Teresa Allen

Teresa Allen is a world recognized customer service expert and customer service speaker. She has been included on ​Global Gurus list of the world's top Customer Service Experts for five consecutive years. Teresa is often asked to share strategies for customer service success at meetings held across the globe. Teresa can be reached via her website: www.AllenSpeaks.com or by phone at 850-460-7105 or email: tallen@AllenSpeaks.com

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Airline Communication Amid Coronavirus – Any Lessons?

As a customer service speaker, I am a frequent traveler on multiple airlines. Over the past weeks, I have received communication from several airlines re changes in policies amid the Coronavirus spread.  As a customer,…

How Likeable is Your Front-Line Customer Service Team?

What are the factors that make a front-line employee as likeable and does this impact your business success? Here are just a few common sense factors that I have seen in my 25 years of…

Engaged Employees Will Engage Customers

My customer service keynote, A 2020 Service Strategy to Grow Your Business focuses on 5 specific strategies to grow your business through Common Sense Service. Today’s article focuses on Step TWO. (if you missed the article on Step…

Are You Meeting & Exceeding Customer Expectations?

​My new customer service keynote, A 2020 Service Strategy to Grow Your Business focuses on 5 specific strategies. Today’s article focuses on Step ONE. Evaluate what your organization needs to do to implement these important steps moving toward…

Adapting Service to Varied Generations

I was just talking with a representative of a local insurance agency who mentioned that the older clients love her. Why? Because they love the fact that she listens to them and takes time with…

The 4 Cs of Contact Center Customer Service

Recently I had to call the contact center of FootJoy regarding an order I had placed on their website for golf shoes. With a size 11 woman’s shoe, it is almost impossible to find golf…

5 Customer Service MUST Dos for 2018

​At the conclusion of any year it is wise to look back a successes and failures but also to move forward with a specific strategy for improvement and growth. The five steps below are critical…

Why Customer Service Scripting IS Necessary

There has always been a debate on whether customer service scripting will make customer service representatives sound too mechanical and less spontaneous. A recent interaction with a credit card representative highlights exactly why scripting at…

Become a Consumer Customer Service Expert

​Customer service failures have captured the headlines in 2017. As such, companies are becoming ever more aware of how their brand reputation is linked to individual customer service encounters! As a consumer, how can you…

Digital Customer Service or a Human Touch?

Much of current investment in customer service is focused on expanding capabilities in digital service channels and artificial intelligence. Recent customer service studies, however, have illustrated the need to focus on the human element of…