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Guide to Handling Difficult Customers
Guide to Handling Difficult Customers
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5-1/2" x 8-1/2", softcover, |
Its happened to every customer service rep. They answer the phone or say hello and the customer seems angry or upset right from the start. Its easy to fall into the trap of taking things personally and becoming defensive, angry, or intractable in response.
Now, you can help your reps turn those customers around.
The Customer Service Professionals Guide to Handling Difficult Customers takes readers through seven steps to transform a dissatisfied customer into a satisfied, loyal, long-term customer who knows your company can be counted on.
The Guide includes information your reps can use right away to understand why customers become angry or upset; techniques they can use to calm customers and remain calm themselves; detailed complaint handling techniques including key words and phrases; plus an important section on how to recover from a difficult call and get ready to give the next caller first-class service.
To learn more about the Guide to Handling Difficult Customers, you may read the sample section, Techniques for calming customers down. Youll see how much useful, skillbuilding information is packed into a brief page of this practical guide.
The Guide to Handling Difficult Customers is provided in packages of 10. Youll have a copy for each of your reps so that everyone benefits from its powerful message.
New: Glancers are included for each rep
Just peel and stick these colorful Glancers to computer monitors or dividers and reps will have a handy reminder of the important lessons learned in the Guide. Reps will glance up to be sure they have covered all of the important elements of the call and to refresh their memory with key words and phrases.
The Glancers are a valuable addition to this important training guide.
Part 1. Why customers get angry or upset
Part 2: Techniques for calming customers
Part 3: Staying calm yourself
Part 4: Getting at the problem
Part 5: Complaint-handling techniques
Part 6: Handling specific types of problems
- When a caller becomes abusive
- When a mistake has been made
- When company policies come into play
Part 7: Recovering after the call
Guide to Handling Difficult Customers is guaranteed. We want you and your reps to put this valuable resource to work in your department. Then, if you are not 100% satisfied, you may return your copies within 30 days for a full refund. Guide to Handling Difficult Customers is published by the Customer Service Group.
The Customer Service Group provides management and training materials for customer service executives, managers and representatives through its newsletters: The Customer Communicator and Customer Service Newsletter — plus books and support materials for Customer Service Week.
To help your reps keep the important techniques and key phrases in Guide to Handling Difficult Customers fresh in their minds, your package includes 10 copies of the Guide plus 10 Glancers.
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