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How To Improve Customer Service
Inexpensive Ways to Boost Customer Service And Your Profits
By Sally Bell

Providing customers with excellent service may seem a natural thing to do. After all, isn’t it a bit like following the Golden Rule: Do unto others …?

Then why is it so hard to get right? Why do so many small businesses fail at customer service and needlessly speed customers to their competitors?

Contrary to what it might seem, delivering top-notch customer service is not an innate skill. It’s tough to execute consistently, and it’s among the first things to slip when a harried business owner has too much else to do.

So how can you boost your everyday customer service levels on a tight budget? And how can improved service translate into bigger profits? Read on, and we’ll tell you.

Stand Above The Crowd

Take Responsibility

Measure Your Performance

Catch Them Doing Right

Empower Your Employees

Give Customers What They Want

Never Assume

Regain Angry Customers

Answer the Phone

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(Posted September 2006)

 
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