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The Case For the Anti-Script: A Multifactor Analysis of Script Adherence

Balto

“The anti-script doesn’t mean that you should wing it on every call… what anti-script means is, think about a physical paper script and an agent who is reading it off word for word… you’re taking the most powerful part of the human out of the human.” Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook.

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Why the Biggest Contact Centers Have the Least Effective Call Scripts

Balto

Call scripts are used in contact centers of all shapes and sizes — across the industry, they are considered an easy way to help ensure all of a contact center’s agents are driving calls to the same goals. But if you manage a center with hundreds or thousands of agents, then trying to keep everyone on the same script is challenging at best.

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Ditch the Script: How to Personalize Real-Time Customer Service

Provide Support

Ditch the Script: How to Personalize Real-Time Customer Service. But then again, the title of Oscar Wilde’s famous play offers a great lesson for contact centers: it’s more important to be authentic, to be human and personalized, than it is to flawlessly deliver a customer service script. Read more.

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5 Mistakes You Should Avoid with Your Customer Service Scripts

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Somewhere along the line, the customer service industry envisioned that it would be a great idea to start scripting everything. On the surface, it seems as though a script allows little room for error. Your scripts may be cheapening the quality of your service, and your customers will notice that immediately.

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Do You Have The Right BLEND For Sales?

Call Center Weekly

You may think that the gentleman who complimented my shoes got me because he made a personal comment. You may think that the other two people only provided me with a Yes or No (closed) question, or that they were too scripted. Being immediately and fully present requires you to look and/or listen to the person you want as a customer.

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3 Types of Angry Customers and How to Handle Them

SharpenCX

Once agents feel calm and ready to tackle even the most heated interactions, they can flip the script and use positive language with the customer. How agents can handle complainers (+ example scripts): Empathize. Read Next] The 6 live chat support scripts you need in your internal knowledge base.

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When Improv Meets Business

ShepHyken

I recently was invited by Pegasystems to attend Pegaworld 2016, their annual users’ conference. In other words, there isn’t a script. The point is that in-person, on the phone, instant chat, or any other type of interaction, the concept of Yes, And, is a great technique to create a better customer’s experience.

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