009

One person was behind the desk, I was no more than five feet away and talking to her when she picked up the phone and called a vendor, totally ignoring my presence. Yet, a phone call appeared to be more important than engaging me in even trivial conversation. Lesson Learned: One way to create sales is to get people into the store.

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Make or Break Moments

DECEMBER 21, 2009

The purpose of your website should be to get the reader to take a predetermined action: pick up the phone, send you an email or fill out a contact form. Make sure your website is doing its part to capture the reader’s attention and get them to pick up the phone so you can do your magic.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Call one of your children on the phone. Attend training. Todd Duncan , sales expert and co-author of The 10 Golden Rules of Customer Service: The Story of the $6,000 Egg. Plan your next day’s schedule and prioritized to-do list before you leave work. Do five things every day that forward your No. Take a nap.

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JULY 22, 2024

And so I find that a lot of what we do with the training isn’t just, yes, we have to go in and give them the high level view, because some people may not have taken the initiative to learn that. We’re on our phones. It’s hard to have good customer service if you’re hating your own life.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Some of the major examples included: Phone problems (long hold times, annoying hold music, getting disconnected, blind transfers, etc.) Employees that aren’t happy to see customers (rude, disaffected, unhappy, etc.)

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 28, 2010

The caller introduced himself as Dave Somebody. “Hi Dave, how can I help you?&# Well, I represent a company that compiles memorabila for your loved ones.&# -pause – HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 14, 2010

I belong to several; local groups with a variety of business types and industry specific groups for speakers, writers, customer service and HR professionals. We talk about CUSTOMER SERVICE but I didn’t see a group that dealt with the “relationships&# we have with customers.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 20, 2010

It is also true with our customers. If we put them first in all we do – the customer service experience improves. Word circulates that your business is the customer-friendly business. I’l created a little booklet that offers 105 ways to put customers first.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

In the UK, police chiefs are taking some customer service tips from a popular department store named John Lewis where customer service is treated as a skill. It seems a recent survey revealed that officers “answered their mobile phones while talking to people or had unprofessional musical ring tones.&#.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

If we are conversing online or over the phone – the desire to multi-task while we talk can be overwhelming, but if you read Larry’s article you can hear just how wrong that decision was. But the biggest thing to remember is STAY FOCUSED ON THE CUSTOMER. The pleasantries we learned in Kindergarten still work well.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 11, 2010

I have been going and doing my weight training three times a week and the cardio bike thing ever since. As a customer – it isn’t my speciality, so I don’t question, I just continue on. As a customer – I’m excited. I’ll never know if I don’t pick up the phone and ask.

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Service Untitled

APRIL 6, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. If customer service telephone personnel have been taught just to deliver identical conversations and not have the ability to capitalize on their own personal styles, chances are the needs of the consumer are not being addressed.

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JULY 3, 2012

So how can Wells Fargo and other institutions or businesses become more customer service friendly? Why isn’t there an application that will take my phone number and call me back as soon as the next customer service agent is available? Train customer service agents better.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I think we have all been the victims of poor customer service; those agents who hate their jobs, have no solutions, and should never have picked up the phone that day. Personally, I think it validates even more the need for exceptional training of only the best customer service representatives a company can afford.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Customers are definitely interested in low competitive prices, but if you’re a small to medium company, there’s going to be a problem competing with the large companies, so the focus is going to have to fall on customer service if you’re going to survive. Generic email messages do not inspire customer loyalty.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Jennifer had not spent more than ten minutes on the phone with the bank customer service representative when the agent told Jennifer she would have to ask the remainder of her questions at another time. Limiting talk time is not going to improve customer engagement. So what should an organization do?

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AUGUST 8, 2011

The old-fashioned customer service agents spent most of their time on the phones trying to resolve problems, but now such quick social media outlets as Twitter can quickly lead to a firestorm of criticism if not handled immediately. What are the golden rules of knock-down, kick-butt, customer service? Whether we.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Since 2007, Walmart department and discount stores repeatedly have been labeled with the dubious distinction of having the “worst customer service in America.” Yet, shoppers can be a forgiving lot if customer service personnel are at the job and eager to please, but that doesn’t seem to happen much at Walmart.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Most customers who feel they have been the recipients of poor customer service will never vocalize their feelings to a particular organization. So what are some of the more obvious signs of poor customer service that silently drive customers away? Floor personnel are talking on their cell phones.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. After all, CEO Tony Hsieh encourages his customer service representatives to make a Personal Emotional Connection. It’s Hsieh’s mantra, “Deliver WOW through service.&# Louis market.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Now we all know that airlines are our favorite subjects when it comes to consumer complaints and lack of customer service along with banks, cell phone providers, and internet companies, but the lack of communication and listening to their customers are the one constant complaint for all of the organizations.

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