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How Do I Define My Market?
Your market is who you want to reach. Your customer. Who is your average customer? What is your estimate of total market size? What territory do you intend to serve? Will you offer a variety of products or services?
The more specific you...
On-line Life Insurance Quotes can Coexist with TotalCustomer Privacy
OInvasion of the Privacy Snatchers
Privacy...
Even the notion of it brings up a wistful longing, a "wouldn’t it be nice if..." ache. The concept of controlling your private information harkens back to simpler times.
Privacy is a casualty of...
One of the secrets of a great Customer Experience….
A few weeks ago we conducted our annual “Customer Experience Study Tour” in London England. This is where we take delegates to visit a number of leading Customer Experience companies for a behind-the-scenes look at how they approach the task of...
What the Taco Bell Manager Taught Me About Customer Retention
I didn't plan to get a marketing lesson. I really just wanted a steak chalupa! But as I went through the Taco Bell ordering line, my day took an interesting twist. I've always been one to give compliments when they were due. So, after receiving...
When Customers Complain
You probably won't have been in business too long before you get
your first complaint. It just can't help but happen: low-end
customers pay nothing and expect the Earth, while high-end ones
pay a lot but expect an inhuman effort in return. You...
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How to kick your customer service up a notch
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Human Tech Tips -- Tip #1. How
do we take your customer service and kick it up a notch? This is
a big question so where do we begin? As an overview, it's a
given that the answer is three-fold: People, Process, and
Technology. Let me say right from the start, my bias is on the
people side. My questions for you to ponder are: 1) Do you
collect and measure any data? After all, what gets measured gets
managed, and what gets managed gets better. 2) Do you have
customer satisfaction statistics? And if yes, how and where are
you getting them? 3) Do you have ongoing training in place - not
sales training - not product training - not protocol or rules
and regulations training but true relationship building skills
training? Let's address the first question. Just because your
system has metrics available to you doesn't mean you need to use
all of them. My advice is to start at the end. What are you
trying to achieve and what measurement would absolutely reflect
that achievement? Then that's what you want to measure. The
first time you measure gives you a baseline, a benchmark, to use
for charting your progress 1 month, 3 months, 6 months down the
line.
You're not comparing yourself to any one but yourself so
it's fairly accurate. Yes, there are environmental or economic
or seasonal issues, but you're getting a pretty truthful
snapshot. As an example, lots of companies measure length of
call. Yes, this is a useful statistic. But if you are committed
to customer service, then I would suggest first call resolution
is more important than length of call. Southwest Airlines is
committed to quality customer service and they don't even
calculate length of call. We'll cover question #2 in the next
Tip and so on. If you have questions or tips you'd like covered,
please feel free to email me at rosanne@HumanTechTips.com. To
receive your own copy, subscribe at www.HumanTechTips.com.
About the author:
ROSANNE D'AUSILIO, Ph.D., industrial psychologist, President of
Human Technologies Global, known as 'champion for the human'
authors 3 best sellers, "Wake Up Your Call Center: Humanize Your
Interaction Hub," Customer Service and the Human Experience, and
Lay Your Cards on the Table: 52 Ways to Stack Your Personal
Deck, (www.human-technologies.com.) and a free 'tips' newsletter
on How To Kick Your Customer Service Up A Notch
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