Happy Customer Service Week! I kicked things off over at the official National Customer Service Week online event this morning. I talked about how employee appreciation leads to happiness, and happiness gives you so many benefits. […]
Actually Useful Telephone Advice
Several people have written in looking for help to improve the friendliness factor in phone calls. They reach out to me because they’ve gotten feedback or a warning from a supervisor that if they don’t […]
How to Celebrate Customer Service Week (3 Steps)
Download agenda, themes, certificates and more here! Are you still trying to figure out how to celebrate Customer Service Week? After the year and a half your team has pulled your company through, don’t let […]
How to Enforce a Mask Mandate In Your Theater, Museum, Library or Store
We thought we’d be done with COVID by now. Yet, here we are. I was supposed to be boarding a plane tomorrow to deliver the opening keynote for a large event in D.C. It’s now […]
ACX’21: NOW A FREE, ONLINE EVENT
We had high hopes – and big plans – to reconvene and reconnect at ACX’21 in Arlington, VA, but remember the saying about best-laid plans? Now we’re meeting OCTOBER 26-27 for a FREE online event […]
Don’t Apologize to Customers!
It might surprise you to know I don’t want customer service specialists to apologize to customers. Before you respond to that, let me say that I see apologizing and saying “I’m sorry” as two different […]
here’s how to explain a credit card authorization to a customer.
People are funny when it comes to their money. I am too. When a customer starts an order but doesn’t complete the purchase or cancels, the authorization often hangs around for days. And customers can […]
I’m Grading Assignments in my Master Class
Participating in assignments is the number one way we customize my online courses to your specific situations. One of my students typed out the following scenario in an exercise: Situation: The delivery company and the customer feels […]
These 20 Empathy Statements Will Straight-up Make You a Customer Service Boss!
Download the empathy statements PDF and practice your first five empathy responses to customers.
National Customer Service Week 2021!
Mark your Calendars for October 4 – 8, 2021, because we’re celebrating National