I love to read short blogs sometimes…and I love to write them too. This is one of those short ones; Blogs don’t always need to be long. It’s about strangers. And Customers We know we have paid customers We know we have internal customers We know we have potential – future customers We even know […]

McDonalds Corporation has found that only 5% of customers with complaints contact customer service departments. Compare this to the 45% who speak with an employee immediately, and it becomes clear that front-line employees – in any business – need to learn how to handle customer complaints. In our experience, even the best customer service employees need training […]

by Jared Grafman The vast majority of music and news businesses failed to adapt with the Millennial generation. As a result, the two industries are still, today, rebuilding essentially from scratch. Why did those businesses fail? What makes Millennials so different from Generation X or Baby Boomers? Not much beyond technology. The internet and mobile […]

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STOP TELLING CUSTOMERS HOW GREAT YOU ARE…..AND START SHOWING THEM!  If you’re in the business of satisfying customers, the only thing that matters is what you DO It’s almost a cliche to see and hear organizations advertise to prospective customers about how great their service is. As if somehow, great customer service were just that…bragging […]

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By Nancy Friedman, The Telephone Doctor  Tales of awful customer service are especially bothersome at this time of year. It seems everyone has a story or two. The retail clerk who doesn’t know or doesn’t care.  The airline automated attendant system with endless loops before you encounter a human being.  The angry fast food attendant […]

By Nancy Friedman, Telephone Doctor  There are many, many ways to sabotage your business. And, chances are, your staff is doing some of these now on the phone and in person. And worse yet, you’ve probably even heard some of this yourself (ouch!). That’s the bad news The good news is we’re able to bring […]