Customer Service Management

Leadership

This 4-Step Secret is Key to Exceptional Customer Service — And it Requires A Lot More Than Just Smiles

Exceptional customer service depends on more than smiling, empathetic employees (though they're vitally important as well!). It also requires customer service standards and customer experience systems.

Thought Leaders

This Entrepreneur Needed an Affordable Vacation and Wound Up Inventing a Thriving Business

David Sodemann, co-owner of Boho Camper Vans, unveils his secrets to business success and how he maintains a close relationship with his customers even while they're on the road.

Growing a Business

Beware The Customer Cliff of Dissatisfaction — or Prepare to Lose Customers Fast

The Cliff of Dissatisfaction in customer service and the customer experience is the precipice where your customers (or prospective customers) lose faith that you can serve them in a timely manner. Here's how to identify it and fix this problem wherever it may occur.

Leadership

This Is the Biggest Customer Service Mistake You're Making — And How To Fix It Fast

You must be willing to embrace this one essential ingredient of exceptional customer service.

Leadership

Yes, the Rich Are Different — Here Are 5 Customer Service Secrets I Learned While Working With Wealthy Clients

If you want to win — and keep — wealthy clients (aka, HNWIs), exceptional customer service training is the golden ticket that will bring you success.

Operations & Logistics

Good Customer Service is a Disappearing Art — Here's How You Can Be Different

Don't underestimate the power of human interaction.

Leadership

How to Use the Least Sexy Customer Service Channel to Get Your Cash Registers Ringing

Old-school telephone conversations with customers are a powerful customer service tool and a brand-builder that creates customer engagement, loyalty and a more sustainably positive bottom line.

Leadership

Want a Customer Service Revolution? Start By Changing Your Culture

If you want to transform customer service performance at your company, you need to look beyond individual employee behaviors and focus on your broader customer service culture.

Growing a Business

The Best Customer Service Companies Spend These 8 Minutes A Day Becoming Better Than the Rest of Us

These short and wildly effective customer service improvement steps will set you well on your way toward becoming "the Ritz-Carlton of Industry X" or "the Zappos of Industry Y."

Leadership

Prioritize This Tool to Increase Customer Satisfaction During a Recession

Giving your customers what they really want will help you operate more efficiently from a digital perspective and more importantly, lead you through the potential recession.

Growing a Business

Why Customer Experience is the Secret to Revenue Growth and Business Success

The customer experience (CX) is one of the organizational pillars for growth, and it would behoove business leaders to make it a top consideration as they begin planning for 2023.

Science & Technology

How to Combat the Death of Customer Service in the Digital Era

The rules of engagement are shifting and customer acquisition has never been more expensive. But savvy retailers can cut through the noise with a little thought and planning.

Growing a Business

Customer Service Is Dead. It's Time to Focus on Building Real Relationships.

For decades, we've associated customer service with having people on the line to answer questions and provide assistance. It's time to change that mentality if you want to see real results.

Science & Technology

How to Use Tech to Revamp the Customer Service Experience

Technology has made it possible for even small businesses to leverage innovation to improve their customer service and outpace competitors by building customer loyalty.

Finance

Trends In Insurance: Leading to a Streamlined Process

The use of algorithms has dominated the finance industry, while financial advisory has taken a new shape with the advent of robo-advisors