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1. Canned Responses
We’ve been among the earliest adopters of using technology to gain marketing efficiency. From scheduled posting to our very WordPress framework, gUI, our focus has always been on lean approaches to delivering maximum impact.
If you aren’t familiar with live chat canned responses, these serve as a perfect tool to start conversations, end them, or provide answers to very common questions in a natural yet 1-click fashion.
You can store as many or as little canned responses as you like, and the types of messages you store will depend on your business and your reactivity to customer needs. Below we’ve included some of our favourite canned responses that we’ve seen across the web.
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Starting a chat
Looking for the best way to break the ice with a potential customer via live chat? Try something like ‘Hello Jack, thanks for reaching out! How can I help today?‘ You may even want to soften things a little with ‘Hi Jack, how are you?‘.
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Troubleshooting
So, pinpointing a user’s issue can feel like a bit of hard work. Yet, getting the right info up front can help to answer problems swiftly and escalate where necessary.
Try a simple ‘If I understood correctly, you’re saying …‘ as a great way of reiterating the issue, and giving the customer a chance to clarify any parts along the way!
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Transferring a chat
So, you need to pass the live chat conversation to another agent, no worries.
Remember to let your customer know who you’re transferring to and why with a simple message like ‘Jack, I’m going to connect you with our Design Lead, Emanuele. He’ll be in the best position to help with your problem straight away.‘
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Being all grown up!
As brands (and ambassadors of brands), we f*** up at times. Being grown up should look like putting your hands up and admitting fault where it’s due.
‘Jack, I’m sorry. It looks like we’ve made a mistake with ABC. To fix things, we’re going to XYZ. Le me apologise once again for the error.‘ is a great way of turning a complaint into a customer win!
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2. Triggers
In the same vein as the above, triggers are an awesome way to automate the start of a live chat conversation based on certain conditions being met.
Has a user visited the product page but not completed your desired action within a given timeframe? Now might be the perfect time to start a live chat and see if you can help to nurture this visitor along the sales funnel. There are many types of conditions that can be used to set up triggers including:
- length of time on page
- length of time on site
- specific tag added
- specific page visited
- total number of pages visited
Different live chat systems may have a different mix of triggers so it’s always worth investigating the options based on your own business workflow and goals.
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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendarySam Walton, Founder @ Wal-Mart
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5. Set up a knowledge-base or FAQ section on your site
How often has a prospect or customer asked you a question around your billing process, delivery time or some other commonly raised concern? We’d hazard a guess here and say more than you’re willing to count!
Using a FAQ engine or knowledge base may not only improve the resolution time of live chat questions but also help to produce a more consistent and high quality of resolution as a whole.
Our base install of gUI comes with a FAQ Manager as standard to allow you and your team to provide a quick access and answers to commonly asked questions from your community.
The 5 hidden technology secrets of mastering live chat
Posted by Debunc Team on 10 Oct 2016 reading time
Posted by Debunc Team
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