1. Strengthen your customer service skills
First, it’s important to make sure that your customer service
• Empathy, patience and consistency.
• Knowledge, of your product. Stay informed enough
• Clear communication.
• Work ethic.
• Thick skin. The customer’s always right… right? The ability to swallow one’s pride and accept blame or negative feedback is crucial. Whether your team works directly with customers or looking for feedback on social media, they’ve got to keep the customer’s happiness in mind.
Not sure if your reps have the right customer service skills? Survey or interview your customers to understand whether your service team is showing each of these traits. Running a customer feedback survey through your CRM program, at the point of sale, or when you send customers an invoice is a great way to see where your team’s skills do and don’t measure up.