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Repeat business is the best business. It costs far more to find a new customer than to keep an existing one. Take a nail studio as an example. Clients return every 2–3 weeks for gels, polish, manicures – and these are premium services. Once you’ve won the customer, it makes sense to give them a […]
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Exceptional customer service doesn’t happen by accident – it’s built on a foundation of behaviours and principles that consistently create positive experiences. Among these, four pillars stand out as essential: Promptness, Politeness, Professionalism, and Personalisation. When applied together, they form a service approach that builds trust, reduces friction, and strengthens long-term customer relationships. 1. PromptnessSpeed
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Better service = more salesFaster reaction = more salesThe right information = more sales Whether it is a consumer product or a business service or product, the first time you buy it you will have queries about it. Who will get your business?The company that expects you to wait for 2 hours or the one
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In today’s fast-paced business environment, one of the first areas to suffer is customer service.A simple query to a supplier often results in frustration, delays, or incorrect information. Sometimes, you have to beg a company to do business with you. Responsive Service Best practice is simple: when I call, email, message, or WhatsApp a company,
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Below is a real life situation. It happened at lunchtime on Sunday. A customer of our client had a problem with one of the products they purchased and this is what they said to our AI Chatbot: —> “Its says device offline” Nothing more, not even the name of the product or more details. Think
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Me: How important is customer service in your business?CEO: Extremely important — it’s one of the main things that sets us apart from competitors. Me: How many support calls do you get in a typical day?CEO: It really depends — it goes up and down. Me: Do you know exactly how many you’ve received each
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Just yesterday someone was complaining on LinkedIn about poor service he had received from his ISP. It seemed well justified. They had taken ages to respond to him. The thread though was about how bad AI and automation was. In this case the ISP was NOT using AI or automation. They have a LIVE CHAT
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If you have a query with your supplier they typically implement customer support/customer care as follows:Large corporations use a multi-channel approach: Generally you will phone the call centre, or send an email or WhatsApp or fill in a form on their web site. All queries go to their ERP/call centre system/CRM. Someone will pick up
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There is an interesting article entitled“Good service is proactive: A new standard for customer experience” published in Bizcommunity: https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/good-service-is-proactive-a-new-standard-for-customer-experience-626931a The author, Bruce von Maltitz, states: “For many organisations, customer experience (CX) is still reactive – a customer has a query, a ticket is logged, and an agent responds. Even when this process is efficient, it’s
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