Friday, May 29, 2015

Well, When Will You Update Your IT Service Management Software?

When is the right time to add or update new IT Service Management Software?  That pretty depends on what we are talking about.  Could it be… When is it the right time to retire?  When is it the right time to buy a new house? When is it the right time to ask for a raise?

When is it the right time for your business to do something about your customer service headaches? Now there is a question that just might be keeping you up at night. Or do you just lay there watching your customers jump over the fence rather than counting sheep?

And, may I ask, just where are those customers jumping to? Or maybe, what are they jumping away from? Do you want to wait until all of your competitors have already improved their customer service?  That sounds like more than a little bit too late! In fact that sounds like a move that may end any chance of being competitive.

Finding a new customer is one thing. Have that customer return for another purchase is another matter altogether. Keeping that same customer long-term is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Have you heard the expression, “You don’t know what you don’t know?”  Unless you have a customer service management system in place that is exactly where you are… You don’t know what you don’t know and you don’t know it about the most important part of your business, your customers.

There is no need to lose sleep even one more night.  Your customer service business solution is as near as your phone, SMART Service Desk at 602-235-0975. Are you picking up your phone yet?  Why not?

Our system is easy to implement, easy to use, expandable and the best news yet, is that it is affordable.  Now are picking up your phone?

Do we need to say it again? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software allows you to deliver a better, more efficient and personalized customer experience that is easy to implement, quickly establish and very cost effective.

Does there need to be another question?

Are you looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software should be your solutions. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.

SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Do You Put Profits Or Customers First?

Do you feel that customer education is unnecessary? Is it better to just offer your items for sale and let someone else teach the customers the end use of the product?

Do you feel you must watch your profit percentage first and then sell to a buyer that is willing to pay your price? 

We understand and agree that a business must be profitable to be able to stay in business.  It makes no difference if you are selling widgets or providing a service without a bottom line in the black you can’t continue to operate for long.

No matter what service or product you are offering you have a competitor who is trying to sell to the very same customer. If you have similar operating costs and similar selling prices what will make a customer choose you over the “other” store?

Friendliness is the most basic of all customer’s needs, usually associated with being greeted graciously and with warmth. We all want to be acknowledged and welcomed by someone who sincerely is glad to see us. A customer shouldn’t feel they are an intrusion on the service provider’s work day!

Does it cost anything to be friendly to your customers?

Customers need to feel that the service person understands and appreciates their circumstances and feelings without criticism or judgment. Customers have simple expectations that we who serve them can put ourselves in their shoes, understanding what it is they came to us for in the first place.

Does it cost anything to listen to your customers?

Customers need to "feel" they are being treated fairly. Customers get very annoyed and defensive when they feel they are subject to any class distinctions. No one wants to be treated as if they fall into a certain category, left wondering if “the grass is greener on the other side” and if they only received second best.

Do your customers feel you are treating them fairly?

Customers need to be educated and informed about your products and services, and they don’t want you leaving anything out! They don’t want to waste their precious time doing homework on their own. They look to your business to be their walking, talking, information resource.

How are you doing when it comes to customer education?

Are you looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software should be your solutions. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.

SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com  

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

The Right Customer Service Builds Trust

Walt Disney may have said it best, “Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again and bring their friends.” Creating trust between your company and your customers can help balance positive word of mouth that’s absolutely priceless.


Nurturing relationships with your customers is a crucial part of growing your business. In this age of automation, communication and innovation, showing your customers you care has never been more important.

You must keep in mind an unhappy customer can share their opinion with the masses through social media and the web and negatively affect your business. That’s why it’s even more important than ever to create an excellent experience for your customers to help develop your company’s relationship with them and their trust in your brand.

People don't buy from businesses they don't trust. Unfortunately, most sales pundits (including some that are quite well known) define selling as "convincing," "persuading," and "winning", presumably with the customer being the convinced, persuaded loser.

No wonder so many potential customers put up a barrier the minute someone tries to SELL them something! Many sales people are taught to move the customer from what they want to buy into something the business wants to sell.

Sometimes you just don’t have the right solution at the right price. If that is the case, it is always best to be honest with the customer, instead of proposing something which you know will not fully deliver the outcome the customer is looking for.

Your customer will be drawn to those who show true interest in them. Curiosity about people is thus a crucial element of relationship building. Having a true unshakable curiosity about others gives you the opportunity to learn new things and make new friends. People always do business with their friends before they will do business with strangers.

If and when you must speak of your competition, be respectful at all times. Some sales people seem to think that “trash-talking” the competition will make their own products and services look better. Usually, it only makes them look petty and immature in the eyes of the potential customer.

Are you looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software should be your solutions. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.

SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Do Your Customers Really Trust Your Brand?

A major hurdle all small businesses have to face when they are just starting out is getting consumers to trust doing business with them. While curiosity can motivate some folks to try new businesses you need to remember that a new customer may be testing to see if you are better or perhaps cheaper than their current shopping source.

New restaurants rely on curiosity for many of their new customers. You can’t build word-of-mouth until you have customers talking about you.

If your business satisfies a customer they will tend to trust that your new offerings will also please them. Trust is a critical element for consumers, without it you can’t enter a consumer’s product consideration set. As an integral part of content marketing and social media, trust is the filter through which consumers evaluate brand and product information. This is even more important in light of the fact that consumers don’t trust any company source advertising!

In today’s social media savvy world, it’s critical for businesses to be open in their dealings with their customers. Is your business motives clear to consumers? Can they tell when you’re truly trying to help them, not just selling to them?

When your audience is overwhelmed with information, it’s critical to ensure that they can quickly find the facts they want and need. This translates to findability on search and the use of bolding and outlining. Don’t forget your target consumer may be getting the content on the go via a mobile device (smartphone or tablet.) Is your brand information and content easy to find and quick to understand?

As a seller, the best way to win consumers is to build trust through the use of content marketing and social media. Ideally, provide prospects with the information they want and need at every step of the purchase cycle including customer reviews, both the good and the bad.

Always offer customers different alternatives based on their needs. No one wants to feel forced into having only one option. Does your brand offer choices and different solutions? In other words, do you appreciate consumers’ purchase process?

According to a recent survey, when customers trust a brand, 83 percent will recommend a trusted company to others and 82 percent will continue to use that brand frequently. While hardly anyone talks about the time you went above and beyond for a customer, you’ll certainly hear from the disgruntled ones if you failed to make a deadline or delivered a product that didn’t do what you promised.

Are you looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software should be your solutions. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.

SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com

Monday, May 25, 2015

SMART Service Desk Honors Our Heroes


Are you looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software should be your solutions. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.

SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com

Friday, May 22, 2015

What IT Service Management Software Is Best For You

There is no question that there are many choices of customer service software for you to choose from. But, like all categories of products they all aren’t created equally. One thing is for sure they have many different price points.



Another area that you have to consider is how much it costs to implement the solution. There are two other related factors.  How long it takes to implement the different products and how long it takes to train your staff (or new staff) to be able to successfully use the product.

There is a solution that is both robust and easy to implement and use. SMART Service Desk is that solution. It is scalable in cost so that no company is too small to benefit from our solutions.

Increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. Our SMART Service Desk solutions can be adapted very quickly, easily and economically to meet your exact business needs. Achieve faster implementation, successful change management, and lower total cost of ownership with our 100% configurable, intuitive and affordable solutions.

Here is what one of our customers said about SMART Service Desk; "We needed a tool with automated workflow and easy to use interface. SMART Service Desk’s built-in workflow has made big improvements in our Service Operations - especially having online approval."

Your company can benefit from improved customer satisfaction and life time value from initial contact to post-sales support. SMART Service Desk provides a detailed 360 degree view of your customer interactions. You can improve customer service and delivery operations, maximize revenue opportunities and delight your customers with our affordable and mobile solution.

SMART Customer relationship management (CRM) software, offered both on-premise and cloud-based CRM, help businesses reduce costs and increase profitability by organizing and automating business processes to ensure customer satisfaction and loyalty in the sales, marketing, and customer service fields.

Through SMART CRM solutions we deliver outstanding ROI through automation in customer service, and sales force automation. We also offer mobile apps that allow you to manage your customer relationships on your mobile devices, and software integration adaptors that integrate data and reporting from social media directly into your CRM application.

With our solutions your business can foster employee engagement, retention and productivity. Your satisfied employees can help create more satisfied customers and Improve processes, products, and services, and ultimately your organizational profitability.

Is your company looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software is your answer. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.


SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com

Thursday, May 21, 2015

SMART Service Desk Helps You Care About Your Customers

Before you start thinking that customer service is isolated to one department within your company, allow me broaden your view of customer service. 



If customer service is merely isolated to the people answering your calls, emails and chats, you will miss the mark you are striving for 100%. Caring customer service must permeate the entire organization, inside and out and from top to bottom.  Here are seven characteristics that are essential to caring customer service…

Never Let Red Tape Get in the Way
Never use a policy excuse to side step your customer’s needs or finding a true solution that corrects a problem.

Check in With Your Customers
Following up with new customers can be a great help for navigating the onboarding process.

Send Them a Thank You Note
A handwritten note makes it so memorable. Writing an amazing thank you note doesn’t take long at all, but the impact that it has is huge in today’s digital world.

Personalize Your Service
A local restaurant takes time to ask customers a little bit about themselves before serving them. They then prepare a custom dessert plate based off of the customer’s interests or anything notable about them.

Really Sweat the Small Stuff
Nordstrom’s stellar service reputation is one case study where the reality lives up to the hype. From their infamous employee handbook to the celebrated tales of the staff’s service overtures, it is clear that Nordstrom is a company that prides itself on loving customers.

Seize Unique Opportunities
This might seem like strange advice at first, but when it comes to building reciprocity with customers and a reputation for exceptional customer service around your business, the key element is surprise.


Always Make Things Right
The common theme in these memorable customer service stories is businesses that go above and beyond to make a difficult situation right for a customer.

Are you looking for customer service solutions to help you deal with customer interaction? SMART Service Desk IT Service Management Software should be your solutions. We know that your satisfied customers will return again and again. Let us help you increase productivity, reduce operations cost and improve customer experience with our ITIL compliant solutions. No matter the size of your business we have your customer retention solutions.

SMART Service Desk
600 West Ray Road
Suite D-3
Chandler Arizona 85225
602-235-0975
info@smartservicedesk.com
http://smartservicedesk.com