Customer service week 2015 - #CSWeek2015

Here are some of  our favourite customer service week 2015 stories, organised by #hashtags used on twitter. Do let us know if your team effort is not featured but you believe it should be.

Here is the first instalment with #CSweek2015

#TagATeller that ironed out the kinks when you needed it the most. #CSWeek2015 pic.twitter.com/h7isLMvHAV

— KCB Bank Group (@KCBGroup) October 6, 2015

Spent time shadowing Sam in the @moathomes Customer Service team #impressed #professional #CSWeek2015 #NCSW15 pic.twitter.com/b6T8oBWB77

— Marilyn DiCara (@Marilyn_DiCara) October 5, 2015

Every great business is built on friendship. ~ JC Penney. Our relationship with you matters. #IMCares #CSWeek2015 pic.twitter.com/mgCbMmSSno

— I&M Bank Ltd (@imbankke) October 5, 2015

هذا هي الطريقة المجلس الثقافي البريطاني في السعودية احتفل بأسبوع خدمة العملاء! #السعودية #customerservice #CSWeek2015 pic.twitter.com/2PB5QkKDWy

— British Council (@ksaBritish) October 11, 2015

Fishing for customers or delivering a great customer service?

Fishing for customers or delivering a good customer service?

Most of us already know the answer. Trying to catch new customers:

- is time consuming and sometimes requires extreme patience, 

- can be lonely and frustrating if you are on the road knocking on doors, 

- is not always rewarding as you often come home empty handed,

- does not necessarily bring success as you can catch the wrong type of customer,

- requires innovation as the competition comes trawling over your patch,

- often necessitate expensive baits such as promotion and discounts...

and the list goes on... So much that one wonders why there are still so many enthusiasts?

Most of us already know the alternative, provide an excellent customer service. Customers will come back, buy more, tell their friends, give you ideas for new products, do your marketing and negotiate your prices a little less. Maybe the time has come to do a little less fishing and a little more servicing.

All employee contributions make a real difference to customer service

Every single employee customer service contribution matters

In the field of customer service, most expectations are placed on those employees answering the phone or replying to messages via social media or email. Unfortunately, when customers reach out to them, it is often too late in the process, something has not gone according to plan. Whilst we do not dispute the valuable role that dedicated customer service executives have to play in ultimate customer satiffaction, companies must take a much more holistic view and involve everyone in the company to contribute to the delivery of a great customer experience. Every single contribution made by employees matters to customers: product design, manufacturing, packaging, delivery and even efforts made by the finance teams to keep costs under control. When all these contributions are pulled together, one can really achieve a dramatic result, resulting in a fantastic level of customer service.