10 Quick Customer Service Reminders
by Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor Doing the little things right is a key component to building a culture of service within any organization. While most formal training courses take a bit of time...
View ArticleEffective Communication Skills
STOP TELLING CUSTOMERS HOW GREAT YOU ARE…..AND START SHOWING THEM! If you’re in the business of satisfying customers, the only thing that matters is what you DO It’s almost a cliche to see and hear...
View ArticleThank you FSAC
Nancy Friedman delivered an inspiring customer service keynote presentation to the Funeral Service Association of Canada in St. John’s, Newfoundland this week. Would you like information on Nancy’s...
View ArticleTips To Improve Customer Service
If you can train your customer service representatives to substitute five common forbidden sentences with positive, smart replacements, they’ll turn disgruntled customers into satisfied clients. For...
View ArticleAre You Really Engaged?
By Nancy Friedman, Keynote Speaker, Customer Service Expert & Engagement Specialist. A short, but ongoing course. Are you really engaged? Do you and your staff really know how to engage and...
View ArticleBack To Basics
By Nancy Friedman, President, Speaker, Telephone Doctor Customer Service My entire career has been focused on developing ways to help companies communicate better with their customers. Each year we run...
View ArticleFeatures vs Benefits
Every team member should understand the difference between a feature and a benefit. An easy way to remember the distinction is that “features tell and benefits sell.” Let’s look at the definition:...
View Article6 Ways To Improve Listening Skills
by Nancy Friedman Do you know what the number one skill in sales and service is? I gave you a hint in the title. Listening skills. Doesn’t everyone know how to LISTEN? Sort of. Most of us ‘hear’ just...
View ArticleEmail Apocalypse or the “Reply-to-all” click
Everyone has had the experience where they meant to send a private response to someone in a group email, but accidentally hit “reply-to-all.” If we were lucky, it was a limited mistake and only a...
View ArticleProactive Customer Service
Everyone aims to deliver proactive customer service. Whether you refer to it as cross-selling, up-selling, suggestive selling, or – as we like to say — “soft question” selling, a basic component of...
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