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When Sales and Customer Service Collide

Shep Hyken

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how sales and customer service combine to create an experience – hopefully a positive one. She created an experience for her customer. She created an experience for her customer. This is where sales and customer service collide. Here’s the short version.

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Vail Like Nothing on Earth is Losing its Brand

Service Quality Institute

I have been skiing in Vail Colorado for about 45 years now. The first time I met George I asked him what he does, He said, “I am in customer service.” He built a customer-driven ski resort. He even has an endorsement in my book Achieving Excellence Through Customer Service. George Gillett Jr.

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Service Leaders – The Power of the Service Strategy

Service Quality Institute

Most companies in the US believe they provide great service while about 90% + of customers believe customer service does not exist. I started writing this newsletter from Fort Collins, Colorado where I had dinner with my son and a neighbor and both complained about how bad customer service in healthcare is.

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Life Inside a Credit Union Contact Center: An Interview with the Manager

Fonolo

We speak with Laura Reinhold, Member Services Manager at Credit Union of Colorado, about growing up with a ‘heart to help’, breaking down barriers for customers, and the importance of being visible to your team. What path led to where you are now at the Credit Union of Colorado? What’s your origin story?

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A 3-Stage Approach to Your Company’s New Customer Experience

Customer Bliss

Are you responsible for building an entirely new customer experience path for your organization? Monica Whiting , Vice President of Customer Experience at TECO energy , shares tactics and plans to help you strategize short-term and long-term goals for CX, regardless of your industry. What is customer commitment?

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Amazing Business Radio: Karin Hurt and David Dye

Shep Hyken

Bringing Great Customer Experience Ideas Forward. Top Takeaways: Employees have great ideas on how to improve customer experience and leaders want them. People are thinking innovatively but sometimes, they do not recognize that they have a solution that is going to improve customer experience until they are asked.”

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Amazing Business Radio: Len Herstein

Shep Hyken

Vigilant Customer Service. How to Avoid Complacency in Customer Interactions. They discuss how businesses can be vigilant against complacency by safeguarding success and customer relationships. He is also a volunteer State-certified peace officer with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado.