
5. Act friendly and interested
Keeping a friendly, concerned attitude during an entire day of phone calls can be the most taxing requirement of your job. Yet it is also one of the most important. A bored, distant response to a caller is almost guaranteed to produce resentment and a negative impression of your company.
Perhaps the last call did indeed produce an order for 10,000 customized tee-shirts. However, the current caller wants only one beige tee-shirt and a 39-cent dish towel. Make sure you treat both callers equally. Keep the friendly interest in your voice at all times.
Try these tricks to keep the good cheer flowing:
- Silently tap out the rhythm of your greeting with your index finger.
- Visualize your greeting as a wave pattern on a monitor screen.