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How to Disrupt Your Competition

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Less than one week before the release of my new book, The Convenience Revolution: How to Deliver a Customer Service Experience That Disrupts the Competition and Creates Fierce Loyalty , so I thought it appropriate to share some thoughts on how being easy – or convenient – can give you a competitive advantage over your competition.

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The Light Switch Mentality??

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Customers dislike standing in line so much that some will pay to have someone else stand in line for them. That’s one of the services offered by TaskRabbit – actually hiring someone, referred to as a “Tasker,” to stand in line for you. . Great customer-focused companies make it easy to get information quickly.

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Different is Better Than Better

ShepHyken

I’m going to break just a bit from my typical customer service/customer experience ideas and share another lesson: Different is better than better. . It might give you a competitive advantage, and more importantly, it will set you apart from others. Tyra Banks was still a supermodel after her “flamboyant moment.”

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Three Powerful Ideas From a Former Amazon Exec

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Founder, Jeff Bezos, was an early adopter of a relentless focus on the customer experience.? . Did Bezos really believe that Amazon should be so good they didn’t need a customer service department? Did he really have an empty chair in his meetings to represent the customer? He responded, “The best service is no service.”

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That “Something Extra” You Offer to Make Customers Love You

ShepHyken

In the realm of business—and especially customer service—we often talk about how to differentiate yourself from your competition. When I work with companies, I urge them to find what makes them unique and use it as a competitive advantage. I met Rodney at a conference where I was speaking about customer service.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles for the Week of September 18, 2017

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Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. 3 Techniques to Help you Really Understand your Customers by Shay Namdarian. My Comment: Let’s start this week’s top five with a short article that has three simple tips to help you better understand your customer.

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40 Best Customer Service Books We’d Recommend to Support Operators

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It’s not the amount of knowledge you are willing to offer, but the efforts you wish to take to keep your customers satisfied and loyal to your brand. Customers wouldn’t see what you have to offer, but what you are willing to change for them. That’s the true essence of customer service experience. Service Failure.

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