As service professionals, we should be proactive and proactive in helping customers. Realistically, we can’t change everything that went wrong. But we can ensure that our tools and techniques are up to date. With a little planning and training, we can better satisfy the needs of our customers with an improvement in customer service recovery.
Here’s the ultimate guide to service recovery for customer service. From a company perspective, when a service is wrong, it undermines the quality of our work. Customers don’t like to deal with a company that can’t solve a problem fast. With that in mind, we wanted to provide some basic pointers about how to assess your service and help resolve a problem quickly.
How it works
Once you find that a problem exists, start by researching the details. Once you’ve got everything that you need, go to the problem on your computer or mobile device and explore the problem process.
Review the documentation on how to deal with an issue, such as the process of connecting a phone, changing an account, or a download for an app or service. In the section below, you’ll discover some tips on how to find some of the crucial information.
Time constraints
Service recovery is not impossible, and it can be achieved using a very simple method. Contact the (contact any) customer service, or find a solution, with a note attached.
Describe the problem to the representative, with what information you have at hand, and how long it will take to solve the problem. Before they act, ask the representative your exact timeframe, to see if they can solve the problem immediately. If the company doesn’t make an effort to listen to your situation, you might want to contact the customer service department of the business and ask them for a solution. If you are patient and you remember your notes, you might even get a referral point in the future.
Training
If you are going to train yourself and your team, understand that the real task of improving your service is a continual work. You don’t need to create your own training system from scratch, but you will need to ensure you do not meet the same challenges every single time.
Before the training, create a checklist.
You should ask yourself the following questions:
- How much time do I need to complete the training?
- How much time will this take?
- What is the purpose of the training?
- Does my work environment make it difficult for me to receive training?
If your answers to these questions are still blank, you might want to find a way to incorporate it into your daily work. For example, make a tool to help with training, or create a spreadsheet for all the posts that need to be completed in order to get started.
Use your knowledge to serve
While you’re on the phone, consult the documentation on how to approach a customer service desk to see if you can find an issue related to your own work. When you get to your job, understand your process.
If you have worked in this industry before, but only ever through outsourcing, you will appreciate the benefits of working from home. By discussing customer service issues with your HR department, you can also gain valuable time by solving the problem.
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