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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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So, at best, you’ve got only a few seconds to accomplish this, the initial step in optimizing your customer’s experience: Perfect the welcome. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. According to the Echo 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer , only 7 percent of U.S.

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The Importance of Customer Service and Contact

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Large firms are able to purchase raw materials and stock on a scale that a small business could never afford. One of the most important of these is their ability to offer better and more personal customer service than a large multinational corporation. Customer retention is not something that often occurs purely by accident.

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Personalize your customer service

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Everyone wants to be treated as an individual with their own specific needs catered to; in the perfect world that’s the epitome of “wow” customer service. Of course whether we use one company or service over another usually stems from past reputation, helpfulness, integrity, or a friendly referral.

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Customer service sparkles with romance at St. Augustine specialty boutique

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Still love isn’t always dependent on dazzling drama nor is it only for the privileged or the rich; “WOW” customer service can make even the simplest proposal an affair to remember. In one of 14 unique stores around the world, Filthy Rich located in St. Augustine, Fla.

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Zappos customer service ‘core values’ sets record for longest call

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Zappos’ Customer Loyalty Team repeatedly exceeds expectations of the family culture CEO Tony Hsieh envisioned as his passion for customizing customer service always remains a number one priority 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. And to Shaea’s credit, the caller did purchase a pair of Ugg boots.

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BMW modeling customer service innovations after Apple

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All Genius Personnel will be salaried, and if a customer is interested in purchasing a car they will be referred to a salesperson. Customers don’t storm out as a salesman rips up a contract; tactics like that don’t work well in the luxury segment. Gone are the days of tattooed, pushy salesmen.

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Building a better customer service experience with expert branding

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We all know who our favorite designers are, our favorite beverages, and our favorite services. That doesn’t happen by chance, but rather this branding is the result of our own personal, repeated experiences and our perceptions of these products or services having been the best. Brands get turned into lifestyles.