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Marilyn. “For instance, how do you say ‘no’ and have the customer still be happy?” There are cheat sheets and worksheets as well as group activities included. Suttle doesn’t have one particular typical client, but corporate clients tend to come back time and again. She does trainings and keynote speaking for corporations and keynotes for associations. She does global leadership workshops. Some workshops target the individual; they focus on personal development for professional success. CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUS wide culture conversation. Clear communication between the corporation and its customers is the responsibility of the corporation working with those customers. They need to wake up to what it truly means and the impact it has on their business. Marilyn explains, “There has never been a more important time to really break down and understand what great customer service is and how to consistently deliver it. By the year 2020, customer experience is expected to overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator— accord ing to the “Customer 2020 Report” from Walker Information, Inc.” Customers are getting very savvy with using technology and getting their own answers. Review sites are becoming a powerful tool for research for these customers. With the unprecedented reach that technology has provided to the common user, the world has become a very small place. Ma and Pa businesses not only have to compete with larger box stores that can out-maneuver them on many fronts, now they also have to compete with a wider geographic mix of competitors. Businesses in India, China, Mexico, and Europe are all within reach with the touch of a button. Along with this new geographical mix of Marilyn explained that everybody says, “I want great customer service.” Every company says that they want to give great customer service, but so many companies don’t. It is a blind spot. They just do not see how to make it happen. They don’t realize that customer service is not a department; it is a companyMarilyn keeps her presentations lively and interactive, coaching from the stage to multi-cultural audiences. eydismedia.com 21