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Customer Service is More Than Just Being Nice Says Shep Hyken

Go to http://www.Hyken.com to learn more about Shep Hyken, customer service speaker and expert. Professional speaker and New York Times bestselling author, Shep Hyken shares a quote: "We don't want to be known for having the nicest people. We want to be known for having the most helpful people." -- Tom Knox, Vice-President of Retail and Business Development, Ace Hardware Last week I had the privilege of presenting a speech to the fine people at Ace Hardware. As usual, the focus of the speech content was about creating customer service -- actually amazing customer service. Tom Knox was one of the corporate speakers. The comment he made about nice versus helpful really resonated with me. Anyone can be nice. But he wants more. He wants his people to be nice plus knowledgeable. The combination adds up to the Ace brand promise, which is to be the helpful hardware store. Have you ever done business with anyone where the people were extremely nice, but you didn't get what you wanted? You might argue that the people are "so nice," or that "they try so hard." But in the end, they don't get the job done. I'll argue that nice and not getting the job done is better than not nice, but it still isn't good enough to keep my business long-term. Nice might earn the company another chance or two. But in the end, no matter how nice the people are, if you don't get what you want or need, you're going to eventually do business somewhere else. And, just as important, if the people at a business are knowledgeable and not nice, you go and find another place to do business. Sure, there are some customers who will put up with lousy attitudes and non-appreciative people, but the majority of customers would like the total experience, which includes nice people, who know what they are doing -- and by the way also sell a quality product or service. In all of this, I have to make the assumption that whatever the company is selling, it does what it is supposed to do. To read more go to http://bit.ly/164uWm8 To hear more customer service tips, listen to interviews, read his blog and learn about The Amazement Revolution go to http://www.hyken.com. Shep is a customer service expert and the Chief Amazement Officer (CAO) of Shepard Presentations. As a professional speaker and author, Shep helps companies build loyal relationships with their customers and employees. For information about customer service training go to http://www.TheCustomerFocus.com. Facebook:   / shephykenspeaker   LinkedIn:   / shephyken   Google+: http://www.gplus.to/ShepHyken Twitter:   / hyken