DYPII : Did You Plug It In? Photo and article © Micah Solomon The language of service recovery When a customer contacts you to complain about your service, or needs your help in addressing a service-related breakdown – what I call “service recovery” – there is almost nothing that matters more to your ultimate success …
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By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com When visiting the postcard-perfect town of Bar Harbor, Maine, I’ve noticed that a social virus of sorts has spread from …
By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com If you were here with me right now, the first thing I’d need to do [if you really want to …
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It’s important to be aware that service begins when a customer comes in contact with you–it doesn’t always wait for you to make intentional contact with the customer. For example: suppose you’re the manager for the suburban superstore below – Suburban superstore – broad view from sidewalk approach ———— and a customer has just pulled …
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By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com Funerary art: Hermes guiding the departed Myrrhine Not that it comes down to this often, in most lines of work. …
By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com A warm welcome, 30th St. Station Philadelphia When you give a warm welcome (or you don’t) to what you think …
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By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com Quick, think: Who is the first and last person your customers talk to when they’re on your premises, or on …
By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com A future benefactor of your business, whether a future customer, lender, star employee, or other benefactor, may first see your …
By Micah Solomon – keynote speaker, customer service speaker, customer service consultant, and #1 bestselling author of “Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit: The Secrets of Building a Five-Star Customer Service Organization.” Visit with Micah at https://customerserviceguru.com Here’s an online conundrum: How you greet prospects and customers is crucial—but these days, by and large, you don’t actually …