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How did we do?
100

"Thank you for calling Suburban Propane. My name is Nicole. How may I help you today?" 

What is A1 - Provides name and sincerely offers to help?

100

A2 - Acknowledges with a genuine desire to serve - 

What is:  "I'd be happy to help you with that".


100

A2 - Acknowledges with a genuine desire to serve

What is: we want the customer to feel that we have that desire to serve them with a tone that communicates that. 

100

Customer calls us and is angry.

What is AAA?

Acknowledge, Apologize and Aussure

100

A2 - "I would be happy to help you schedule a delivery today"!

What is Meets? 

200

"I can definitely help you with that delivery today!" 

What is A2 - Acknowledges with a genuine desire to serve? 

200

A1 - Provides name and sincerely offers to help - 

What is:  "Thank you for calling Suburban, this is Jason, how may I help you today"?


200

A1 - Provides name and sincerely offers to help.

What is:  Customer feels they are talking to a real person and with a sincere tone the customer will sense our sincere desire to help.  Here we begin the process of establishing trust, credibility and rapport.

200

Customer calls and wants to leave their current supplier.

What is - Ask discovery questions as to why they want to leave.

What is - Who have you called or plan on calling?

200

E1 - "Would you like me to go ahead and send you some paperwork to look over"? 

What is an Attempts to Meet?

300

Rep quotes pricing then asks:  "How does that sound"?

What is C3 - Check Your Six

300

C6 - Warmly closes the call and brands Suburban Propane. 

What is:  "My name is Simone, if you ever need anything in the future, please don't hesitate to give me a call here at Suburban Propane".

Provides name, offers to be future point of contact and brands Suburban Propane.

300

C6 - Warmly closes the call and brands Suburban Propane

What is:  Lets customer know who we are, that we are there to help them and Suburban is where they got an Exceptional Customer Experience from.

300

Customer informs you they just bought a new home.

What is - Offer a GEN.  "Congratulations on your new home".

300

B3 - Customer calls very upset as we ran over their garden when making a delivery.

Rep states:  "I'm sorry sir, I'll check with my manager to see how we can fix that".

What is Attempts to Meet?

Acknowledgement is missing.

400

"Thank you for calling Suburban. My name again is Sarah. Please call me if you need help in the future, I'm happy to help" 

What is C6 - Warmly closes call and brand Suburban Propane?

400

A3 - Asks permission to ask questions using an other-centered roadmap -

 What is:  "To help you better, do you mind if I ask you some questions"?

"To better assist you, do you mind if I get more information from you"?

400

A3- Permission to ask questions using a customer centered roadmap

What is:  customer's only do what is in their best interest so must communicate why it is in their best interest to allow us to ask questions.  Customer is agreeing to a Discovery meeting.  If we don't ask, customer can shut down.

400

Customer is finding it harder and harder to pay for their lump propane deliveries.

What is - Ask if they know about our budget plan.

400

C6 - "OK Mr. Jones, have a nice evening, bye".

What is Does Not Meet? 

500

"May I ask you some questions throughout our conversation today to help you better?"

What is A3 - Asks Permission to ask questions using an Customer-Centered Roadmap?

500

B5 - Properly follows hold procedures.

What is:  Asks the customer permission to be placed on hold, provide reason for the hold and upon returning to the line, thank the customer for holding.  

500

C1 - Ask Discovery questions.

Creates opportunities to build relevant value in what we have to offer.

Uncovers any unique needs or preferences.


500

The customer's name is hard to pronounce/spell.


What is:  Apologize and ask the customer how to pronounce/spell it? 

  

500

A3 - Do you mind if I ask you a few questions to pull up your account"?

What is Attempts to Meet?

Why?

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