Self-Service
Three Key Points
Memorable
Not Memorable
SAM Factors
100

Customer's can access from their phone.

What is Spectrum App?

100

Agent consistently demonstrated and understanding, stayed optimistic, and responded to the customer’s unique emotions.

What is customer connection?

100

When you acknowledge issue, customer needs.

What is called Advocate?

100

When someone assumes they know what the situation is without doing this. 

What is not asking probing questions?

100

What do you do to gather more detail from your customer's situation. 

What is ask probing questions?

200

Benefit a customer has when on the Spectrum App to find their cycle date.

What is view your bill?

200

Agent consistently served as a brand spokesperson by using proper etiquette and grammar, pleasantries, while understanding the customer’s need.

What is professionalism?

200

When using words like, please, thank you, perfect, you're welcome. 

What is utilizing pleasantries?

200

When there is cross-talk throughout the call. 

What is talking over the customer?

200

When you let the customer know you are going to look into their issue. 

What is taking ownership?

300

Customer can do this through the Spectrum app when they receive their new device. 

What is activate devices and equipment?

300

Agent consistently expressed an interest in the customer’s needs and situation, responded with a friendly comment / tone.

What is friendliness / using pleasantries?

300

Creates a comfortable, non-threatening greeting over the phone.   

What is responds with friendly tone?

300

When there is dead air.

What is mutable silence? 

300

When you explain to the customer what took place on the call.

What is recapping?

400

When giving our customer another way of contacting us.

What is chat with an agent?

400

Consistently responded to the importance of the customer’s needs, promoted customer image, and created a unique and customer centered message.

What is customer image?

400

Staying silent while a customer speaks to avoid interruption. 

What is active listening or avoid cross-talk?

400

This action involves blaming the customer for misunderstanding or pushing this off on another department.

What is lack of ownership, blames others?

400

Putting yourself in someone else's shoes.

What is Empathy statement?

500

When a customer mention information on the account is incorrect. 

What is update contact information?

500

When consistently descriptive, and  informative to take a proactive role to minimize future customer effort.

What is effectiveness?

500
When "Putting the customer in the driver's seat" and allowing them to lead the conversation. 

What is asking, not telling?

500

This interaction failure occurs when a rep focuses only on troubleshooting rather than teaching the user how to fish.

What is the lack of customer education?

500

Using the ARM method. 

What is Acknowledge, Respond, Move Forward