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Stop Reading From The Script!

ShepHyken

It was obvious that this rep was trained to tell the customer that when the problem couldn’t be solved over the phone to make an appointment to take the car to the dealer. It probably wasn’t an actual script, but it was an answer she was trained to use. What could she have done for her customer? Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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Guest Post: Customer Service Telephone Skills – Master Your Art of Conversation with Clients

ShepHyken

To provide a superior customer experience, you need to be since and genuine throughout the conversation. First, ditch the scripts. If you’re a new customer support rep, your organization will certainly ask you to follow a script. Reading from a script makes you sound like a robot. Now, how can you achieve that?

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Guest Blog: What Improvisation Teaches Us About Customer Service

ShepHyken

Musicians and actors use improvisation to hone skills, to improve reaction times, and to become more adept at adapting to changing circumstances, and in their improvisational explorations, we can find lessons that are applicable to customer service. Customer Service Patterns and Scripts. The principle is the same.

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3 Common Factors Behind Client Discontent in Customer Care Conversations

CSM Magazine

No one wants to waste time calling a helpline number and dealing with an agent who follows a script. Websites have been great for this and have replaced a lot of work that customer care agents previously handled. Unfortunately, a lot of customer support gets outsourced, and finding someone who can actually help is tough.

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A Pop Culture Guide to Customer Care Training

The Center for Client Retention

Looking for a guide to build your customer care training session off of? Not everyone learns the same way, and today we are sharing with you some examples that excellent customer service training can adopt for those who may be more visual or auditory learners. Customer Care Training Tip #1: Respect the Customer’s Time.

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60+ Customer Care Scripts for Your CX Teams

Knowmax

Check out the 60+ customer care scripts for call center agents written by industry experts with more than 10 years of CX experience.

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Guest Blog: 3 Key Principles for Customer Satisfaction

ShepHyken

Be Authentic: When interacting with another, whether customer or employee, genuinely listen for understanding. Don’t give them some rote, scripted response, but customize the script to the situation, if you have to use a script at all. It made me want to scream. Where had she been for the previous ten minutes?

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