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Learn how to Excel in this Essential Role

Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game. Service wins the game.
-- Tony Alessandra

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion.
Course Cost: 6 Month Subscription
Basic Course (no certificate)   =   $30.00
Course with Certificate & CEUs   =   $55.00
As far as the customer is concerned you are the company. This is not a burden, but the core of your job. You hold in your hands the power to keep the customer coming back – perhaps even to make or break the company.
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Course Description



Good customer service is not about satisfying the customer, it is about "wowing" the customer!   It's about making the customer walk in, do business, and walk out again absolutely stunned that their transaction was so enjoyable.
 
Customer service is a crucial buzzword in the corporate world today. Just about every company seems to understand just how important customer service is and many have started to find ways to improve and measure customer service. In this course we are going to look at what customer service is and isn't and identify how you can understand and provide good customer service.

Many businesses want to achieve "good customer service". Right now that's the brass ring of business training and vision-casting and many companies are analyzing their current mission and realigning it to be increasingly customer-focused. Do you give return business to a company that provides poor customer service support? Probably not! You and everyone else want better customer service, and it's one of the driving forces of why consumers shop at one place and not another.
 
This course will show you and your employees how to give not just "good" or "average" service but great customer service.

Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: Defining Service

Defining Service

Lesson 2: Putting Your Customer First

Putting Your Customer First

Lesson 3: Effective Communication

Effective Communication

Lesson 4: Building Relationships

Building Relationships

Lesson 5: Effective Communication II - Appearance and Impressions

Your appearance, gestures, and attitude, are the first and last impressions are attributes that your customer will notice.

Lesson 6: Telephone Contacts

Telephone Contacts

Lesson 7: Telephone Contacts, Part II

Some additional instruction on business telephone etiquette will enable you to impress your customers with every call.

Lesson 8: E-Commerce Contacts

E-Commerce Contacts

Lesson 9: Handing Difficult Customer Contacts

Handing Difficult Customer Contacts

Lesson 10. E-mails - Getting Them Right

E-mails enable you to respond quickly to customer concerns, keep in touch with them between sales or service visits and provide them with various kinds of information such as order updates.

Lesson 11. Newsletters - Giving the Customer Added Value

A really good newsletter can bring you increased sales, impress your customers so that they become repeat customers and enhance your image as an expert in your industry.

Lesson 12. Handing Difficult Customer Contacts, Part II

This lesson discusses how to satisfy potential customers who may be difficult to deal with.

Lesson 13. Customer Service Management

Management is essential to maintaining and improving quality service on a long-term basis.

Lesson 14. Creating a Customer Service Policy

A written policy is a guideline that all employees can easily refer to when providing customer service.

Lesson 15: Conclusion: The Future of Customer Service

It isn't impossible to continue to provide excellent customer service despite automation and global markets.

Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Class Participation

If you score above 80% in this course, you are eligible for a certificate.

Certificates may be awarded by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student merit. To save your award and have a hard-copy delivered, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online. Official awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers to verify your achievement).
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Additional Information about Basic Customer Service Training

Course Title : Customer Service 101
CEU Value :

1.0 (Continuing Education Units)

Course Number : 31686
Course Type : How To
Course URL :

http://servicetraining.onlineclasses.com

Course Rating : Excellent Course! 4 Star Rating
Instructor :

Donna Salazar

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Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :

Basic Course: $30

   

with CEUs & Certificate: $55

NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment. This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.

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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us- we are dependent on him.
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