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Why the Marketing Budget Should Include Customer Service Training

ShepHyken

It’s how a customer is treated at every step of doing business with you. We recently had a client say their training budget didn’t have money allocated to customer service training. Typically, companies spend a lot of money training salespeople, which often falls under the sales budget, not the training budget.

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7 Customer Service Training Tips Every Manager Needs to Know

Stella Connect

Customers know in an instant if your agents will meet and exceed their expectations , and all it takes is one bad experience to lose them. It’s on you to ensure that every agent is prepared to delight customers day in and day out — and in this blog post, we’ll lay out customer service training tips you need to know.

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Don’t offer customer service training. Develop your people with customer service education.

Bill Quiseng

Don’t offer customer service training. Training is finite, usually only one to several days. Training is one-way, “I know everything, you know nothing” instruction. Training is the how and what of service. Training is what employees do to develop the business.

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Guest Blog: Customer Service Training Ideas to Help Build Brand Advocacy

ShepHyken

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken.

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How to Create the Best Customer Service Training Program for Your Contact Center

Stella Connect

Looking for ideas for how to create the best customer service training program for your contact center? A majority (84%) say that when customer service is able to solve a problem for them it strengthens their emotional connection to the brand. At no time should agents be passive listeners.

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6 Customer Service Training Ideas for Improving Agent Engagement

Stella Connect

Customer service is one of the most significant differentiators between your brand and the competition, but its success solely depends on the performance of agents on the front lines — which is why your training program needs to include initiatives that improve agent engagement. Customer Service Training Ideas Your Team Needs.

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[Interview] Improve Your Customer Service Training with This Expert Advice

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But now you can stop guessing, as we’re presenting you with some of the best customer service training advice in the industry from a seasoned professional, Ray Miller , who is the CEO of e-learning solution company The Training Bank and author of the book That Customer Focus.