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Apology Message: There is Never an Easy Way to Apologize

Mike Schoultz
Jan 21, 2022

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We all make mistakes. Mistakes mean apologies. So it is useful to know how to write or say an apology message to a customer, isn’t it?

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There’s never a great way to apologize … just OK ways and plenty of not so OK ways.

When you make an accidental mistake with a customer, your primal response is to immediately say ‘I’m sorry. That’s OK. What’s not OK is to say ‘we apologize for any inconveniences we may have caused”.

Mistakes happen.

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Apology message … How you apologize matters.

Don’t BS people … just say ‘I’m sorry. And mean it.

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Mike Schoultz
Mike Schoultz

Written by Mike Schoultz

Mike Schoultz writes about improving the performance of business. Bookmark his blog for stories and articles. www.digitalsparkmarketing.com

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