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When You, As A Customer Service Representative, Take Things Personally, You Make Your Job Harder

Myra Golden

Peers made suggestions, began coaching one another, and on their own, came up with approaches and tips to help their co-workers move out of a personalization mentality and into a win-win problem resolution focus. How might you help them move toward a focus on finding amicable solutions? The small group brainstorm was powerful.

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What Customer Service Representatives Can Learn From Doctors About Delivering Bad News

Myra Golden

Now you can give your representatives even more great skills for delivering the best customer experience and for handling difficult customer situations. Sign up for my email list and learn specific tips, approaches and phrases to help your employees help your customers.

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Empathy Will Get Those Angry Customers to Back Down In the COVID-19 Era

Myra Golden

COVID-19 makes customers more demanding. And the pandemic impacts customer service representatives, too! Empathy can help you regain control of interactions and get angry customers to calm down and listen to you. But what level of empathy is appropriate for customer service?

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Mastering the Art of Signposting: A Guide to Controlling Calls with Ease

Myra Golden

It’s a crucial skill for anyone who frequently takes calls, such as customer service representatives, salespeople, or receptionists. In this guide, we’ll explore the benefits of signposting, provide examples of effective signposting phrases, and offer tips on incorporating signposting into your phone calls.

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Breaking Bad News in Chat: A Contact Center Guide for Delicate Delivery

Myra Golden

By following these tips, you’ll be able to deliver bad news in a way that shows empathy, builds trust, and leaves your customers feeling heard and understood. Conclusion Breaking bad news in chat is never easy, but it’s an inevitable part of the job for customer service representatives.

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Handling Dead-Air Space On a Customer Service Call

Myra Golden

Let the customer know that there will be a few seconds of silence, by explaining what you are doing, “This will take just a few moments to pull up,” or “What I’m doing here, is processing the return, and placing your replacement order. Once, when I was talking to a customer service representative, he used the downtime fantastically.

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How to Turn Your Business’s Google Reviews Into Marketing Materials

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Just encouraging your customers to leave reviews overall to give the Small Thanks tool more material to work with. Offering a mediocre service isn’t going to get you many reviews. So make sure your products, customer service representatives and overall service do a great job to encourage reviews.