Customer Service Training Programs:
Our customer service training
workshop teaches by doing with less than 15% lecture and 85% hands on
activities. Participants learn by Doing and not by being told. Exercises are
practical, realistic, fun and are skill based.
To maximize your customer
service teams effectiveness we suggest our custom, private
customer service training
courses offered in house at the location of
your choice, usually in groups of 6 or more.
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us for a free consultation on how we can best service your
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Program Objectives:
In our Exceptional Customer Service one-day
training workshop
participants will:
- Understand how to handle inquiries and/or complaints in
ways that create improved, lasting relationships with your
customers or clients.
- Learn to promote positive "chemistry" between
your company and your clients by recognizing and
responding to the needs of each individual.
- Learn how to handle doubt, misunderstandings, and
objections.
- Acquire techniques for seeing issues from clients'
perspectives, creating value-adding options for clients,
and making sure clients recognize the added value they are
getting.
- Learn how to gain agreement from clients and reinforce
mutually satisfying long-term relationships.
Customer Service Training:
Customer Service Skills Training Tips - Is Your Business A Leaky Bucket?
Customer service and customer service training are vital for any business.
But, is your business a leaky bucket?
This is a question I always ask small business owners who attend my marketing seminars.
The reason I ask is because many businesses are so focused on attracting new customers they forget about retaining and providing good customer service to their existing clients.
Many are also unable to quickly identify who their most profitable customers are.
In the leaky bucket example we have two businesses in the same industry. Both businesses attract 10 per cent new customers each year. Not a bad effort considering the increasingly crowded and competitive industry they operate in.
Business number one has a 95 per cent retention rate and 5 per cent slippage, while business number two has a 90 per cent retention rate and 10 per cent loss of customers.
Not bad figures to have, but after 14 years business number one has doubled in size and business number two has stayed the same size.
This business is just treading water because it suffers from a 'leaky bucket' with too many customers slipping through the holes in the bottom of the bucket.
Much of this is due to poor customer service. And they don't even know it!
For example, the customer service research shows a typical business does not hear from 96 per cent of unhappy customers.
For every complaint there are 26 others with the same problem and the average person with a problem tells 9 or 10 others. Thirteen per cent will tell more than 20 people.
So that is the cold hard reality of poor customer service.
But it is not all bad. If customer service complaints are resolved those people tell 5 people and it is usually a positive message.
For example, complainers are more likely to do business with that company again compared to non-complainers, and this rate goes to 95 per cent customer retention if the complaint is dealt with quickly.
Everyone makes customer service mistakes, the key is to learn from those mistakes and act on them quickly and you will have even more loyal customers.
Keeping your customers happy will help fill the holes in your leaky bucket and lead to a more profitable and successful business.
Source:
Thomas Murrell:
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