“This is ridiculous how you handle your customer support, it’s been two weeks!!!!” This is a complaint one of our clients received from their customer before they began following our best practices and allowed too much time to go by before updating their customer about an active ticket. It’s been shown that customers who feel the need to proactively reach out report satisfaction scores about 10 percent lower than customers who don’t check in. Additionally, a 10 percent increase in a company’s customer satisfaction score results in a 12 percent increase in trust from its customers. Managing expectations is a crucial component for good customer service. Rather than being bothered or annoyed by service technicians touching base with them, customers expect to be followed up with to enhance their positive service experience. Because of this, service desk representatives should always check in with their customers as their ticket resolution progresses. The Perfecting Service team works with customer service technicians to get them into the habit of ensuring that any delays or unforeseen problems are communicated to their clients right away, that no more than a few days pass without the customer getting an update about their ticket, and that appointment times …
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