| Customer service is a series of activities designed to enhance feeling that a product or service has met the customer expectation. It's importance dose not vary by product, industry and customer. The Customer needs the option of Customer service these service needs should be be provided by a person and by automated means of self service through Internet sites called self-service. The experience a customer has of a product is a direct affect the total service experience. Customer service is a integral part of a company. They will remember you! Whether you remember them or not they do not forget. Once customer trust is destroyed by a service problem your company rating will fall. This is your last line of defense to protect your company's name and product. From the point of view of an overall effort, customer service plays an important role in an organization's ability to generate income and revenue. met the customer expectation met the customer expectation met the customer expectation Customer service should be included as part of overall approach to Customer satisfaction. Some have argued that the quality and level of customer service has decreased in recent years, and that this can be attributed to a lack of support or understanding at the executive and middle management levels of a corporation. Recently, Many company's have implemented feedback that allow them to capture feedback to gain knowledge and experience thus allowing them to improve their customer service before the customers form a negative opinion and doing a adverse effect on sales and profits. Making it far more likely that the customer will return for future business. The challenge in working with your Customer Service is to ensure that you have focused your attention on the right key areas. The focus on Customer service must deliver most value to the overall objective goal of inproving service, product and Company reputation. In training your employees It must done in such a way that staff sincerely believe that they can make a difference with the effort. Devise a guide line for your reps to follow and if they exhaust the guide line then ask the customer to hold while they talk with a supervisor. Train the supervisor as to what guide lines they need to follow. And here is a shocking surprise for you. Ask the customer if they are satisfied and if so please take a survey. If they are not satisfied ask the if they would like to talk with their supervisor. DO NOT WAIT FOR THEM TO DEMAND A SUPERVISOR. do not pass go and do not collect 200.00 dollars for passing go do not go any further until ask. A valuable add on is to add the option of a survey. People who respond (respondents) are asked to complete the survey. Marketers use the information so obtained to understand the needs of individuals in the marketplace for product improvement and to create strategies and marketing plans. Then your support team needs to Write report. The Report usually has headings such as: 1. executive summary; 2. objectives; 3. methodology; 4. main findings 5 Actions taken. Customer service must be reliable for that brings reliability! Thus SALES! Jesse |