Two Elements of Effective Customer Communication Two key elements in making your interactions with customers successful are to recognize how you tend to communicate and understanding how the communication process works. It is up to each customer service representative, and other employees in any organization, to take responsibility for developing his or her communication skills … Read more
Use Caution with Nonverbal Cues When Serving International Customers “I am so sorry! That’s not what I meant” is all the service provider could say after he inadvertently offended an international customer from Turkey by using what he believed to be a signal of reassurance (thumb and index finger forming an “O”). In fact, due to a … Read more
Interpersonal Communication Self-Assessment for Customer Service Representatives In many instances, customer service representatives do not know how they are coming across to their internal and external customers during interactions with them. Often this is because they fail to consciously monitor their verbal and nonverbal communication behaviors. In other cases, they do not ask for feedback on their … Read more
The Role of Facial Expressions in Customer Service A major component of delivering stellar customer service to your customers is to continually hone your customer service skills in the area of communication so that you are able to deliver the best customer service possible. For example, there are so many different messages that can be … Read more
Quote On Communicating Through Body Language – Harvey Wolter Learning to read body language (nonverbal communication) is a crucial customer service skill since the majority of the sender’s meaning in a conversation comes from the non-verbal cues that they send along with their verbal communication. Famous Harvey Wolter Quotes “You can tell a lot by … Read more
Customer Relations is Directly Tied to Keeping Your Word Customer service training for employees must cover basic customer service skills (i.e. verbal and nonverbal communication, how to build and maintain customer relationships that can lead to customer and brand loyalty and overall customer satisfaction). It must also emphasize how to handle situations when something goes wrong and teach how to … Read more
Building Customer Relationships Leads to Customer Satisfaction When was the last time that you had a positive, memorable customer service experience at a bank, store, laundry or other organization? In an age when technology-based service dominates many aspects of business, many organizations have lost the ability to make customers feel special and appreciated. Smart managers and … Read more
Customer Service Representative – Active Listening Tips Before you can effectively listen to your customers or clients as a customer service representative you must first prepare to listen. That is because active listening is a learned skill and is different from the passive action of simply hearing sounds. Not only do you need to take … Read more
Customer Service Representatives Have to Power to Help or Hurt Their Organization You may have heard that one person can make a difference in the world. Well, one customer service representative can make a difference in the level of success that is achieved by an organization. Think about the fact that if you are in … Read more
Use Head Nodding Effectively With Customers to Avoid Misunderstandings Nodding of the head is often used (and overused) by many people to signal agreement or to indicate that they are listening to a speaker during a conversation. As a customer service representative, you must be careful to occasionally pause to ask a question for clarification … Read more
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