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Customer Service

A Simple Script to Handle Customer Complaints

While there isn’t a one-solution-fits-all for dealing with customer complaints, there are some factors that must be considered in any […]

Is Your Company Customer Friendly?

Over the past 29+ years of working within the trades industry I have noticed some pretty profound changes, within individual […]

The Return Customer

You lost a customer to a competitor. It happens. But now that customer is back and wants to work with […]

Interruptions and Mind Drift

When people think about listening, they assume it is similar to hearing. This is a precarious misconception because it leads […]

Service Management System Dynamics

Each summer I invest a week serving as an athletic director at a Pennsylvania church camp. Most of the campers […]

How a “One-Day Contract” Mentality Can Answer a Greater Calling

Why are the some of the most committed and productive individuals at industry leading organizations seemingly not in it for […]

Firing a Customer

Every entrepreneur or small business owner has (or has had) at least one troublesome customer. Maybe the customer complains over […]

Improve your Customer Service by Studying These 5 Fails

IE3 looks at fail customer service mistakes to avoid.

When the Right Person Isn’t Available

It’s a situation many contractors dread: arriving at a customer’s home for a scheduled job to find that the customer […]

Maximizing Customer Comfort on a Budget

IE3 shares tips for helping your customer achieve comfort on a budget.

Spike’s Bar Rescue Get A Magic Touch

Rich Morgan of Magic Touch, share his experience working on a Bar Rescue project.

The Pitfalls of Customer Provided Equipment

Many DIY’ers go to big box stores and purchase equipment and parts — then realize that they’re in over their […]

The Silent Profit Killer Hiding in Your Business

Adams Hudson share how to lose customers with IE3 readers.

When Customers Don’t Pay

IE3 looks at how to handle delinquent customers.

Raising Your Prices (and Keeping Your Clients)

IE3 looks at how to increase your prices without losing customers.

Save Your Company: Don’t “Fall” Into A Seasonal Slowdown

IE3 has tips for avoiding seasonal slowdowns.

Fixing a Botched Job

IE3 looks at how to handle mistakes in customers’ homes.

Modifying Employee Behavior

Frank Besednjak talks about how to change employees’ behavior.

Are you Listening?

Steve Coscia explains what you need to do to really be listening to your clients.

Dealing With a Customer Who Doesn’t Want to Hear No

IE3 looks at when you have to tell your customers no.

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