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Customer Service Isn’t A Department, It’s An Attitude

Posted by Solid Cactus on Apr 24, 2009

Today, at Solid Cactus Boot Camp, Greg Kosicki, General Manager of Call Center Services, and Karen Snyder, Technical Writer. Greg and Karen gave a fun presentation regarding Building Loyalty Through Customer Service.
We all know there are all types of customers, and not all are good ones. So, how do you deal with the [...]

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How addicted we’ve all become.

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Dec 31, 2008

On Monday, our internal Exchange e-mail server decided it was time to go where old servers go to die. Unfortunately, it was a very untimely death. After calling IBM for support, we were told the warranty expired on December 18th. Doh, no support for you! Kyle Senak, our LAN Administrator, narrowed [...]

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All this fuss for what?

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Dec 30, 2008

That’s the way I feel at around 5pm on Christmas day. “All of this work and stress for what?” Before you start saying Bah Humbug, let’s look at this a little deeper. Count up the hours you spent shopping and wrapping gifts, cooking and baking, entertaining, then look back on Christmas day [...]

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The First “Real” Snowstorm of the Season

Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Dec 20, 2008

Friday, December 19th proved that Mother Nature can still pack a punch when it comes to winter storms. About 8″ of snow is piled up in the backyard here at Solid Cactus in Shavertown and about 6″ at our call center in Wilkes-Barre. Plus, another 2 to 4 inches is planned for Sunday [...]

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Stay on Top of Your Customer Service During the Holidays

Posted by Solid Cactus on Aug 22, 2007

As we all know, you’ll be hearing more from your “people” as the holidays approach. Customer inquiries and customer-initiated contacts will spike during this time of year. It’s always good to hear from customers, but here are a few hints so you can keep your customers happy and still find the time to… Read More

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Engaging Customers Before They Leave

Posted by Solid Cactus on Aug 8, 2007

One of the disadvantages to shopping online is you do not have the opportunity to ask a salesperson for help. If retail shopping was anything like the Internet, you would be sitting around for a long time waiting to get an answer. In fact, before the salesperson gave you an answer you would… Read More

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