Budget:What’s It Gonna Cost Me?

Customer service training budgets are made similarly to your personal budget. In other words, make a list of the things you think you’ll need and then add a place for the “unexpected.” This is an obvious must-have category even in a household budget (well, at least in mine).

Not having a budget plan in mind for customer service training will cost you more in the long run. Larger companies, of course, are guided by their budgets. They make them annually; they’re prepared well in advance. They know exactly what they intend to spend. They have big departments and lots of people making these budgets, not only for customer service training, but also for the entire company.

Budgets for customer service training can range ...

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