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Cinch.fm Audio Service Shuts Down - Lessons We Can Learn on Customer Service & Not Counting on One Platform

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I was hit by the lack of customer service too, but we can certainly learn from this story; so that is what I'm going to share today. Provide Customer Service Even If The Service You Are Providing is No Cost.   Date: August 17, 2012 6:10:29 PM CDT Subject: Cinch.FM iTunes [link]. Dear Cinch.FM

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Vanish, Facebook and helping yourself by helping your customers

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Lithium’s Customer Heroes

Customers Rock!

I recently attended the 2012 Lithium Network Conference (LiNC for short) in San Francisco to hear about the latest and greatest from Lithium Technologies as well as from thought leaders such as Brian Solis , photo left, who shared about Digital Darwinism from his new book The End of Business as Usual. Good News for Social Customer Service.

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What's the best way to deal with username and password avalanche?

Office Dynamics

by MARY ELLEN SLAYTER on JULY 5, 2012 8:14AM. Has anyone finally thought of an easy, secure way to wrangle all of these things?” – Eve, Customer Service Associate. in ADMIN PRO FORUM. This information is proudly provided by Business Management Daily.com: [link]

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Can Facebook emotionally manipulate customer service?

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The emotional manipulation factor has been all abuzz this past week after the published results of a January 2012 subliminal study by Facebook was revealed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. We do research to improve our services and to make the content people see on Facebook relevant and engaging as possible.

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What happened to customer service at Sears?

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According to online surveys, over 80 percent of customers now give Sears poor customer service grades citing reasons of inept management, unreliable products, poor customer service, and a profound lack of employee training. billion in 2012. So what has happened? Can Sears be saved?

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Walmart’s dismal customer service scores drive customers away

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Since 2007, Walmart department and discount stores repeatedly have been labeled with the dubious distinction of having the “worst customer service in America.” Yet, shoppers can be a forgiving lot if customer service personnel are at the job and eager to please, but that doesn’t seem to happen much at Walmart.