Browsing All posts tagged under »Customer Service«

Customer Service in 2012 and Beyond Technology..

December 9, 2011

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Managers in Customer Services don't need more or new technology, but what is it they do need (to do)? Here's my take for 2012 and beyond!

E-mail from a Contact Center Manager

November 5, 2011

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I received an email from a Contact Center Manager I think everyone should read. The e-mail, which I publish almost entirely, speaks for itself.

The Customer Is Always Wrong

September 7, 2011

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Do you still think the Customer is always right? I don't think so! You can read why, and why that is important, in this post.

Top 5 reads on this blog over the past 6 months..

July 16, 2011

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here's an overview of the best read posts on my blog in the first 6 months of 2011. Check them out!

Presentation: Customer Service, Serious Business?

April 22, 2011

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Early February I wrote a post titled: Because it is time you take Customer Service seriously. For my speaking engagement on the 2011 Dutch Customer Contact Days in Utrecht this week, I translated the post into a 30-minute presentation, I’d like to share with you here. Please let me know what you think of it… [Read more…]

Because it is time you take Customer Service seriously..

February 7, 2011

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To date, the best proxy for good and effective Customer Services (operations), has been set by Bill Price, with his book "The Best Service is no Service". I believe we need a more fundamental change though, in our perspective to finally start having a real and sustainable impact on business results, not just sitting on the cost-side of the equation. I would like to explain so by elaborating on the "Five perspectives on Customer Services" we need today...

Follow-up on Destroying Customer Value: @Telfort is listening..

January 30, 2011

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Last week’s post Destroying Customer Value was in it’s essence not about getting attention from the Telco company involved (being Telfort). Fortunately @Telfort is listening in on-line for nearly two years now (I think). They even have a service blog (Dutch only; which turned into another marketing channel after they solved a huge backlog in… [Read more…]

Destroying Customer Value

January 20, 2011

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This is a story about how Telfort, a Dutch mobile network provider destroys four types of Customer value, with one stroke..