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11 Customer Service Techniques To Take Your Organization To The Next Level

Global Response

Probing questions are ones that allow an agent to test hypotheses or troubleshoot with the customer. As a result, they’re more common—and more essential—in help desk or technical support roles. It’s easy to teach, remember, and implement, and it’s clear and concise for the customer.

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Calling all Call Centers: Confessions of a Tech Support Agent

Fonolo

And like many others, this meant starting out in a call center, answering the phone calls of helpless software users, as a lowly, humble Technical Support Representative (TSR). . I also wish I had been given the opportunity as an Agent to exercise call-backs with clients. Call center agents of all kinds have a difficult task.

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Understanding the Joint Success Plan: A Tool for Outcome-Based Customer Success Management

ChurnZero

Customer success continues to evolve as a practice within companies that enjoy recurring revenue models. The range of responsibilities of Customer Success Managers (CSM) in the industry is dizzying. From technical support to renewals and upselling, this role might be one of the most confusing and misunderstood jobs in all of tech. .