Battling with Customer Service: How to Win the War, Part 1 of 2

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Customer service, how I loathe thee. Let me count the ways. The never-ending loop of obnoxious hold music. The pressure to buy new products and services. The poor-quality, outsourced call to a distant land.
A call to customer service can be an infuriating ending to a frustrating experience. You’re upset and [...]

Additional phone lines allows for greater customer-service success

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

With the complexity of one’s business comes the stress of an effective phone system. With multiple customer service representatives at my business, I found it hard to find a phone system that could handle the workload of the many users at one time. After researching other options, I found a website that allowed me to [...]

Battling with Customer Service: How to Win the War, Part 2 of 2

Friday, March 6th, 2009

If you’ve already read Part 1 of “Battling with Customer Service: How to Win the War,” congratulations! You’re halfway to becoming a pro. Follow these last five steps and you’ll be on track to bending the minds of customer service representatives everywhere. Without further ado...
6. Don’t drink and dial.
It seems like [...]