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Delivering Top-Notch Customer Service No Matter What with Parker Davis and Tommy Mello

📅 December 25, 2019 ⏱️ 41:48 🎤 Parker Davis, Tommy Mello

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  • 0:00
    Delivering top-notch customer service
  • 3:19
    Finding the right people is the hardest part
  • 6:33
    Internal standards and client standards
  • 9:51
    Record revenues built on service
  • 13:11
    Selling incremental improvement
  • 16:26
    Using knowledge, not just reciting it
  • 19:47
    Palms up: honesty and a plan
  • 23:10
    Most calls aren't new opportunities
  • 29:46
    Why call centers barely hit 90%
  • 33:04
    Rings, hold times, and the details
  • 39:42
    Closing great prospects

Speakers

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Parker Davis
CEO, Answer 1 (Call Center / Answering Service)
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Tommy Mello
Host; Founder & CEO, A1 Garage Door Service

Key Takeaways

Top-notch customer service is a system — but finding and keeping the right people is the hardest and most important part.

Hold yourself to two standards at once: your internal quality bar and your client's standard, and never let either slip.

Most inbound calls aren't new opportunities — they're existing customers who lack information, so answering well protects the relationships you already have.

Be 'palms up' — honest with the customer, own the problem, and give them a clear plan for how you'll fix it.

The details decide service quality: rings before answer, hold times, and consistency separate great call handling from mediocre.

Even world-class call centers barely hit 90% — so treat every point of service quality as hard-won, not assumed.

Knowledge only matters in how you use it; a formulaic script that recites facts loses to a rep who applies judgment.

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