The Importance of Great Customer Service Tools and Tips for Small Business

Every interaction with your brand is an opportunity for a customer-centric experience that reinforces brand loyalty and supports the consumer purchasing journey. This is why it is important to implement these 3 great customer service tools and tips.
First published on June 7, 2022
Last updated on June 4, 2022

With great power, comes great customer service. Every interaction with your brand is an opportunity for a customer-centric experience that reinforces brand loyalty and supports the consumer purchasing journey whether it is a product or service that you are offering.

 Customer service extends to both internal and external customers. Great customer service means applying best practices like valuing customers’ time, having a positive attitude, and providing knowledge and resourceful information.

However, you can always take service a step further – rather than meet expectations. One definition of great customer service is making sure people in the business are dealing directly with customers and are knowledgeable about the products or services that are on offer. It is important to be actively ready for customer questions and respond promptly (even if it’s negative feedback).

Excellence in customer service can also be defined by responding to customers as quickly as possible in a respectful manner with only the key information to solve the issue or sell a product. This shows the customer you are actively engaged and can cater to their needs. Make sure you go above and beyond to make the customer experience seamless.

Regardless of whether a small or large business, customer service should be at the heart of everything you do – from marketing to sales, to customer service.

 Tools to provide excellent customer service: 1,2,3!

Having a landline phone may seem old school for business today however nothing provides greater joy to a customer than being able to speak to a knowledgeable person who can understand their issue or concern and have the problem solved quickly.   

1) Zopier

Zopier can be connected via a computer and all incoming calls can be answered by a team member as part of their everyday tasks.  This may also be a less expensive option than periodically reimbursing an employee’s mobile phone account.  You can connect Zoiper to either a computer or mobile device.

2) Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System

Accessing information quickly is the key to great customer service.

The ability to email customers via your CRM and link your inbox to the chosen CRM is essential. Being able to locate information pertaining to a specific customer and an email string is easy when the information is kept in one system. 

examples of great customer service tools and tips

This is very important when several team members need to access customer information efficiently and quickly.  Automated emails can be populated with ease from email addresses located in a CRM.

3) Live Chat

Having Live Chat connected to your computer or mobile device is a free and easy way to communicate with your customers. Many businesses believe this tool is just as important as having a landline phone. 

More than ever, customers expect to be able to gain access to products and services seamlessly.

examples of great customer service tools and tips

How does Live Chat work?  Add a small JavaScript snippet to your site — it takes 30 seconds to get started.  Creating shortcuts within the Live chat platform provides answers to the most commonly asked questions in a flash.

Our favourite live chat platform is Tawk.to. The best thing about Tawk.to is if you are a small business and don’t have the staff to manage live chat you can hire a chat agent for as little as $1 per hour.

Our challenge to you…

Implement at least one of these great customer service tools and tips in your business to reinforce brand loyalty and enhance the consumer purchasing journey.

0 0 votes
What's your rating?

FREEBIES: Grab your free resource + bonuses!

Pop your details below to download your free resource and our extra bonuses, which include cheatsheets, our Smart Tourism Marketing System email course and monthly grant funding opportunities! 

Ask a question and get answers

Be as precise as possible so that our team can provide you with the best answer. Use the below for screenshots/screenrecording and paste the link in your question. You will receive an email when we have responded to your question.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Questions
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments

Latest posts

SEO Fundamentals for Time-Poor Tourism Businesses

Time-poor and struggling to get your head around SEO? Here is a quick article that will help you understand the fundamentals every business manager should understand.

Read More →
making your business accessible friendly

Accessible Tourism – What is it & Why You Should Consider it For Your Small Business

We show you where to start when it comes to making your tourism business accessible for people with a disability.

Read More →

Group Support Call Summary – 7 March 2023

A video summary and transcript of the 7 March Group Coaching Call which focused on Imagery and Video and Facebook.

Read More →
Shopping Cart
0
Would love your thoughts, please comment.x
()
x