The Three Most Important Skills Your Dealer Management Customer Service Team Can Have
Customers always remember direct company interactions. Learn how to improve your dealer management company's customer service & the benefits of a cloud DMS.
Customers always remember direct company interactions. Learn how to improve your dealer management company's customer service & the benefits of a cloud DMS.
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As a dealer management company, your customers come to you for quality service, competitive pricing, and convenience. What is the most important thing you can do to improve relationships with your customers? The answer is as obvious as it is overlooked: improve customer service. No matter how great your product is or how talented your staff is, one of the things that customers are most likely to remember is the direct interaction they have with your company.
Bottom line, your customer service team is often the face of your company, and customers’ experiences will be defined by the skill and quality of the support they receive.
A strong company will already have great customer relationships. But a smart company will always be asking “What is good customer service?”. Good customer service centers around carefully listening and attending to your customers’ needs and desires. If you are not constantly on the lookout for opportunities to improve your customer service, then your relationships will stagnate.
So, you’ve hired a great customer service rep at your dealer management company. Now how do you turn them into a lean, friendly, ticket-answering machine? For anyone in customer service it’s going to take a long time to get up to speed. Product knowledge isn’t something you can absorb overnight. As long as you have a hard-working, empathetic new hire, all you need to do is take the time to show them.
According to a UserVoice blog, initial training can be broken down into five steps:
And remember to train, train, train, and re-train often — good customer service is a continuous learning process.
Some customers will be irate. Others will be full of questions. And others will just be chatty. Good customer service reps must know how to handle all of them and provide the same level of service every time. Good reps stay cheerful no matter what and never end a conversation without confirming the customer is satisfied.
Two great ways to demonstrate empathy include:
Numerous studies have shown that a dissatisfied employee is unlikely to provide good customer service or pass vital customer feedback up the chain. If employees aren’t engaged with their jobs, they probably are not representing your organization well. And this can poison your customer relationships–and the overall customer experience.
In fact, employee disengagement is a bigger problem than most employers realize. One Gallup study found that 70% of American workers are either not engaged or actively disengaged with their jobs. Disengagement is a complex issue and can stem from many sources, such as an unclear career path, poor professional relationships or an unpleasant work environment.
It’s up to you to address these problems and provide employees with the morale and motivation they need to offer customers the best experience. Even though employee engagement is complex and has many factors, get a head start on keeping employees happy by asking them how they feel in ongoing internal surveys. Because when you collect employee feedback that will direct improvements internally, your organization will shine on the outside. Improved employee satisfaction and customer service? It’s a win-win. And you’ll need a powerful dealer management solution to track these customer interactions at every touch point.
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The Velosio dealer management solution provides you:
A Single, Cloud-based Database Delivers a 360° View of Your Clients so that your trained, empathetic, and engaged customer service reps can have, at their fingertips:
Automate and streamline business processes across the enterprise, including Sales, Service, Parts, Financial Management, Reporting, CRM, and Distribution.
Build stronger, more profitable relationships with your clients by improving the customer experience
Have access to business-critical information at any time, from any place, on any device.
Instant access to real-time customer information gives you a comprehensive view of your clients, enabling you to map the most effective way to keep your customers satisfied, and coming back for service. Immediate access to client survey results, service history, last and next contact, and client value provides the tools you need to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Interested in learning if a cloud DMS is for you? Check out our webcast here. For more about Velosio’s Dealer Management solution, click here.
Best regards,
Mike Mahannah
NetSuite Practice Manager, Velosio
About Mike
Mike Mahannah began his career 20 years ago in systems administration, and moved on from there to consulting, professional services and sales engineering management, business analysis and operations. In his role as NetSuite Practice Manager for Velosio (formerly Socius), Mike is passionate about the value Saas based platforms like NetSuite can bring to organizations.
Mike is based in Ohio, and received his BA from Arizona State University, and his MBA from Xavier University.
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