Make It Easy: Streamlining Your Way to Customer Service Success

Routine complaints: For every customer who voices dissatisfaction, three or four others will say nothing. Organizations that treat service seriously see complaints as canaries in the coal mine, and they encourage service representatives to track concerns and bring them forward. 
Multiple contact attempts: If customers need to contact the organization multiple times for the same issue or related issues, there’s a problem and an opportunity to simplify the resolution process. Frontline representatives are almost always the first to recognize boomerang interactions.
Poorly defined policies: Confused and confounded customers are the result of poorly defined policies. Representatives who must manage them know when guidelines or rules are ill-defined.
Lack of training and tools: Frontline providers are also acutely aware when they don’t know the answer, can’t get a system to cooperate, or must implement a workaround.

Achieving simplicity doesn’t always feel simple

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“My business is complicated! We’re not running a hamburger stand or a retail store. Our product is highly technical,” you may protest.

If you open your eyes, many problems are obvious. Here are a few of the usual suspects:
• Complex checkout process
• Complicated return policy
• Inefficient customer relationship management (CRM) systems
• Excessive use of industry jargon
• Multiple contact attempts

Every day, countless service providers make choices that unnecessarily complicate service interactions. At best, those decisions make the customer experience less enjoyable. At worst, unneeded complexity opens the door to complaints, bad reviews, and competitors.

Simple and streamlined = good

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Organizations that take simplicity seriously know the gold mine of information that frontline service representatives can provide if they are encouraged to bring issues to management.

Streamlined processes: Simplifying processes, procedures, and workflows eliminates unnecessary complexities, making customer interactions more efficient and effortless.
Clear communication: Using straightforward language ensures that product information, instructions, and policies are easily understood, creating a faster customer experience.
Intuitive navigation: Creating intuitive interfaces helps customers quickly find what they need without clicking on the wrong link, going to an incorrect location, or calling the wrong number.
Reduced cognitive load: Organizing information and choices in a clear and logical manner helps customers make confident decisions, reducing the likelihood of buyer’s remorse, returns, or calls to the help desk.
Efficient problem resolution: Providing simple and accessible channels for customer support enables quicker problem resolution.
User engagement: Presenting information or products in a simplified way makes customers want to use a service provider.

But we’re different

‘Who designed this convoluted process? A monkey could have done a better job.”

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Customer Care

Make It Easy: Streamlining Your Way to Customer Service Success

Steps for making life easier for your customers

Published: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 – 12:02

“Why do I have to come in and talk to someone? This whole transaction could be handled online. Frustrating!”

Other places to explore

While not every interaction is basic, all service providers can make interactions easier. No matter who you are, there are opportunities to streamline design, usability, communication, accessibility, and problem resolution.

“I dread going there. The parking lot is impossible to navigate, you fill out what seems like 8,000 forms before you see anyone, and often the staff is confused by the complexity of the processes they follow. I’m glad I only have to go there once or twice a year.”

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Quality Digest

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Start with straightforward fixes to build momentum. Next, prioritize what is easier to implement and what will have the most effect on the customer experience. Then get to work.