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Conflicting Views on Customer Service

12 August, 2010 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

A recent survey by the HBR suggests that exceeding customer’s expectation (delighting them to coin a phrase) won’t get you more customers.  But not giving them what they want will cause them to walk. Seth Godin on the other hand maintains that: “recovering from failure is such a great opportunity. If you or your organization […]

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