Six Cardinal Rules of Customer Service

Six Cardinal Rules of Customer Service

Cardinal Rule #1 – People Before Paperwork When someone walks into your place of business, or calls you while you’re working on something, drop everything for that person. Remember, paper can wait, people should not. Cardinal Rule #2 – Rushing Threatens...
Don’t knock old school ideas

Don’t knock old school ideas

As originally published on https://ideamensch.com/nancy-friedman/ Don’t knock old school ideas. If it were not for old school there would be no new school. Nancy Friedman is one of the country’s leading experts on customer service, communications and telephone skills...
Why “What is your name again?”  is soooo INEFFECTIVE – WATCH THE VIDEO for an idea to help you.

Why “What is your name again?” is soooo INEFFECTIVE – WATCH THE VIDEO for an idea to help you.

There certainly are times when we don’t get a person’s name at the start of the call or, of course, even in person. And most of the world, says, “What was your name again?” Sometimes, they even say “I’m sorry, I didn’t get your name.” So then why is that statement so...
Boothmanship   YES! CONFERENCE TIME IS HERE.  ARE YOU READY? 

Boothmanship  YES! CONFERENCE TIME IS HERE.  ARE YOU READY? 

By Nancy Friedman, Founder/Chairman, Customer Service Speaker, Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training Anyone who has ever “worked” a booth at a trade show knows it’s just that – WORK! Lots of work. And sometimes no lunch. Often long hours and the long hours are...
ZOOM ZOMBIES

ZOOM ZOMBIES

BY Nancy Friedman Founder, Chairman Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training Ok, here we go. As you might imagine, I have received dozens of complaints on how people act on Zoom calls. And certainly not on purpose, we all know that. However, the need has come to go...