Customer loyalty can be elusive, but it is imperative to running a successful business. In today’s hyper-digital world, there are myriad online forums that welcome venting and complaining. With the ...
Consumers whose complaints are handled well by a company become loyal customers and spread positive word-of-mouth. Yet too many companies fail at complaint handling and then fail again in responding ...
When it comes to charging delivery fees, Fred Durham, founder of Café Press, online seller of everything from ironic T-shirts to calendars, is unrepentant. Want that $22 Family Guy T-shirt? Get ready ...
(MoneyWatch) In its 13 years, my company has been unusually fortunate in that we have had -- as hard as it may be to believe -- only two or three bad debt write-offs (for very small amounts) and ...
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on YourSource News (YSN), the official blog of BrandSource parent AVB Inc, and is reprinted with permission from the authors. Let’s face it: Every ...
This article originally appeared in OpenForum, reprinted with permission. Izzy Goodman, owner of CCS Digital, a seller of ink cartridges, knows a thing or two about handling a surge in customer ...
What do you do when the customer truly goes over the line? Here's a real-life situation that happened to one of Sales Machine's regular readers. It started as a typical "disgruntled customer" ...
When a bank's customer dies, a patchwork of rules and regulations that vary by jurisdiction create a potential nightmare for ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools continue to proliferate, with many aiming to automate processes and increase productivity. But customers of these tools or customers of vendors who use them must ...