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15 Top Customer Service Training Courses for Your Agents (Half Are Free)

Comm100

According to research conducted in 2015 by Aspect Cloud Solutions , 76% of respondents see “customer service as a ‘true test’ of how much a company values them.” ” And customer service training is vital to maintaining excellent customer relations. Image source: ALISON.

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Wow Your New Employees

Bill Quiseng

Highlight your culture by introducing your core values, describing the empowerment processes that employees can use to exceed customer expectations and offering specific stories when employees went above and beyond for your customers. Don’t bore your employees with rote customer service training.

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Customer Expectations and Staff Retention Are Biggest Challenges to Outstanding Service

CSM Magazine

Training and retaining good staff, and understanding, setting and managing customer expectations are among the top challenges facing customer service professionals according to a survey by ASQ, a leading authority on quality. Twenty-nine percent surveyed this year said managing customer expectations was their No.

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The Unexpected Stands Out – Especially If It’s Bad

ShepHyken

The effort a customer makes to get the problem resolved – hopefully, it’s minimal effort – is ideally rewarded with an acceptable and expected resolution. In other words, if there is a problem, customers expect it to be handled appropriately, and when it is, they are usually happy to continue doing business with you.

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CX and EX (Customer Experience and Employee Experience)

ShepHyken

Customer service and customer experience (CX) have become as hot of topics as any in business. It’s become a customer expectation. Don’t deliver on the CX and the customer will find someone – or some company – that does. And, even if it is different, do our customers care?

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Five Ways to Create Customer Loyalty

ShepHyken

People need to know they can count on your product, not just your customer support department. Customer Service and Support: It’s a given that everyone in your organization will deliver a level of customer service that meets, if not exceeds your customersexpectations. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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How to Set Goals & Build a Strategy to Drive Customer Experience Improvement

Comm100

Therefore, any company trying to improve their customer experience should follow a defined plan to adopt a strategy that is congruent with their customer expectations. Here is a detailed step-by-step guide to setting goals and strategizing for customer experience improvement. Redesign current processes and services.