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7 Things You Have to Get Right with Your Telephone Customer Experience

Myra Golden

This is the 7-point call strategy I use when my work is to improve the telephone customer experience in a call center. The lead-in , step 1, gets calls started on a positive note. Steps 2-6 are how to handle the body of the call in a friendly and warm way. Customer Care. Open with a lead-in.

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2 Reasons Your Call Center Agents Are Failing at the Customer Experience

Myra Golden

You know your customer service is not where it needs to be. You know your agents aren’t delivering the level of service your customers expect and deserve. There are 2 reasons why your agents are failing at the customer experience. They aren’t establishing rapport with customers. Customer: “Hi Bill.

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How to Train and Support Remote Customer Service Employees

Myra Golden

This morning I hosted a webinar for leaders of customer service departments and operations. I walked everyone through how to prepare customer service specialists to apply psychological tactics to bring down the temperature in interactions and de-escalate. Designate time to play virtual games to build teamwork and morale.

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This is How to Ask Your Customer Questions

Myra Golden

Questions are a double-edged sword for customer service professionals. You have to ask questions to get to the root of the problem, log issues, and in general, to help customers. Years ago, when I managed a small call center, I realized that my team had to ask our customers seven questions.

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29 Customer Service Training and Coaching Tips

Stella Connect

Customer service coaching refers to the practice of ongoing communication between the agent and their manager to hone in on how to improve on specific skills, achieve specific goals, and develop their craft so they can handle even the most difficult customer interactions. Coaching Customer Service Agents for Individual Growth.

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If Your Customer Experience Is Still Bad After Great Training & Coaching, This Is Probably Why

Myra Golden

Making customers jump through hoops to get problems resolved ruins the customer experience. Here’s what my red bottom stilettos, now on a UPS truck back to New York, have to do with your customer experience: What good is it to have delightful employees, if customers have to work too hard to get help?

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If Your Customer Experience Is Still Bad After Great Training & Coaching, This Is Probably Why

Myra Golden

Making customers jump through hoops to get problems resolved ruins the customer experience. Here’s what my red bottom stilettos, now on a UPS truck back to New York, have to do with your customer experience: What good is it to have delightful employees, if customers have to work too hard to get help?