In today’s competitive business world where organizations across different industry domains are facing stiff competition at every stage, it has become difficult for them to acquire and retain customers. Without customers, no organization can think about the stand, let alone survive the competition and lead the race. Instant access to information has empowered the new-age customers. They are not taking well-formed decisions, but are also spoilt for choices. With an increasing number of companies trying to lure customers to purchase their products at competitive pricing, customers have started paying special attention to the quality of the product and support services that are being offered. Thus, the key to surviving and leading the competitive business race lies in providing best-in-class product and deliver impeccable after-sales customer service and support. These two factors can help businesses acquire new customers and retain existing customers, two aspects that decide the fate of the business organization.
Considering that after-sales customer care and support services play an important role in the overall growth and improvement of a business organisation, an increasing number of companies are outsourcing its call centre function to third-party service providers that offer a wide range of BPO services and claim to improve the experience and satisfaction level of its clients and customers.
Though these service providers employ qualified and experienced professionals, who are specially trained to resolve issues of customers in the most professional manner; there are some instances where the caller on the other side of the phone makes it difficult for executives to perform their work as desired. In the normal call center lingo, such callers are termed as difficult callers. An executive must deal with such callers carefully else an irate customer can tarnish the reputation of a business to such extent, where it becomes beyond repair. The easy steps to deal with a difficult customer include:
Offer first call resolution:
It is said that prevention is better than cure. The caller who contacts a reliable call center is already furious over some issue. If he is not provided with a convincible resolution than the chances increases that he will become difficult to handle and can even take on the social platforms to vent out his frustration. Thus, it is important that to keep customers happy, service providers work on providing first call resolution.
Being Patient:
Giving all ears to an irate customer and listening to what they have to say patiently always work in the stride of a call center executive. It helps in calming down a furious, who can cause serious damage to the market image of a brand.