Innovation via Storytelling

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #24

An Impeccable Service Conversation-Starter for Your Team:

Ask your team to share their own stories about when they received impeccable service, as a customer … and see where the conversation may lead you.

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Impeccable Recovery

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #23

Impeccable Client Service Recovery:

Oftentimes when you simply *ask* a customer what it will take to make things right, their proposed solution will require less time/money/energy than you were prepared to spend.

 

It starts with integrity

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #22

Impeccable, remarkable customer service starts with integrity. Integrity includes doing the right thing … even when no one is watching.

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Acknowledge and Own Your Mistakes

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #18

Acknowledge and own your mistakes and shortcomings (and those of your team). Saying you’re sorry doesn’t have to mean guilt, blame, fault or shame — it does mean taking responsibility in the eyes of your customers and clients.

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Being “on their side”

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #17

Do what you must do and say what you must say to have your clients feel, trust, and know that you’re “on their side.”

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All Things Being Equal

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #15

All things being equal, people will do business with and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust.” -Bob Burg

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“How was everything?”

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #14

Perhaps your team shouldn’t be asking customers “How was everything?” until they’ve first been trained on how to respond to possible customer replies (both the favorable and the unfavorable ones).

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Pull vs. Push

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #13

Don’t tell customers and prospects what you have to offer until you’ve first discovered what they want or need most.


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Experience = Brand

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #12

You may begin to notice that you don’t define your “brand” as much as your customers define it for you … based on their experience of you and your company.

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Remembering Names

Impeccable Customer Service Tip #11

Impeccable Relationships: Get good at remembering people’s names and use them often. People like hearing their own name.

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