The Guide: Tools and Guidelines for Success to Provide Great Call Center Customer Service


Book Description

Harold L. Price has experience in call center customer service with a myriad of entities, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna U.S. Healthcare, The U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Social Security Administration. In addition, he is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to serve his country in the U.S. Coast Guard. This book provides a synopsis of the professional life of Dr. Price, as well as the gratitude he has for his educational accomplishments. One thing Dr. Price is keen to point out is that it's not about how or where you start in life but how you finish.




Your Surefire Guide To CRM Success


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Implementing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software Can Be One Of The Most Important Decisions A Growing Company Can Make. In Your Surefire Guide to CRM Success, Matt Mountain and Randy Davis— Salesforce.com gurus and industry leaders—explain how your business can properly implement this software to receive a high return on your investment. In this book, Matt and Randy discuss the following: • How to define your company’s goals for proper CRM implementation • How to align employees to your vision • How to use software for not only sales but also marketing, operations, and customer service • How to use CRM to benefit your customers • How to continue maximizing and expanding your software in the future Many companies struggle in incorporating new software technology into their business model, but there is high potential for success if used correctly. If your company is considering the leap to CRM, this book is for you!




The Guide


Book Description

Harold L. Price has experience in call center customer service with a myriad of entities, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna U.S. Healthcare, The U.S. Small Business Administration, and the Social Security Administration. In addition, he is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to serve his country in the U.S. Coast Guard. This book provides a synopsis of the professional life of Dr. Price, as well as the gratitude he has for his educational accomplishments. One thing Dr. Price is keen to point out is that it's not about how or where you start in life but how you finish.




Customer Service


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"Customer Service, 4/e" by Lucas features how-to topics for the customer service professional. It covers the concepts and skills needed for success in business careers, including listening techniques, verbal and nonverbal communication, and use of technology. Emphasis is given to dealing with customer service problems and how to handle conflicts and stress. Insights and tips are also provided for customer service supervisory personnel




Comdex Call Center Training Course Kit (With Cd)


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Comdex Call Centre Training Kit is a revolutionary 3-stage self learning system that covers the contents in sessions to give the readers a comprehensive exposure to the world of Call Centers. These sessions help to initiate call center skills and further sharpen the acquired skills for becoming a seasoned call center executive. The book contains a CD running an Accent Training Software. Such an approach aids in finding any possible mismatch of acquired and desired skills. It helps to practice hard on those areas.




New Fix-it-yourself Manual


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A troubleshooting chart and gorgeous, clear diagrams will explain not only how to fix almost any household problem, but also gives the level of technical skill required to finish the job, as well any special tools required to do so.




Powerful Phrases for Effective Customer Service


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Let's face it, dealing with customers isn't easy. They aren't always right--or even pleasant. But experienced business author Renée Evenson ensures you always have the right words to defuse tense interactions. In Powerful Phrases for Effective Customer Service, she covers thirty challenging customer behaviors and twenty common employee-caused negative encounters to teach readers how to assess circumstances, choose one of many appropriate responses, and confidently and consistently deliver customer satisfaction. Helpful sample scenarios and tangible instructions bring the phrases to life, while detailed explanations bolster your confidence so that you'll have the right words as tools at your disposal and the skills to take action and deliver those words effectively. Practical and insightful, Powerful Phrases for Effective Customer Service ensures you'll never again be at a loss for what to say to customers. By incorporating language that communicates welcome, courtesy, rapport, enthusiasm, assurance, regret, empathy, and appreciation, you'll not only be capable of overcoming obstacles--you'll strengthen all facets of your customer service.




Course ILT


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This ILT Series course give students an overview of inbound call centers, managerial roles, and technologies that affect call centers. The course teaches students how to establish a call center, identify the call center managers' typical responsibilities, and determine the necessary technologies needed to best serve the company's customers, identify customer expectations, reduce the percentage of lost calls, calculate staff levels, and identify the reports that are used to evaluate a call center's performance. Students will also learn about establishing service goals, identifying areas for attention, and communicating effectively with executives. Course activities also cover reducing turnover, training employees effectively, managing employee stress, motivating, and communicating with employees. Finally, students will learn how to evaluate employee performance and establish monitoring programs. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.




Fanatical Prospecting


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Ditch the failed sales tactics, fill your pipeline, and crush your number With over 500,000 copies sold Fanatical Prospecting gives salespeople, sales leaders, entrepreneurs, and executives a practical, eye-opening guide that clearly explains the why and how behind the most important activity in sales and business development—prospecting. The brutal fact is the number one reason for failure in sales is an empty pipe and the root cause of an empty pipeline is the failure to consistently prospect. By ignoring the muscle of prospecting, many otherwise competent salespeople and sales organizations consistently underperform. Step by step, Jeb Blount outlines his innovative approach to prospecting that works for real people, in the real world, with real prospects. Learn how to keep the pipeline full of qualified opportunities and avoid debilitating sales slumps by leveraging a balanced prospecting methodology across multiple prospecting channels. This book reveals the secrets, techniques, and tips of top earners. You’ll learn: Why the 30-Day Rule is critical for keeping the pipeline full Why understanding the Law of Replacement is the key to avoiding sales slumps How to leverage the Law of Familiarity to reduce prospecting friction and avoid rejection The 5 C’s of Social Selling and how to use them to get prospects to call you How to use the simple 5 Step Telephone Framework to get more appointments fast How to double call backs with a powerful voice mail technique How to leverage the powerful 4 Step Email Prospecting Framework to create emails that compel prospects to respond How to get text working for you with the 7 Step Text Message Prospecting Framework And there is so much more! Fanatical Prospecting is filled with the high-powered strategies, techniques, and tools you need to fill your pipeline with high quality opportunities. In the most comprehensive book ever written about sales prospecting, Jeb Blount reveals the real secret to improving sales productivity and growing your income fast. You’ll gain the power to blow through resistance and objections, gain more appointments, start more sales conversations, and close more sales. Break free from the fear and frustration that is holding you and your team back from effective and consistent prospecting. It's time to get off the feast or famine sales roller-coaster for good!




Everyone Deserves a Great Manager


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Learn how to become a great manager in this Wall Street Journal bestseller from the leadership experts at FranklinCovey. The essential guide when you make the challenging yet rewarding leap to manager. Based on nearly a decade of research on what makes managers successful, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager includes field-tested tips, techniques, and the top advice from hundreds of thousands of managers all over the world. Organized by the four main roles every manager fills, this must-read guide focuses on how to lead yourself, people, teams, and change to success. No matter what your current problem or time constraint, pick up a helpful tip in ten minutes or glean an entire skillset by developing people skills and clarity through straightforward advice. Dive into common managerial tasks like one-on-ones, giving feedback, delegating, hiring, building team culture, and leading remote teams, with useful worksheets and a list of questions for your next interview. An approachable, engaging style using real-world stories, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the blueprint for becoming the great manager every team deserves.