May 3 2012 10 Tips to Help You Deliver Great Customer Service Everyone in your life is a customer. They spend valuable moments of their life on you. Put yourself in their shoes, including their thoughts and feelings. Delight them. Go the extra mile. Respond to them in a timely fashion. Keep them informed about the status of what you are doing for them. Admit and then fix your mistakes. Listen and respect what they are telling you … even the bad news. Be patient. Keep your promises and commitments. Smile … inside and out!