customer service Articles

The tactical consumer has evolved — has your store kept up?

Forget punch cards and emailed coupons. Blockchain technology is the future of retail loyalty programs.

Here are four reasons why you may lose customers and what you can do about it.

To chart a successful course, service procedures must change dramatically when taking a mom-and-pop business to the next level.

Your company will benefit when you carefully steer customers and clients toward actions that help you provide better service.

Follow these people-pleasing steps to land more customers and keep them coming back for more.

Don’t let your fingers get ahead of your brain if you add a chat service to your website.

Have a few unhappy customers made it their business to burn you through website or social media complaints? Here’s how you can turn around your online reputation.

You want to answer all of their questions, but you want to dispense the information and get on with the day.

Showing appreciation for a job well-done by your workers or loyalty by your customers is a good thing. And sometimes you can do it pre-emptively.

Sometimes it’s necessary to prune your client list to operate smoothly — but how do you know when it’s time to let a customer go?

Handwritten notes and old-fashioned courtesy will go a long way toward repeat business that will drive your revenues higher.

Crabby customers beware. We rounded up these straightforward ways for you to handle those bad-tempered clients.

Being careful about how you communicate with customers can make those interactions go a lot smoother.