BizTips: Customer service no-nos

Customer Service is the foundation on which loyalty and word-of-mouth advertising is built.  Following are things you don’t want happening in your business, if you want to grow and prosper.  During difficult economic times losing any customers is not what you want to experience.  Many small business owners are not even aware that many of these things are occurring because they fail to check their customer contact people regularly. More »


Steps to a Seamless CRM Integration

Customer data lives in many places, and getting it into a unified system takes time, money and expertise. More »


The Right CRM Goals for Your Company

Next to strategy, setting goals is probably the most company-specific part of the entire CRM process. Your goals can’t be canned, and they can’t come from a template or a checklist. Choosing the right goals for your company takes some time and thought. More »


Choosing the Best CRM Software

More and more consumers now prefer to work with various self-service tools than wait for a response. Consequently, a lot of businesses are starting self-service portals both for the customer’s and own convenience. More »


Customer Service – An Imperative

The Golden Rule, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” may seem self-evident in the way we try to conduct our personal lives. Yet this axiom is assuming new importance as a guiding principle in the world of business. More »


Customer Service – What is it?

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Transform Your Screamers to Dreamers

It’s your worst customer service nightmare:

You pick up the phone and before you can even say ‘hello,’ the tirade of profanity and insults come pouring from the headset More »


Building Client Relationships

Cultivating client relationships goes beyond good customer service—if you truly care about your clients, then they’ll care about you. More »