Taking A Customer for Granted Can Lead To Customer Service Breakdowns

Taking A Customer for Granted Can Lead To Customer Service Breakdowns Taking a customer for granted is something that a customer service representative should never do. That is because customers are your reason for existing as an employee. They are also the key element in your organization’s success. For that reason, you must consciously go … Read more

Causes of Customer Service Breakdowns – Being Preoccupied

Causes of Customer Service Breakdowns – Being Preoccupied There are numerous reasons why customer service breakdowns occur. These run the spectrum from lack of sound customer service skills to bad customer service representative attitude. In today’s hectic workplace where customer service representatives are constantly multitasking, it is sometimes easy to forget that your customers are … Read more

Recovering from Customer Service Breakdowns

Recovering from Customer Service Breakdowns Customers are better educated and have access to a more competitive product and service information that at any time in history. The result is that when they contact a customer service representative, they have specific wants, needs, and expectations. When their preconceived ideas are not met, service breakdowns are likely … Read more

Avoiding Customer Service Breakdowns

Avoiding Customer Service Breakdowns There are a number of things that you might do as a customer service representative that can irritate customers or cause them to form a negative opinion of your or your organization. Remember that your goal should be to project a professional presence, help create a positive service culture and provide the … Read more

Customer Service Breakdowns Are Everywhere

Customer Service Breakdowns Are Everywhere It seems that there are no shortages of service breakdowns in today’s world. You would think that in the down economy where so many people are unemployed or hurting financially, that service providers would think before doing or saying something that could have a negative impact on them. But then … Read more

Service Recovery Strategies: Rebuilding customer relationships after breakdowns

Service Recovery Strategies: Rebuilding customer relationships after breakdowns Managing conflict with customers involves more than just resolving the disagreement. If you fail to address the emotional and psychological needs of those involved, you may find the conflict returning, repercussions and/or severe damage to the customer-provider relationship may occur. Often poorly handled service recovery efforts result in … Read more

Nonverbal Communication Skills in Customer Service

Nonverbal Communication Skills in Customer Service Effective nonverbal communication skills in customer service are the bedrock of understanding and customer satisfaction. This is especially true when dealing with people from different cultures. If you do not realize the power of the unspoken messages that you continually send with your body, you are likely destined for relationship breakdowns. … Read more

Use Positive Verbal Communication to Avoid Customer Relationship Breakdowns

Use Positive Verbal Communication to Avoid Customer Relationship Breakdowns Customer service representatives and their organizations spend a lot of time, effort and money creative a positive service culture designed to attract, nurture and retain customers. Because of this, it only makes sense that when you are interacting with your internal and external customers that you … Read more

Customer Service Skills for Success 6th by Robert W. Lucas Now Available

Customer Service Skills for Success 6th by Robert W. Lucas Now Available The top-selling customer service textbook in the United States, Customer Service Skills for Success by Robert W. Lucas, is now in print from McGraw-Hill. This 6th edition includes a four-color layout with more images to enhance the content and a completely changed graphic appearance. … Read more

Appropriate Service Recovery Strategies Can Lead To Customer Satisfaction and Retention

Appropriate Service Recovery Strategies Can Lead To Customer Satisfaction and Retention Delivering excellent customer service should be the goal of every customer service representative and organization. Unfortunately, when things do not go as planned and customer service breakdowns occur, customer needs wants and expectations are often not met. Obviously, this is when customer satisfaction and … Read more

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