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Connecting with Customers

Building meaningful connections with your customers is the cornerstone of all successful sales and customer service. It’s not enough to push a product of service without giving the customer any consideration; you must foster genuine relationships build on the foundation of trust, understanding, and respect. Let’s examine the fundamental qualities…
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The Full Spectrum of the Customer Experience

Customer service transcends the boundaries that most people picture when they consider the term. It is no longer relegated to a department or call center, and has evolved into a holistic approach encompassing every interaction the customer has with your brand. This includes the initial discovery phase and the post-purchase…
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Sometimes the Customer Is Wrong

We’ve all heard that adage that the customer is always right. It’s a mantra that has shaped many of the interactions between businesses and their clientele. Upon closer inspection, however, most of us realize that this age-old saying is not always true. In fact, those of us who’ve worked in…
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How to Challenge Authority Respectfully

Unless you’re the business owner, president, or chief executive of your company, you always have someone higher up to answer to. After all, employees by definition are employed by someone else. And regardless of the kind of job you’re working, you’ve almost certainly experienced moments when you’ve disagreed with managerial…
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Never Force a Customer to Call Twice

While it’s true that people’s attention spans are growing shorter every year with our on-demand, always-connected lifestyles, what’s also diminished is our patience. There’s hardly ever any need to wait for anything now. Think about it: Want a product? Your favorite online retailer can probably deliver it in under two…
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More Keys to a Great Restaurant Work Culture

More Keys to a Great Restaurant Work Culture Last week, we covered RestaurantRockstars.com-founder Roger Beaudoin’s first four keys to developing a great restaurant work environment. This week, we’ll detail the remaining points of his philosophical roadmap for ensuring a great customer experience. If It’s Not Fun, Why Do It? Beaudoin…
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The Keys to a Great Restaurant Work Culture

RunningRestaurants.com recently posted a recorded call with Roger Beaudoin (founder of RestaurantRockstars.com) to explain what makes for a great working environment in a restaurant. His eight points act as a sort of philosophical roadmap for how to maintain a healthy culture that will ultimately deliver the best customer experience possible.…
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The Heart of Great Customer Service

Over the last several weeks, we’ve taken a look at Shep Hyken’s 2020 special report on achieving exceptional customer service. To wrap up, let’s take a look at what attributes help separate a great from a poor experience. There are a number of positive factors, of course, as Hyken notes…
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