Difficult customers may not be angry, but difficult to work with for a variety of reasons. We will help you to determine the customer's difficult behavioral 'type' and work with an appropriate strategy. View challenging customers as an opportunity to shine, be your best, and set a great service example. Learning Objectives Describe seven types of difficult customers, Apply strategies for working with each type of difficult customer Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand how you can categorize decisions to make decisions more effectively. Take a measured approach with the four steps to decision making. How do you anticipate the implementation of your decision by asking what, who, when, where and how questions? Understand how to monitor implementation through observation of key success indicators. Learning Objectives Make better decisions more quickly, Apply four stages to decision-making, Utilize logical and intuitive decision-making techniques Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Initiative is the ability to take action without specific directives from others and is critical to organizations to stay competitive. Discover how you can achieve balanced flexibility while understanding how to see worthwhile opportunities. We will show you how to act responsibly without being told what to do. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of taking responsible initiative, Exhibit personal attributes for responsible initiative, Apply ways to go above and beyond Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Identify your primary value proposition and your unique selling position. Get 'out of the box,' and be different. Innovation is a highly sought-after Value Proposition. Understand how you can be an information navigator for your clients. Discover how you can exceed the four levels of customer expectations. Learning Objectives Define your Value Proposition, Create a personal brand to stand out from competitors, Implement nine strategies for increasing referrals Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
The most important qualifier is to help prospects recognize a buying need. Utilize the three objectives for developing interest and uncover dissatisfaction by asking questions. We will help you to ask the right questions Develop dissatisfaction by asking questions that explore the impact of problems on a prospect's current situation. Learning Objectives Describe objectives for developing buyer interest, Explain how to uncover dissatisfaction, Set criteria for call objectives, Control the focus of dissatisfaction Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
When someone says they're not interested, determine if it's an informed or uninformed response. Educate prospects on what they need to know before ruling you out. Discover questions to ask a prospect or indifferent buyer with an objection. Determine if a price related concern is a condition or an objection and how to handle each. Learning Objectives Explain how to regain control of the conversation, Summarize multiple responses to seven common objections Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand the five C's for diamond-grade email etiquette. These include content, concise, clarity, color and carat. Identify the top ten spam filter mistakes to ensure successful delivery, avoid complaints, and improve response. Discover the ten power words to improve customer response rates. Learning Objectives Identify the Five C's to email etiquette, List the top ten words to avoid spam filters, Apply the top ten 10 power words to improve your response rate Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
CRM is a software or internet-based approach to managing customer contacts and relevant data. Five must-have CRM features include sales management tools, marketing automation, customer support, data tracking and integration and analytics. Discover how to ensure that your CRM will not fail with employees. Understand and the correct CRM required for your requirements. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of managing customer contacts in a CRM, Implement five must-have features Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Learn enough facts about a buyer's current status to advance the conversation purposefully. Discover how to ask relevant questions about necessary information designed to keep the prospect talking for the sake of conversation. Understand how to mix open and close ended questions but ask close-ended questions which are likely to be answered with a 'yes'. Learning Objectives Apply guidelines for asking Status Questions, Demonstrate how to ask three types of status questions Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Customer satisfaction and loyalty are the most important factors in creating long-term business growth. Discover how to get quality feedback and how to work through criticism. Objectives of many customer satisfaction surveys look to measure three core indexes: satisfaction, loyalty, and value. Learning Objectives Describe how to get quality customer feedback, Respond appropriately to customer criticism, Explain how to "Take the HEAT" in difficult situations, Implement one question to grow your business Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams