{"id":495,"date":"2015-04-28T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T19:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/csm210469\/?p=495"},"modified":"2016-04-08T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:26:12","slug":"customer-service-a-proactive-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/customer-service-a-proactive-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Customer Service &#8211; A Proactive Step"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How to take the proactive step of creating a customer charter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/charter.jpg\" alt=\"Customer Charter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/charter.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/charter-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\n<p>A farm equipment company in Canada is blazing a new trail in customer service. REM Enterprises Inc. of Saskatchewan, Canada has developed a \u201cCharter of Values\u201d. This charter essentially lets customers know what they can expect from the company.<\/p>\n<p>The basics of the REM charter is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joy<\/li>\n<li>Character<\/li>\n<li>Integrity<\/li>\n<li>Honour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the statements in regards to character reads, \u201cWe are committed to corporate and personal integrity every day, through every transaction, in every relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but this statement alone would cause me to be interested in the company \u2013 and I\u2019m not a farmer.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2018charter\u2019 bears a striking resemblance to the Arena Football League\u2019s \u201cFan\u2019s Bill of Rights\u201d. This document delineates some of the following expectations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The events will be wholesome in nature.<\/li>\n<li>The events will feature fair competition.<\/li>\n<li>The players will give their best effort.<\/li>\n<li>Fans will have access to players and coaches for autographs.<\/li>\n<li>Fans should expect all who are associated with the game to be positive role models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Certainly there is more to the \u201cFan\u2019s Bill of Rights\u201d, but I wanted to give you a picture of what extremely positive customer service looks like.<\/p>\n<p>The best customer service does not wait until after something negative happens to respond. No, it looks for ways to reassure customers and prospects that you already have their best in mind. A statement of what the customer can expect from your company can produce a radical\u00a0and enthusiastic response from your customer base.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, all the promises in the world mean nothing if you don\u2019t back them up. Don\u2019t promise the world and then deliver a deserted island.<\/p>\n<p>If you make big promises make big deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCharter of Values\u201d REM Enterprises developed was a way to bring the issue of positive customer service to their clients, but it was also a way to move their staff to a place where they followed along with the team. When everyone was on the same page, everyone began to respond in a way that kept the client\u2019s needs the focal point \u2013 not bottom line profits.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly profits seem to be a direct result of making customers the main priority in business. This concept is one of the primary reasons the Arena Football League continues to see strong fan support at the cities in which they play.<\/p>\n<p>If you take just one bit of advice from the marketing articles you read make it this one \u2013 be proactive in customer service. When your customer knows you are committed to them they develop trust much faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott Lindsay is a web developer and entrepreneur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to take the proactive step of creating a customer charter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8016,"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495\/revisions\/8016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.customerservicemanager.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}