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Customer service representatives are heroes too

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On January 21, a customer service agent for 39DollarGlasses.com has been lauded as a hero after some quick thinking. Customer service representative Donna Petrosini was speaking with Karen Ford, a customer since 2008, when Ford began to slur her words and dropped the phone.

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Focus on Customer Service in 2010 (Finally?)

Customers Rock!

2010 may just be the year that companies start to focus on their customers and serving them well. Now, I am cautiously optimistic about this focus on customer service, but let me tell you why I feel this way. Brands are using a focus on customers as a competitive differentiator in their advertisements.

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2016 Customer Service Trends: The Rise of Service Talent

Tricia Morris

A new year brings resolutions to change or improve in ways that matter, and for brands and organizations, customer service is always a key focus. ——————– Read 10 Customer Service Trends to Watch in 2016. .” – Fred Reichheld, Author, Business Strategist. What were their answers?

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Working on customer service skills

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The customer service representative standing at the kiosk in the lobby of the bank had been speaking to a customer about a “Power of Attorney&# and its relevance to her aged parent.

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‘Tis the season to rev up the customer service

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According to a Price Grabber survey, 45 percent of consumers say they are going to spend less on holiday shopping compared to what they spent in 2010. And what that means is the need of customer service representatives demonstrating those people skills that assure shoppers they are making good decisions.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Help your customer service staff.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The pleasant voice on the Zappos end assured her that she could return the dress, and there would be no delivery or return charges; just that the customer would have to “touch&# the box to return it. There are no.

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Americans changing banks because of fees and poor customer service

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Power and Associates just released their survey which may or may not parallel big banks versus smaller institutions signing up new business practices, but a 5,000 customer survey results found a deflection rate of one in ten customers leaving large institutions last year because of high fees and lousy customer service.