Proactive Customer Service
Everyone aims to deliver proactive customer service. Whether you refer to it as cross-selling, up-selling, suggestive selling, or – as we like to say — “soft question” selling, a basic component of...
View ArticleEmail Apocalypse or the “Reply-to-all” click
Everyone has had the experience where they meant to send a private response to someone in a group email, but accidentally hit “reply-to-all.” If we were lucky, it was a limited mistake and only a...
View Article6 Ways To Improve Listening Skills
by Nancy Friedman Do you know what the number one skill in sales and service is? I gave you a hint in the title. Listening skills. Doesn’t everyone know how to LISTEN? Sort of. Most of us ‘hear’ just...
View ArticleFeatures vs Benefits
Every team member should understand the difference between a feature and a benefit. An easy way to remember the distinction is that “features tell and benefits sell.” Let’s look at the definition:...
View ArticleBack To Basics
By Nancy Friedman, President, Speaker, Telephone Doctor Customer Service My entire career has been focused on developing ways to help companies communicate better with their customers. Each year we run...
View ArticleAre You Really Engaged?
By Nancy Friedman, Keynote Speaker, Customer Service Expert & Engagement Specialist. A short, but ongoing course. Are you really engaged? Do you and your staff really know how to engage and...
View ArticleTips To Improve Customer Service
If you can train your customer service representatives to substitute five common forbidden sentences with positive, smart replacements, they’ll turn disgruntled customers into satisfied clients. For...
View ArticleThank you FSAC
Nancy Friedman delivered an inspiring customer service keynote presentation to the Funeral Service Association of Canada in St. John’s, Newfoundland this week. Would you like information on Nancy’s...
View ArticleEffective Communication Skills
STOP TELLING CUSTOMERS HOW GREAT YOU ARE…..AND START SHOWING THEM! If you’re in the business of satisfying customers, the only thing that matters is what you DO It’s almost a cliche to see and hear...
View Article10 Quick Customer Service Reminders
by Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor Doing the little things right is a key component to building a culture of service within any organization. While most formal training courses take a bit of time...
View ArticleCustomer Loyalty Training Package
This instant customer service, team building, conflict resolution, leadership and communication training library will make your organization a world-class service provider! Get The Works! and equip...
View Article9 Ways to Gain the Competitive Service Edge
By Nancy Friedman, The Telephone Doctor Tight economy! Reduced staff! Demanding customers! >>> Click to download our free eBook on Customer Service Excellence “These days it’s extra...
View Article6 Ways To Improve Listening Skills
by Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor Do you know what the number one skill in sales and service is? I gave you a hint in the title. Right – listening skills. Do we really LISTEN? Most of us...
View ArticleKiller Words of Customer Service
by Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor Are You Driving Your Customers Away? A recent Telephone Doctor survey revealed these common sayings to be Killer Words of Customer Service. These Killer Words...
View ArticleCustomer Service Using Email & Chat
by Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor Yes, our Telephone Doctor customer service and communication training covers this as well. This subject gets covered a lot; however, we want to reiterate some...
View ArticleCustomer Service Challenges: Working at a Call Center
Identify and Discuss Common Customer Service Challenges Perfect for ALL customer contact employees. Eight wrong-way vignettes put your class in charge of determining what went wrong and how each...
View ArticleCustomer Service Challenges: MORE Call Center Difficulties
Eight More Common Customer Service Challenges Eight MORE wrong way vignettes put your class in charge of determining what went wrong and how each customer interface should have been handled. Scenes...
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