10 Secrets Your Customers Won’t Tell You But We Will

By Nancy Friedman, The Telephone Doctor; Customer Service & Communication Expert; President, Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training Most business owners know that customers will walk and take their business elsewhere if they’re not treated as they’d like...

5 Frustrating Voice Mail/Cell Phone Phrases

By Nancy Friedman, Telephone Doctor® Voice mail (business or cell) remains a large frustration in this busy business world. And it’s not just voice mail. The automated attendant is also on the list. In an effort to help reduce voice mail frustration, here are the five...

7 Principles of Bad Customer Service

By Nancy Friedman, Keynote Speaker, Customer Service Expert, President, Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training A few years ago we surveyed a group of folks on how they felt about getting bad customer service. We found 7 common threads. We labeled them the 7...

Customer Service vs. Common Sense?

By Nancy Friedman, Keynote Speaker, Customer Service Expert, President of Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training We’ve all heard the saying: “Hey, customer service is just plain old common sense.” But then we all know, too, common sense is NOT that common. Decided...

Do You Suffer From Emotional Leakage?

By Nancy Friedman, Keynote Customer Service speaker, President, Telephone Doctor Customer Service, Inc. Emotional Leakage – Getting Mad at Peter and Taking it Out on Paul. Not right, not fair, not fun.We’ve all seen it happen.A co-worker comes into work...

Listen UP!

by Nancy Friedman, the Telephone DoctorDo you know what the number one skill in sales and service is?I gave you a hint in the title. Right – listening skills.Do we really LISTEN? Most of us ‘hear,’ but do we really listen to what people are saying? Are there any...