Foundations of Customer Service

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Course Overview

As a customer service representative, you are expected to handle customer interactions in the best way possible. The expectations of both your company and your customers hinge on your ability to provide the right service in the right way.

In this course, you will explore the background and techniques of customer interactions. Providing quality customer care ensures that every single contact with your company is a positive experience. Customers can range from external consumers to internal employees in other departments. Knowing how to provide the same level of service to all customers will enrich your time spent at work by establishing positive business relationships. Recognizing crucial points throughout customer interactions increases your ability to solve problems and offer affirmative solutions. Applying this knowledge to trends in service and consumer desires allows you to contribute to the company’s bottom line and make a customer’s life a little easier.

This course will earn you 7 PDUs

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for customer service professionals with any level of experience who want to expand their knowledge, improve their skill set, and increase the understanding of customer benefits.

Course Objectives

    • Describe the benefits of customer service, identify internal customers, identify the benefits to you of giving good customer service, and identify how you can help your company to excel.
    • Understand the major trends in customer service today and the combination of criteria required for customer satisfaction.
    • Learn the benefits of bringing respect, emotional support, and a personal touch to customer interactions, and apply the personal touch to customer interactions.
    • Define the six categories of face-to-face communication, the critical success factors in face-to-face communication, and the benefits of actively listening to your customers.
    • Apply remote customer service best practices and identify remote customer service communication channels
    • Identify guidelines for handling unreasonable customers, explore ways to handle angry customers, and identify guidelines for handling unhelpful colleagues.

Course Outline

Importance of Customer Service

  • Who We Are & What We Do
  • What is Customer Service
  • Who Is the Customer
  • Who is the Customer Service Provider
  • Circles of Service

Establishing Your Attitude

  • The Power of Positivity
  • Stay Energized
  • Be Positive
  • Stress in Service
  • Customer Service Skills

Identifying & Addressing Customer Needs

  • Understand the Situation
  • Stress in Service
  • Customer Service Skills
  • Types of Customers
  • Basic Customer Needs
  • Going the Extra Mile

Generating Return Business

  • Connection & Follow Up
  • Make it Easy for Customers to Connect
  • Top 10 Reasons Customers Get Upset
  • Top 10 Reason Why Customers Don’t Complain
  • Customer Bill of Rights

In-Person Customer Service

  • Dealing with Desk-side Requests
  • Body Language and Facial Expressions
  • What is your Posture

On-Line Customer Service

  • Email and Phone
  • Positive and Negative Tone
  • Telephone Etiquette
  • Proper Language

Difficult or Angry Customers

  • Phrases and Solutions
  • Steps to Diffuse the Situation
  • Managing a Threat

How to Impress Your Customers

  • Top 10 tips
  • Advice from the Experts

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Class Dates & Times

Class times are listed Eastern time

This is a 1-day class

Regular Price: $495.00

MNA Price: $445.50

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Register When Time Where How
Register 11/15/2024 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT
Register 12/30/2024 9:00AM - 5:00PM Online VILT