1. Class discussion on what makes up good Customer Service and why it is important.Module 2 – How Understanding Personality Types and the Differences Between Aggressive, Assertive and Passive Behavior Can Improve Your Customer Service
2. Smile when the whole world is frowning.
3. Customer Retention and Loyalty and their significance
4. Class discussion – Why it’s important to understand client expectations
5. Walk a mile in my shoes
6. Telephone etiquette
7. Assumptions – class discussion
8. Corporate or industry lingo and acronyms
9. Common sense / common courtesy
1. Class discussion - Why is it important to understand the social styles?Module 3 – Customer Centric Email Communication
2. The Social Styles
a. The Analytical
b. The Driver
c. The Amiable
d. The Expressive
3. Roll play exercise
4. Class discussion - What do you think the differences are between Assertive, Aggressive and Passive behavior?
a. Aggressive
b. Assertive
c. Passive
5. Role play exercise
1. Class discussion – What are your thoughts on good (and bad) email communication?Module 4 – Customer Friendly Websites and a Discussion on Social Media as a Customer Service Channel
2. Tips for new emails
3. Writing the perfect email
4. The 6 basic reasons to send emails
5. Don't send emails when...
6. Responding to email
7. Keeping email under control
8. It’s not what you say but how you say it!
9. Email and the law – how an email can land you in jail…
10. Before you hit the ‘send’ button.
1. Class discussion - What are your thoughts on making websites customer friendly?Module 5 – Customer Care that the Solo-Entrepreneur Needs to Know
2. Make it easy for customers to find what they are looking for
3. FAQ’s
4. Surveys
5. Class discussion - What are your thoughts on Social Media as a Customer Service Channel?
6. Which Social Media Channels to venture into
7. Basic guidelines for using Social Media in business
8. Business plusses of utilizing Social Media
1. Class discussion - What are your thoughts on Customer Service for solo entrepreneurs?Module 6 – Customer Care for the ‘Front of the House’ – Restaurant Servers
2. Run your business as a “real” business
3. Phones / Office hours / family
4. Difference between your business and IBM?
5. Don’t try to go it alone
6. Corporate Culture
1. Class discussion – What are your thoughts on Customer Service for Servers in restaurants?
2. The economics of the job
3. The value of repeat customers
4. Customer expectations
5. Being yourself, but understanding that there are different social styles
a. The Analytical
b. The Driver
c. The Amiable
d. The Expressive
1. Improved Customer SatisfactionMost Customer Service training today is still geared to a 1980’s or 1990’s economy. These programs fail to take into account how both businesses and customers have changed because of the internet and email.
2. Enhanced Customer Retention
3. Increased Referrals from Happy Customers and Clients
4. Improved Employee Performance and Morale
5. Expanded Growth for Your Business
6. Tools to Extend Your Customer Service into the Electronic Universe
ORPrescott Valley Chamber of Commerce Office
Lunch and Learn – Noon to 1:30
3001 N Main St Ste 2A
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314

