Wednesday, February 27, 2013

15 Tips for Best Customer Support for Your Business


Customer service – The best customer service can bring your more traffic and will helps you in word of mouth marketing. Customer ll back to your service only if they feel essence of your customer service. I would like to share few points that you have to consider for better customer support.


Tips for better customer support:

  1. Respond to your customer as soon as possible. More ore less every customer is busy in their own schedule. So do not waste their time by letting them wait for your answer. Either it is a straight shopping, or in chat or email. Quick response always recommended.
  2. Listen to their problem – you need to listen to your customer's problem. Try to bring the solution to come over from it.
  3. Try to keep your promises to your customers in any way. Do not make any fake promise unless you ll keep them.
  4. Do not always be a sales person. You need to be a friend first. Then only you can understand the customer's problem and can easily find the solution.
  5. Terms and conditions- If your business really having some complicated terms and conditions. Let customers know about it clearly, it will avoid confusions in future.
  6. Make training sessions to your customer support team, regarding how to handle customers in a right manner. It will definitely bring them better idea about how to do it.
  7. Try to avoid making some automated answering system to your customer support. It will not be much interacted comparing with real support.
  8. Select easy live chat software or live chat tool. So that your customers can easily choose chat option to their queries.
  9. Do not forget to send news letter, post, or phone call regarding your new offer and new products. Meanwhile, make sure that your intimation ll not disturb your customer in anyway.
  10. Analyze their need, suggest them the best service or product within their budget. It really makes them happy.
  11. Do not forge t to wish them on special occasion. Keep maintaining the customer data base.
  12. Patients is very important. It is your duty to explain the customer about what is going on.
  13. Offer special offers or discount coupon to regular customers. It will make strong bond on your customer community.
  14. Offer them a place where your customer's can discuss their doubts, queries and etc. It is a good idea if you offer them a forum.
  15. Feedback – Final but most important thing. Get feedback of your every customer. It ll helps you to serve them better in future.