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April Customer Service Roundup

04.28.2015 by Elizabeth // Leave a Comment

You know how I love good Customer Service and tend to rant when I get bad customer service. So this month I thought I’d try something new. Here are my favorite customer service experiences for the month…

  1. MeUndies

    photographer_bestYup, I bought underwear online. And they are AWESOME. So I decided to sign up for their monthly club and “treat yo self” each month. I had a hard time figuring out how to do that because it wanted to send me the same pair again. So I went to their customer service page and boy if I wasn’t surprised that “Ryan” my CS rep was incredibly handsome and super helpful. I’m all set. And can’t wait for my May box to arrive!

  2. ThinkGeek IMG_9139

    I found a cool scarf on Think Geek’s site last week AND it was Star Wars, AND they were doing a special where I got a rad pin if I bought $x of Star Wars merch (which I did). And it was 20% off, but then I noticed I could only use ONE PROMO code. No cool pin for me. But when I tried to add the 2nd code? No problem – this is the right way to run a promo – what’s the worst that happens when you are giving something away for free AND have a discount code? You give them both and have a customer for life.

  3. My new CSA

    IMG_8592I signed up for a CSA last month and in my first box I got KALE, which no one ever wants. If you say you want it, you’re lying. So I shot my CSA a note when I saw kale was supposed to come in the next box and said “hey, no kale please, and also no X & Y.” And I got no response which always annoys me. But then my box showed up that week and written on the box were my substitutes for the stuff I didn’t want AND “extras” as an apology for the kale I received. There was so much delicious produce I thought we’d never eat it all!

  4. T-Mobile

    I’ve had terrible cell service since we moved to our new house. I had a client call two weeks ago where my phone dropped the call FIVE times. So I finally did a chat with T-Mobile last week and they said their engineers would check it out and add necessary support to our neighborhood. We’ll see if it works but hey, it wasn’t a “that’s too bad” which is really what I was expecting…

What about you? Did you have any great customer service experiences this month?

Categories // Lessons Learned, Sales

Quick! Apologize!

04.14.2015 by Elizabeth // Leave a Comment

I'm sorry cardThis morning I had 2 emails in my inbox from the same person/company. First was from the company saying here’s a download I requested. I didn’t remember asking for the download, but hey, free stuff!

Then I had an email from the business owner apologizing for accidentally sending something I didn’t ask for. Won’t happen again, all that jazz.

Sure being a solo-prenuer means you can quickly fix issues without having to talk about it with a team or go through multiple management levels to fix the problem, and that’s great. But no matter the size of your company, if you screw up, the faster your apologize, the faster we believe it was an accident and that you’re actually sorry.

Categories // Lessons Learned, Management, Sales

Could Ken Cosgrove Be Your Next Client?

04.10.2015 by Elizabeth // Leave a Comment

Ken Cosgrove and his bad ass eye patchMad Men’s final season is back and it is FANTASTIC! Ken Cosgrove has always been an interesting storyline, he gets passed over by stupid whiney Pete for promotions, he goes to Detroit, goes drinking with the client and LITERALLY gets his eye shot out, and then? Then some a-hole at McCann Erickson who hated Ken decides to get him fired because he likes to hold a grudge.

So what does Ken do? Sure he could go write the next great American Novel, and as Pete pointed out, he’d look bad ass on a jacket cover (oh books…). But Ken doesn’t take the high road and live the life less travelled. NO, he goes to work at one of Sterling Cooper & Partners biggest clients and exact his own sweet revenge for the next 6 episodes…

The idea of living the life you’ve always wanted, when your spouse supports you is awesome. Do what you want, be happy. The idea of spending the rest of your days making other people miserable because they made you miserable? That sounds terrible. But it could happen.

Yes, this is the regularly scheduled Golden Rule reminder. Ken Cosgrove and his one good eye could some day be your client, or your boss, or your coworker. Don’t be an a-hole, or be prepared for the consequences.

Categories // Lessons Learned, Management, Sales

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