Taking Service Decoration to the Top

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The daughter of one of our business partners ordered a CD for her child from CDBaby. Once her order was shipped, below is the email her daughter received…

Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow. A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing. Our world-renowned packing specialist lit a local artisan candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved “Bon Voyage!” to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, March 25th.

We hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. In commemoration, we have placed your picture on our wall as “Customer of the Year.” We’re all exhausted but can’t wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Sigh… We miss you already. We’ll be right here at http://cdbaby.com/, patiently awaiting your return.

CDBaby uses “remarkability” as a powerful part of its viral marketing strategy, making it super easy for loyal customers to share their devotion with their networks. But, the foundation of the company’s success is imagination. Employees are called “artists.” The culture is enveloped in a kind of practical goofiness that inspires creativity and fosters empowerment.

Customers love service with imagination. What are ways to pull out all the stops on decorating your customer’s experience?

Chip Bell
Chip R. Bell is the founder of the Chip Bell Group (chipbell.com) and a renowned keynote speaker and customer loyalty consultant. Dr. Bell has authored several best-selling books including The 9 1/2 Principles of Innovative Service and, with John Patterson, Take Their Breath Away. His newest book, Sprinkles: Creating Awesome Experiences Through Innovative Service, will be released in February.

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