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Customer Service Summaries

Customers come first. But as more and more businesses emphasize personal contact with their clients, they are raising the bar regarding what constitutes good customer service. Learn how to stay ahead of the pack.

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Clients First

Joseph Callaway and JoAnn Callaway

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2012

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Complaint Management Excellence

Sarah Cook

Kogan Page, 2012

(7)

High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service

Micah Solomon

AMACOM, 2012

(7)

Worth Every Penny
 

Sarah Petty and Erin Verbeck

Greenleaf Book Group, 2012

(6)

Humanize

Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant

QUE Publishing, 2011

(7)

Wired and Dangerous
 

Chip R. Bell and John R. Patterson

Berrett-Koehler, 2011

(7)

Small Business Smarts

Steve O'Leary et al.

Praeger, 2011

(7)

The Amazement Revolution
 

Shep Hyken

Greenleaf Book Group, 2011

(7)

The Thank You Economy
 

Gary Vaynerchuk

HarperBusiness, 2011

(9)

Enchantment
 

Guy Kawasaki

Portfolio, 2011

(7)

The New Experts
 

Robert H. Bloom

Greenleaf Book Group, 2010

(6)

UnMarketing
 

Scott Stratten

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

(7)

The 24-Hour Customer
 

Adrian C. Ott

HarperBusiness, 2010

(8)

America's Service Meltdown
 

Raul Pupo

Praeger, 2010

(7)

Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit
 

Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon

AMACOM, 2010

(9)

Flip the Funnel
 

Joseph Jaffe

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2010

(7)

Getting Naked
 

Patrick Lencioni

Jossey-Bass, 2010

(7)

Reorganize for Resilience
 

Ranjay Gulati

Harvard Business Review Press, 2010

(9)

Outstanding!

John G. Miller

Putnam, 2010

(7)

No B.S. Sales Success in the New Economy

Dan S. Kennedy

Entrepreneur Press, 2009

(6)

Ownership Quotient
 

James L. Heskett et al.

Harvard Business Review Press, 2008

(7)

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Customer Service

It’s virtually impossible to overrate the significance of customer service. Countless businesses can point to superior customer service skills as the primary factor in their success. Though price is always a consideration, consumers value their relationships with businesses and expect to have a positive experience in purchasing goods or services. In the fierce battle for the consumer dollar, more companies are acknowledging the consequences of good customer service and tailoring their operations accordingly.

If you believe your business needs to polish up its customer service, you’ll find getAbstract extremely helpful. Our summaries break down every component of customer service and reinforce commonly held beliefs, such as the importance of building a loyal customer base. You may be able to bring customers through your doors with fancy promotions and cut-rate prices, but sustained success depends on repeat business.

Get Personal

When it comes to customer service, one recurring theme is that people long for the “good, old days” when they were greeted with a warm smile and friendly hello. With so much business transacted online now, consumers are grumbling more about the impersonal treatment they receive. Robots answer telephone calls; complaints about products and services appear to fall on deaf ears.

Our summaries tackle these issues – and a lot more. You’ll learn how to listen to your customers and train your staff members to be helpful and courteous and responsive to grievances. getAbstract will demonstrate that good customer service isn’t really complicated at all.

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