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Create a Positive, Upbeat, “Can-Do” Workforce and Dazzle the Customer with Your Caring!

Given the choice of dealing with a positive, upbeat employee with a “can-do” attitude or dealing with a disgruntled, distracted, uninterested one, which would you choose? No contest. Customers always want the best experience possible; they want it to be easy and pleasant to do business with your company. Enter the real challenge of “Relationship Management,” the relationships. Until all of our business is done electronically, and much of it might be, managers, in addition to making sure the work gets done, still need to be concerned with the performance of the most important link in the customer connection – people.

Customer Service Is Dying- and I’m Not Feeling So Good Myself

Have you ever called a company and been greeted with the phrase “Hold, please”? How do they know you can hold? They don’t even know who you are. Maybe you can’t hold; maybe you have 10 seconds of juice left on your cell phone and your hair is on fire. Then you finally get someone on the phone, only to be told, “I can’t actually help you; I’m just paid to apologize, and I’m really sorry about that.”

Do Your Employees Really Need Customer Service Training?

If you go to the doctor with a headache, do you demand a particular treatment before she examines you? Of course not! Well then, why do managers send their employees for customer service training — before they know what the problem is? Another common mistake is to bring in a motivational speaker to talk to staff that has to fight dysfunctional work processes day after day. It’s like putting a band-aid on a cancer. Even the best employees can’t do their jobs if the job itself is an obstacle course!

Your Best Potential Customer Is Looking For You Now On The Internet

Increasingly, purchasers are using the Internet to search for suppliers. You may be unaware of the total number of people who are doing this in your market sector. Many of them may be ending up with the competition. You may be concerned that fewer people seem to be out looking for your products. Your competition may be quietly laughing all the way to the bank, as they find the market is wide open to them.

Who is the Customer in CRM?

For many centuries, companies used to believe that their customers were those who purchased the product. Lately, it has become apparent that there are several types of customers. There are those who purchase our products, those who manufacture our products, those who sell our products, and those who manage everyone else. In other words, all people who touch us and our businesses are our customers.

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