Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Product Customer Service
Product Customer Service
Passion can
can’tt be taught
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How to Make Customers Feel Important
Recall a good customer service experience
You received individual,, personalized
p attention
Treated as though you were their only client
Treated with respect
Your problem was ‘no problem’
Use their name and find ways
y to compliment
p
them, but be sincere – customers know
Your words,, non-
non-verbals
verbals,, and actions must all
match and show you care!
Think of ways to generate good feelings about
working with you – bring passion to your job
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Think Like the Customer
Always try to put yourself in client’s point of view
It’s about the customer,, not about you
y
“We’re really busy right now”
“My system’s down”
“Steve’s on vacation this week”
Skip the blame, solve the problem
Use of technology sending unintended signals?
How do you feel when sending email to a help desk? Does auto
reply help? Make a connection
Use of voice mail
Just another ticket in your queue, but could be the most
important thing
h to the
h customer
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Solving
g Problems vs Creating
g Barriers
“I don’t know…”
“I can call you back with the answer”
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Using the Right Language
Use “Favor” rather than “Command” language
“Give me your user name.”
“Could I have your user name?”
“Spell the last name.”
“Would you spell the last name for me?”
“Sit there
there.””
“Would you have a seat over there?”
“Hold
Hold please.
please ”
“Let me look in the system and see what I can find.”
C t
Customer needs
d to
t callll back
b k withith a specific
ifi piece
i
of information (Frequent Flier Number)
“Wh you have
“When h the
th information,
i f ti callll back
b k into
i t
the main number and an agent will assist you.”
“Rather than dialing into the main number,
number you
can call my extension directly. My number is…”
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It’s All in the Deliveryy (cont)
( )
Honest, up
up--front info is key – even bad news
Working Late
“Fear
Fear of Flying”
Flying and Highway Signs
Apple Store Nightmare
“That’s
That s what appointments are for.
for ”
“Our appointments are full for today. If you’d
like to make an appointment for another day
day, I
can schedule that for you now. Without an
appointment, your wait could be two hours or
quite possibly longer.”
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Turn “No” into “Yes”
Is there a way to get it done?
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Turn “No” into “Yes” (cont)
Request for Training Course (Wait-
(Wait-List)
“II can’t
can t access the SharePoint site from here
here, so
I’m not sure if you made it or not.”
“Normally
Normally we have a few no-no-shows,
shows so just be
there tomorrow at 0900 and we’ll make it work.”
Restaurant Reservations
“Reservations need to be requested through our
website,
b it we don’t
d ’t ttake
k th
them over th
the phone.”
h ”
“Reservations need to be requested through our
website,
b it but
b t if you can hang
h on a minute,
i t I can
handle that for you now.” 14
Follow Up
p and Follow Through
g
Follow Up
Reach out to your customers – be proactive
Confirm problems have been solved
Do questions remain, or new problems?
Customers thrive on contact and information
Follow Through
Do what you promised to do, when you
promised to do it
Being
e g reliable
e ab e iss ccritical
t ca to pos
positive
t e pe
perception
cept o
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When Things Go Wrong
Make it simple for customers to complain – only
4% actually do
Know how to apologize – it’s okay! It’s easy and
customers appreciate it
The customer may not always be right, but the
customer must always win
Even if customer is having a bad day, go out of
your way to make them feel comfortable
Deal with problems immediately and let
customers know what you’ve done ((follow up))
follow--up
Value complaints – opportunity to improve!
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When Things
g Go Wrong
g ((cont))
Application Outage – Multiple Calls Received
N t really
Not ll your responsibility!
ibilit !
“It’s not really our responsibility and we don’t
k
know when
h it will
ill be
b fixed.”
fi d ”
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Several users
h
have already
l d reported t d this
thi problem.
bl The
Th
problem is being worked on, and I will contact
you directly as soon as it it’ss resolved
resolved.”
ABSOLUTELY must contact this person directly
when problem is resolved.
resolved
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When Things
g Go Wrong
g ((cont))
Ticket not resolved as promised, no follow up
“Well
“W ll this
thi is
i the
th first
fi t time
ti I’m
I’ hearing
h i about b t it.”
it ”
“I apologize for our error. I will take ownership
off thi
this issue
i andd be
b your single
i l point
i t off contact
t t
until it’s resolved. Let me investigate and get
back to you by 3:00.
3:00 ”
ABSOLUTELY must follow
up by 3:00, even if nothing
new to report!
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Conclusion
Good customer service is critical to perception
Thi k like
Think lik the
th customer
t
Be a g
good listener
Get
G t creative
ti and
d go th
the extra
t mile!
il !
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Thank You
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