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Upgrade Your Customer Support Rep to a Customer Support Professional

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These are great people who work in customer support centers and respond to a customer’s questions and complaints with patience, empathy, and efficiency. They’re your front line for your customers. And they’re often referred to as CSRs, or customer service representatives. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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How Much Does It Cost to Give Great Customer Service?

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First, the department that is often referred to as “customer service” should not be viewed as a cost center. Customer service representatives save customers that are unhappy and, in many cases, ensure customers come back. Grant authority to employees to make customer-focused decisions.

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This Is How You Save On Customer Support

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From becoming “friends” with customers via social media to getting inside their pockets via smartphone apps to offering customer support 24 x 7 x 365, businesses have pulled no stops at pleasing the customer in the race for market domination. No one ever said that having a customer care number was a necessity to run a business!

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“That’s Not My Department” and 10 Other Phrases Customers Hate

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Shep Hyken is a customer service and experience expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus customer service training programs, go t o www.thecustomerfocus.com. For information, contact 314-692-2200 or www.hyken.com.

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Sometimes It’s Okay to Ask a Customer to Repeat the Story

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Just last week I wrote an article about companies that ask customers to repeat their problems, account numbers and more. For example, getting transferred from one customer service representative to the next and having to repeat the issue. For information contact or www.hyken.com. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Why Must I Repeat Myself Again and Again?

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Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker and New York Times bestselling business author. For information on The Customer Focus™ customer service training programs go to www.thecustomerfocus.com. For information contact or www.hyken.com. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken. Copyright © MMXVI, Shep Hyken).

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4 Customer-Focused Master Strokes that Winning Companies Get Right

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They know me right when I call – they already have my phone number to identify me with, the customer service representatives greet me with my name right away and the problem gets tackled in a jiff, all thanks to the magic of information. My favorite companies are ones that spare me the rigmarole entirely.