Guide to customer service automation
Automating speed and consistency while keeping judgement, apology and escalation firmly human.
Chapter 1 — Three tiers of response
- 1Tier 1
Answered by a template with no edits: hours, location, delivery cost.
- 2Tier 2
Drafted by an assistant, edited by a person: order-specific questions.
- 3Tier 3
Human only: complaints, refunds, anything emotional.
Chapter 2 — Write the tone rules down
Consistency is what customers experience as professionalism. Two paragraphs describing how your business speaks will do more for quality than any tool.
We document the operating procedures, automations and templates that let a small team behave like a large one.
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