Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The Season of Giving, The Season of Helping

It may be the ‘Most Wonderful Time of the year’, but this month can be the ‘Most stressful season’ for business owners. They are juggling with many things – from managing the operations to working the phones, making sure that they can help to one customer despite the hundreds of others waiting to be attended.

Is your customer service ready this holiday season? Your customer service reps should be ready all the time and hopefully, they are prepared ahead of time.
This is the time of year when people flock the malls, looking for and buying presents for their friends, colleagues and loved ones. The increase in visits varies every year.  Therefore, being prepared is the best weapon at this point of time. 

As H. Jackson Brown, Jr., author of P.S. I Love You, put it, “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” Give your best today by equipping your phone agents to be proactive and ready to help stressed customers wanting to get things done. The rewards in the end are tremendous; you keep and retain loyal customers.

Since this season is a “season of giving”, as business owner, just learn to give everyone the best service they rightfully deserve, and you are well on your way to receive more than what you give.

Contact centers have been one of the best strategies every business owner can employ if they want to manage customers and retain them. The service should provide full assistance from addressing complaints, processing orders, monitoring status to solving problems. Customers will be happy when they feel someone is really assisting them especially if they are ordering either through phone or online.

Christmas is really the best time to help customers who are harried and hurried this season. Help generously. They will remember the experience you give them afterwards. And so with that, they will stay loyal to your service.

So go ahead and make customers happy this Christmas season by helping them. It makes a world of difference for your business the whole year round.

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