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	<title>Make or Break Moments &#187; Expectations</title>
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	<description>When the next words you say can make all the difference...</description>
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		<title>Set Yourself Apart from the Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/07/19/set-yourself-apart-from-the-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/07/19/set-yourself-apart-from-the-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[making a difference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I decided that I needed to hire a virtual assistant. I am at a point where there are some things I just can&#8217;t do anymore and a friend of mine once told me &#8220;delegate everything but your genius.&#8221;  So &#8211; I was off to find a virtual assistant.
The first project &#8211; transcribe a one hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Customer Service Mistakes Companies Make</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/03/29/top-customer-service-mistakes-companies-make/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/03/29/top-customer-service-mistakes-companies-make/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resolving Conflict]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Snow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We learn so much more from our mistakes, don&#8217;t we?  I watch my kids, in particular my older son learn everything the hard way. Wouldn&#8217;t it be easier to just learn from others and not make the same mistake?
Dennis Snow recently wrote a white paper about the 5 Mistakes Companies Make with Customer Service.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it a Good Experience?</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/03/22/is-it-a-good-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/03/22/is-it-a-good-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resolving Conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get what you want]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Pausch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resolve customer conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last Lecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/?p=1108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Experience is what you get when you didn&#8217;t get what you wanted.&#8221;
That quote comes from Randy Pausch and his book The Last Lecture. I&#8217;m behind the rest of the world in reading, what I would classify as one of the most inspiration books I&#8217;ve ever read. Randy&#8217;s book offers so many wonderful nuggets of truth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Apathy: Who is at Fault?</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/02/22/employee-apathy-who-is-at-fault/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2010/02/22/employee-apathy-who-is-at-fault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making a difference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customers first]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee indifference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee rudeness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LinkedIn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a member of the Customer 1st LinkedIn group and about three months ago Teri Yanovitch posted this discussion starter:

Attitude of indifference by employees
 Being treated with the attitude of indifference is as bad if not worse than being treated with rudeness.
Now usually someone will post a discussion point and there will be comments for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Must-Haves and Can&#8217;t Stands</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/10/28/customer-must-haves-and-cant-stands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/10/28/customer-must-haves-and-cant-stands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Connecting Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you on e-Harmony?  Do you know someone who is?  Well, if so you know that during the initial communication stage each party has the opportunity to share their relationship must-haves and can&#8217;t-stands.  You can pick from a set list of options or make up your own.  For example, must-haves might be:

Must love animals and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Customer Service The RIGHT Way</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/10/27/defining-customer-service-the-right-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/10/27/defining-customer-service-the-right-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building relationships]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[earning customer loyalty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had an aha moment a few months back.  In all this talk about customer service and building relationships and earning customer&#8217;s loyalty I suddenly asked myself:
&#8220;Who decides what great customer service looks like?&#8221;
In every company I&#8217;ve been with, a team of executives and operational leaders will sit around a room and decide how many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missed Expectations Equal Customer Dissatisfaction</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/03/23/missed-expectations-equal-customer-dissatisfaction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/03/23/missed-expectations-equal-customer-dissatisfaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[customer expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer loyalty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exceeding expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[setting expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[understanding expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westgate Resort]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m on vacation.  I’ve been looking forward to this week for more than half a year.  A cabin in the Smokey Mountains of Gatlinburg, TN.  Reconnecting with nature that fuels my creative juices so that I can write my next book: Make or Break Moments: Revolutionizing Customer Relationships.
 
The website pictures look enticing – log buildings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Service Shoes</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/03/16/customer-service-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/03/16/customer-service-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at a chamber lunch the other day and got to chatting with one of my seat mates about my favorite subject.  Customer Service.  He told me about an experience his son had while working as the assistant manager of a national shoe retailer. 
&#8220;He was waiting on a woman who really fell in love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open, Regular, Honest Communication Key to Customer Relationships</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/01/13/open-regular-honest-communication-key-to-customer-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/01/13/open-regular-honest-communication-key-to-customer-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Honest Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communicating with customers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Yesterday President George W. Bush held his final press conference of his presidency. It was his 47th conference in eight years. That&#8217;s about one opportunity to communicate his message every OTHER month.
In contrast, the President Elect, Barack Obama has held 16 press meetings since being elected November 4, 2008. That&#8217;s about one every four DAYS!

Times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day of Expectations Exceeded</title>
		<link>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/01/05/a-day-of-expectations-exceeded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.makeorbreakmoments.com/2009/01/05/a-day-of-expectations-exceeded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Chaddock Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exceeding expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[expect the worst]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goodyear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no charge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[set of expectations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First official work/school day of the new year.
The alarm went off at 5:45am.  Ugh.  I fully expected my children to give me a hard time about getting up.  A middle schooler and a high schooler, they aren&#8217;t as anamored with school as they once were.
However, there we all were, sharing breakfast at 6:30am &#8211; six [...]]]></description>
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