From Loyal Customer to Loyal Advocate

Turn you best customers into advocates who spread the word about your business.

Dedicated Support - Superior Products - Software Company Still In Business After 20 Years

AIQ Systems first stock trading system was introduced 20 years ago. Artificial Intelligence system technology was the launching pad for AIQ's revolutionary software. Steve Hill, President of a small and susccessful stock market software company shares the secret of success. This interview was conducted by David Vomund, editor of the Opening Bell Magazine.

Does Customer Service Still Exist?

We've come a long way! But to Where?

Top Ten Ways to Lose a Customer

No matter how many visitors you are able to attract to your website, there are still ways to lose them before making a sale. Below are the top 10 ways to lose a paying customer.

Crate Hire

If you are in the business of moving stock, where you are a supplier, or if you need some innovative moving storage crate, consider using the services of a reputable company where you can hire or rent crates to make your move or logistics easier, safer and efficient

The Power of Delighting a Customer

A thoughtful gesture can delight a customer and result in enormous good will toward your product or service. I witnessed something spectacular that improved my philosophy about caring about customers. With one simple act, a colleague of mine created buzz that money could not buy!

The Price Wasn't Right!

Excellent customer service and respect for the customer are the same thing. To deliver excellent customer service, we must respect that our customers have choices and do everything humanly possible to keep them as customers.

Good Customer Service - Simple, But Not Easy

Perseverance is the key to winning long-term customer support. To ensure customer satisfaction, and to keep them coming back, is simple, but it is not easy. When the right environment is in place, and the right processes are in order, and the environment and processes are predictable and repetitive, customers will return again and again.

Hurry Up and Wait

Businesses are devising all sorts of ways to save company time & money - it generally is at the expense of the customer. Can a company ever profit enough to justify wasting a customer's time, & sending him in to fury?

The State Of Customer Service Today

What is customer service? Ask a few people, and each will have their own opinion on what is good customer service. I have come to a define customer service in a very simple way. It is simply a method of showing respect for an individual in which you are in contact, either in person, over the phone, via email, or in your car; you will be in constant contact with people and in my view, all individuals are customers. Sadly enough there are few examples of good customer service out there and it seems that companies do not invest any effort into the current workforce to train them on the subject. What does this mean when our economy is largely service oriented yet lacks many examples of good customer service?

Digital Signage - Adding EAS Support

Adding Amber Alerts, severe weather warnings and emergency announcements from civil authorities to private TV and digital signage networks is straightforward.

Plastic Membership Cards and Customer Loyalty

There is just something about that stores that require a membership for you to shop there. For some reason you feel connected to the store and loyal when you are a plastic card carrying member. Of course, you have to pay membership fees to actually be allowed to shop in the store, but this is not a turnoff as one might initially think.

Opening a Dollar Store - Who's the Merchandise For?

Are you opening a dollar store? If so don’t fall into the trap of forgetting that the merchandise you buy is not for you. Rather, the merchandise that you buy to resell is for you customers. In fact, the better the job that you do of making sure you understand exactly what those customers desire, the more successful your store will become.