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by John R. DiJulius
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Most businesses believe they provide good customer service. They train employees to smile, say please and thank you, and handle complaints politely. They measure satisfaction scores and respond to negative reviews. They believe that if customers are not actively complaining, they must be happy.
**Author:** John R. DiJulius III
**Estimated Reading Time:** 42 minutes
**What You'll Learn:**
- Why customer service has become the single most powerful competitive advantage available to any business - How to develop Service Aptitude in every employee, regardless of their natural disposition - The exact methods for creating emotional connections that make price irrelevant - How to build a culture where exceptional service happens automatically - Practical systems for gathering customer intelligence and using it to create unforgettable experiences
**Who This Book Is For:**
Business owners, executives, managers, and frontline employees who recognize that competing on price is a race to the bottom. This book is for anyone who wants to build an organization that customers love, employees are proud to work for, and competitors struggle to understand. If you have ever wondered why some companies inspire fierce loyalty while others constantly chase new customers, this book will show you the answer.
Most businesses believe they provide good customer service. They train employees to smile, say please and thank you, and handle complaints politely. They measure satisfaction scores and respond to negative reviews. They believe that if customers are not actively complaining, they must be happy. Most businesses are wrong. The uncomfortable truth is that conventional customer service is dead. It has been replaced by something far more demanding and far more rewarding. Customers no longer compare you to your direct competitors. They compare you to the best experience they have ever had anywhere, from any company, in any industry. When a customer experiences the seamless personalization of Amazon, the intuitive design of Apple, or the warm hospitality of a five-star hotel, they do not file that experience away as unique to that industry. They carry it with them into every subsequent interaction with every other business they encounter. This creates a fundamental shift in what customers expect and what businesses must deliver. The bar is no longer set by your industry. It is set by the best of the best across all industries. John DiJulius calls this the Customer Service Revolution, and he argues that it represents the greatest business opportunity of our time. While most companies continue to compete on price, features, or convenience, the smartest organizations have discovered something more powerful: the ability to create emotional connections so strong that customers stop considering alternatives altogether. The problem is that most businesses approach customer service as a department, a set of procedures, or a training program. They treat it as something that happens at the front desk or the call center. They fail to understand that exceptional customer service is not a function of the organization. It is the organization. DiJulius learned this lesson through years of…
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Get the complete summary in the appCustomer service is a culture that must permeate every aspect of your organization, not a department or program.
Customers compare you to the best experiences they have had anywhere, which means the bar is always rising.
Exceptional customer service makes price irrelevant by creating emotional connections that transcend cost considerations
Service Aptitude, the ability to recognize and seize opportunities to exceed expectations, can be taught and developed i
Empathy is the foundation of exceptional service. Create day-in-the-life scripts to understand your customer's experienc
A clear Customer Service Vision Statement aligns your entire organization around a common purpose and guides daily decis
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