Amazing Customer Service is Within Reach of Every Organization

June 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Can a focus on service make your company stand out from the competition? Can it make such a difference that customers talk about your service, think of you as a partner, and become evangelists for your company? Author Shep Hyken believes that it can.

In fact, he says that this level of customer commitment is within reach of most every organization for one simple reason: You don't have to deliver extraordinary service. You simply have to be consistent in delivering better than average service.

In the June issue of industry publication "Customer Service Newsletter," Hyken identifies seven specific actions that "amazing service organizations consistently do right when it comes to relationships with their customers and their employees." Step one is treating your customers like members.

You don't have to call your customers members, as American Express does, to give them a member experience, but you do have to treat them like members. For Hyken that means reps must be trained to handle calls in a courteous and professional manner, to use the customer's name when possible, and to use all of the tools available to have customers' records and buying histories at their fingertips.

More on customer amazement, using social media to boost customer support and grooming future service managers is in the June issue of "Customer Service Newsletter."

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