Tag: service

Provide Great Customer Service and Gain Instant Customer Loyalty

If you thought that customer service was simply answering your customer’s email, you’re dead wrong! Conducting an eCommerce business takes more attention to detail than a normal brick-n-motor company. With eMail being the most used Internet application you have a real opportunity to keep in touch with your customers and provide excellent customer service.

How to Get Rid of Denial-of-Service Attacks

On August 10th I had the opportunity to talk about (Distributed)
Denial of Service (DDoS) at the Megabit 2002 event. I wanted to
show a new way to use standard routers and protocols to combat denial
of service. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough time to really prepare
the test setup. I was unable to show conclusively that it works. I was
able to explain how it is supposed to work. I’m going to repeat that
part here and then talk about the Cisco router configurations that
make it all happen.

Answering Customer Service E-mail: Five Errors to Avoid

We’re turning our focus this new year to customer service e-mail messages, those “answers” we receive in our inboxes when we write to customer service representatives (CSRs) for help. Our research method: Send hundreds of customer service questions and requests via e-mail. We’ve e-mailed everyone — from Fortune 500s to ma-and-pa companies, from public corporations to nonprofits and government agencies. We’ve solicited customer service e-mail from clients and colleagues. What we’ve learned so far: (1) Lots of customer service representatives lack the basic writing skills they need to communicate with customers. (2) Lots of companies are sending out embarrassing, inaccurate, business-damaging e-mail disguised as “help.”

Want to Keep Your Customers? Sign Them Up for a Service Contract!

With loyalty programs and other customer retention initiatives popping up everywhere these days, many small business owners ask themselves the question “What should I be doing to retain my clients?” Since you don’t have the resources to launch a brand new loyalty program for your business, you may not be able to compete toe-to-toe with the expensive loyalty programs offered by large companies to draw customers in and keep them, such as “AirMiles” programs. However, there is one thing you can do. Sign your customers up for life today using Service Contracts.

Pricing Your Service or Product: Things To Ponder

Terrific students attend the classes I teach. They ask profound questions that "stretch" my knowledge and resources. When I teach a building a business foundation owner class, I’m usually asked, "How does someone price a product or service?" During a recent class, I promised to write down what’s in my head and send it to the students. And because of them, you now have it, too. In order to keep things simple, I’ll use "services" to mean both services and products in the list below.

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