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10 Essential Customer Service Skills For Call Agents

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Call centre agents are on the front lines of customer service, appointed with the demanding duty of pleasing and appeasing customers. With countless scenarios which may arise during a customer service exchange, it is vital that agents be versatile and equipped with a strong skill set in order to handle the complexity of the task. Below are the top ten customer service skills which agents should all posses in order deliver the best service possible to their clients.
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4 Tips to Calm Irate Customers

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All of us have experienced dissatisfaction in a particular product or certain service at some point in our lives. That unsettling feeling that we have been lied to and taken for a fool. Although some of us may be able to let these feelings pass very quickly, there are a number of people who find it very difficult to just let and insist on making those they feel responsible aware of how they feel. Of course, if a customer hasn’t received the standards which they were promised then they are entirely within their rights to raise this issue with a number of staff, however, handling irate customers is one of the greatest challenges for businesses to face.
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Top tips for Call Centre Etiquette

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Call centre agents are increasingly becoming the first and only point of contact that customers are having with businesses. Therefore, it’s understandable that any negative call centre experiences can be enough for clients to choose not pursue business with you.
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What Is A Virtual Call Centre?

/ For Call Centres, Telecoms & Data

A virtual call centre is a concept whereby call centre agents do not operate from a single location, but are geographically dispersed instead of operating from work stations within their employer's premises. Typically this scenario works by having all of your call centre agents working from home, or alternatively in smaller groups. This setup doesn't have any impact on the ability of a customer being able to contact one of your contact centre, as calls will automatically be distributed to the remote locations wherever they may be. Many organisations choose this model for a variety of business benefits, including:
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