Customer Service

Do You Want to Lose a Customer (Or any other relationship)? Here’s an easy way

Start withholding

Withhold your attention
Withhold your service
Withhold money
Withhold knowledge
Withhold information
Withhold praise
Withhold feedback

Get the idea? ...

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Sales

The Gift of Feedback

I am a Toastmaster and I have discovered that it is a great organization for developing leadership skills as well as speaking skills.

One of the most powerful tools a leader or manager has is the ability to deliver feedback that helps the employee improve; while not discouraging them. If you have experience in managing people you recognize the dilemma. You see Steve showing up on a sales call and telling the story without conducting good Discovery. As you provide feedback you notice that Steve crosses his ...

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Customer Service

They Get it: Marriott

I recently celebrated a birthday. And in my email on my specific birthday I received an email from Marriott promoting a birthday gift. When I opened it they had credited me with a night towards my “Elite” status. Not a big thing, I like staying at Marriott’s and it wasn’t expensive for them. But what it showed was that they valued me as a customer; to the point where they were willing to send me something of value for my birthday.

Do you think I will look to Marriott for my next travel? ...

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