Astonish Your Customers With These Customer Service Tips

Written by Catherine Franz


Customer service today is getting worse. Win customers over and you build your business for life. Proven byrepparttar leader inrepparttar 135089 industry -- Nordstrom's. Nordstrom's customer service keeps improving and they continue to drive others out of business because of it. Here are six ways you can thrill customers and snatch a larger market share from your competitors.

...Offer to do an extraordinary favor

Here's an example of what I mean: A customer of a moving firm wanted to ship a kitchen table and chairs set to his son in a city 300 miles away. Butrepparttar 135090 moving firm had a hefty weight requirement and a high minimum fee. The firm's manager said he made regular trips to that city. So he offered--at no cost--to loadrepparttar 135091 set in his station wagon and deliver it on his next trip.

...Under promise, over deliver

A well-known air freight company promises to deliver a package by 10 amrepparttar 135092 next morning--but often delivers by 9 or 9:30 am. A local printing company always finishesrepparttar 135093 job beforerepparttar 135094 due date. These are companies customers can count on.

...Give them a benefit they don't know exists

If your business offers coupons for certain items, discount those items for those purchases even if customers don't haverepparttar 135095 coupons.

...Put concern above profit

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Written by RICHARD C. CURRY


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