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		<title>4 Steps to Handling the Irate Customer</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/08/10/4-steps-to-handling-the-irate-customer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Friedman, President of the Telephone Doctor
If your job entails taking calls or working with unhappy, irate customers, you&#8217;ve got your work cut out for you. Employees who work with this type of situation are especially vulnerable to outbursts from customers who are going through an emotional, stressful time. 
Handling this type of customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Telephone Game is Not the Way to Educate Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Schnelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lorraine Schnelle, Co-Founder and EVP of BridgeFront

Remember sitting or standing in a circle and whispering something into the ear of the kid next to you…then watching the faces as your message was passed from person to person. The looks on each face ranged from confusion, surprise, and laughter as you all played the “telephone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Suggests Revenue Cycle Plays Vital Role in Patient Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/06/01/new-research-suggests-revenue-cycle-plays-vital-role-in-patient-experience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lorraine Schnelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lorraine Schnelle, Co-Founder &#038; EVP of BridgeFront
Improving the total patient experience is on the agenda of most healthcare organizations today. A newly published whitepaper suggests that customer service—throughout the revenue cycle—plays a vital role in the patient experience.

According to the whitepaper, The Revenue Cycle: An Essential Component in Improving Patient Experience by The Beryl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Break the Mold with Stellar Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/05/25/break-the-mold-with-stellar-customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 19:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kent Lane, COO of BridgeFront

Companies with new products generally lack good customer support at the beginning of their product launch. However, when you find a product and company that does break the mold, you should shout about it—and &#8217;shouting&#8217; is what the new company Yard Rents just did.
Yard Rents is a new business in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NO PROBLEM, is Apparently a Big Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/05/18/no-problem-is-apparently-a-big-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 19:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor
We hear what bugs people a lot in customer service &#8211; and often. One of the most common compliants we&#8217;ve heard recently is that we&#8217;re told &#8220;no problem&#8221; from those serving us on the phone or in-person. Instead of a genuine &#8220;thank you&#8221; or something else that might be more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps to Business Friendly</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/03/14/how-to-be-business-friendly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor
When you take the &#8220;friendly&#8221; out of &#8220;Business Friendly&#8221; all you have left is business &#8211; business as usual; now, we all know that&#8217;s just not good enough.
Being &#8220;Business Friendly&#8221; is for all touch points of customer service. Any way you touch or reach out to your customers on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Unforgivable Customer Service Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/02/16/five-unforgivable-customer-service-mistakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Friedman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor
We all know we’ve left companies due to poor service; and we know, too, there are more than five unforgivable customer service mistakes. This list is a summary from the many emails and comments I receive over the years.
While it&#8217;s all common sense—we know common sense is not all that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Short Course on the Art of Apologizing</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2011/01/18/a-short-course-on-the-art-of-apologizing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nancy Friedman, President of Telephone Doctor Customer Service Training

&#8220;Gee,      I&#8217;m so sorry.&#8221;
&#8220;Sorry      &#8217;bout that.&#8221;
&#8220;My      apologies, I didn&#8217;t mean to.&#8221;

There are probably dozens of ways to apologize and many more ways of accepting one. How important is an apology? Why do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Secret to Great Customer Service, Revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2010/09/02/customerservice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there are numerous keys to success in the fast-paced world of customer support - it seems to me that multitasking should most certainly be at the top of that list. After a recent visit to my local Verizon Wireless store, the chance of me ever switching to another carrier is now slim to none. This is not because of the product or coverage or advertising … but because of the level of service I received and observed.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Effects of Bad Customer Service</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefront.info/2010/06/08/financial-effects-of-bad-customer-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kent Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my past few posts, I&#8217;ve pointed out some good customer service&#8230;now let&#8217;s look at the impact of a negative case.
The Story
I took my car in for repair at a Jeep dealership in Wilsonville, Oregon.  Not having been at that dealership before, I stumbled my way toward the service area.  With no signs [...]]]></description>
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