As a customer service consultant, I rarely run across a company that doesn't claim that it "strives to provide superior customer service," or other words to that effect. (The exceptions are incredibly ...

Based on the best practices of the greatest customer-centric organizations in the world (Ritz-Carlton, Nordstrom, Starbucks, Zappos, and others), I instruct my consulting clients to respond to every ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I spend all my working days as a customer service consultant and transformation expert, helping companies large and small improve and ...

It feels like I get asked between 1.5 and 3,000,000 questions about customer service every month. I certainly don’t mind; it’s my favorite subject, bar none. Sometimes these questions come up in my ...

According to professional speaker, consultant and founder of Cause Matters Corp Michele Payn-Knoper, building rapport with customers is critical to showing them "you're sincerely interested in a ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As a customer service consultant and trainer, I’m the guy business owners ask to turn their company into “The Ritz-Carlton of Industry X” ...

Lack of attention to customer concerns in a range of key and critical public and private sector service entities across Guyana has saddled the country with a “poor” reputation for customer service, ...

The telephone is often the easiest way for your customers to reach your business if they have a problem or just need information. This amplifies the need to deliver strong customer service over the ...