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Help yourself to these free downloads

 

 

Six free downloadable articles - three on customer service issues

Samples of the 1100 in 14 sets on disk with 900 slides and 180 pages of notes - see e-Shop for details.

 

Fame and shame activity

A very simple activity that gets people to reflect on recent best and worst experiences as a customer, and raise powerful questions or issues to work on during an event of any length.

 

Frederick Reichheld at the Masters Forum

More truly fundamental issues from the true leader in thinking and practice around customer loyalty and retention.

 

Forty tough questions on real customer service

This should make your most senior management run a mile! These give a flavour of the issues that organisations really serious about customer service work upon - and the payoffs that follow.

 

The new (July 2006) Customer Service level 4 NVQ - and it's very good!

All core and optional units - a powerful vehicle for personal and organisational development.

 

A list of the 100 customer service Powerpoint slides...see below

Get these 100 slides and the other 17 sets on disk at the e-Shop for just £40 - with 1100 articles (174 on customer service).

 

Sample of 10 customer service powerpoint slides of the set of 100

Access all 16 sets at the e-Shop - 900 slides and notes, more added weekly.

 

A summary of selected articles on genuinely new ideas on customer service

From the scores of articles I hold on and around customer services issue, I have begun to summarise some of the most learning-rich content...this is an on-going project.

 


Twenty tips for improving complaint management  
 
 

                                                     

Only 20, so read the ''A complaint is a gift" book summary below for more ideas.

 

Key learning points from my own experiences as a customer

As a genuine lifelong learner, I keep many records of my own learning. Here's over 160 personal reflections on customer service, or its absence, It's a chance to get at Kelloggs - see number 155.


Best practices in true customer service

An ever growing, and rather raw list to provoke thoughts.

 

Some generalisations around customer service

Here are some challenging and provocative statements on customer service at an organisational level...good for discussion starting, and issue raising.  

 


The revised NVQ Customer Service level 2 and 3 standards

These are a lot better than the original set, with options that make them more flexible...take a look.

 


Customer Service level 3 Assessment Record

Here is the less-paper, complete 31 page assessment record for the old standards.

I have one for the new set. This is the candidate-driven evidence record, taped interviews mean this approach is truly paperless...well nearly.

 

 

The new Customer Service NVQ level 3

The new standards have strengthened this most popular NVQ - here it is, units, elements and options.

 

Generalisations around complaint management

 

Only slightly tongue in cheek, a key activity I use during workshops on the subject.

 

 

Customer Service - a workshop outline

The real measures of customer service - a workshop outline with behavioural objectives.

 


Customer Service bibliography

I only keep articles that add value to my four ‘r’s model - see elsewhere on this site.

My focus is not on front-line ‘smile training’, but entirely on the issues that cause senior managers to run a mile. 

 

 

Lost customers analysis

A short, powerful activity that pinpoints significant lost customers, and rather painfully asks why! 

 

Book summaries

 

A Complaint is a Gift

 

 

Inspired Customer Service

 

Customer Intimacy

 

The Loyalty Effect

 

 

The Power of Empowerment

 

The 11th Commandment

 

Moments of Truth

 

 

 

100 Customer service Power Point notes and slides

 

1. Three really important questions.

 

2. Three types of customer every organisation needs most.

 

3. Three levels of customer service.

 

4. Three determinants of repeat purchase.

 

5. Three keys to service success.

 

6. Three myths about customer satisfaction.

 

7. Three really awkward questions.

 

8. Three rs of customer service.

 

9. Three types of customer.

 

10. Three rs of loyalty.

11. Three secondary positive effects of customer loyalty.

 

12. Three brave questions to ask customers.

 

13. Three corporate competencies for customer service.

 

14. Four things customers want.

 

15. Four parts to the PACT model.

 

16. Four zones of customer service.

 

17. Four elements to the buying cycle.

 

18. Four ‘R's of real customer service.

 

19. Four types of organisation in terms of customer focus.

 

20. Four parts of the service recovery model.

 

21. Four factors that really build a loyal customer base.

 

22. Four ‘I's of customer service.

 

23. Four key lessons from genuinely customer service focused organisations.

 

24. Four questions to ask to establish market impact.

 

25. Four determinants of customer loyalty.

 

26. Four absolutes for customer service improvement.

 

27. Four specific types of disloyal customer.

 

28. Four parts to the ASAP service recovery model.

 

29. Four strategic steps to customer service.

 

30. Four ways customers judge value.

 

31. Four ways to really improve customer service.

 

32. Five musts for measures.

 

33. Five dimensions of customer service – Tom Peters.

 

34. Five levels of customer bonding.

 

35. Five types of customer in terms of buying a product or service.

 

36. Five links in the service-profit chain.

 

37. Five key questions.

 

38. Five central concepts to the Japanese understanding of customer satisfaction.

 

39. Five things customers want.

 

40. Five levels of customer loyalty.

 

41. Five principles of CRM.

 

42. Five ways to manage angry customers. 

 

43. Five parts of the IDEAS benchmarking model.

 

44. Five essentials for customer service.

 

45. Five core leadership values for customer focus.

 

46. Five steps to customer happiness.

 

47. Five customer service mistakes to avoid.

 

48. Five parts to the FRIES customer service model.

 

49. Five biggest customer service blunders.

 

50. Five musts for measures.

 

51. Six loyalty factors.

 

52. Six aims of CRM.

 

53. Six actions to create and deliver high quality service.

 

54. Six critical lessons around customers – Milliken.

 

55. Six types of customer – from Apostle to Terrorist.

 

56. Six causes of complaints.

 

57. Six myths around customer complaints.

 

58. Six key questions around complaint management.

 

59. Six ways to exceed customer expectations.

 

60. Six components to lifetime value.

 

61. Six keys to developing customer service skills,

 

62. Six ways to be customer-focused.

 

63. Six things customers don't want when complaining.

 

64. Six customer service lessons.

 

65. Six customer service essentials.

 

66. Six ways to keep customers loyal.

 

67. Six steps to customer service excellence.

 

68. Six steps to remarkable service.

 

69. Seven steps to customer loyalty.

 

70. Seven things not to do when handling complaints.

 

71. Seven ways to 'wow' customers.

 

72. Seven ways to get serious about customer service.

 

73. Seven ways to make customers feel important.

 

74. Seven parts to the negative value spiral.

 

75. Seven reasons for CRM failure.

 

76. Seven steps to target customers.

 

77. Eight essentials for customer retention.

 

78. Eight components of quality.

 

79. Eight ways to handle difficult customers.

 

80. Eight critical steps to a customer service culture.

 

81. Nine positive thinking patterns for customer facing employees.

 

82. Nine golden rules of customer service.

 

83. Nine signs of real customer service.

 

84. Nine ways to make a difference with customer service.

 

85. Nine ways to handle an angry customer.

 

86. Ten things to look for in a customer facing employee.

 

87. Ten commandments of customer service.

 

88. Ten top customer service tips.

 

89. Thirteen key performance indicators of customer retention and service recovery.

 

90. Fourteen key issues around customer retention and service recovery.

 

91. The RATER customer service model.

 

92. The LEARN service recovery model.

 

93. The SERVQUAL customer service model.

 

94. The PERFECT customer service model.

 

95. Reichheld quote on measuring customer satisfaction.

 

96 . Increased customer loyalty is the single most…

 

97. Two key Reichheld quotes on value creation.

 

98. Customer quality over quantity.

 

99. Customer value creation, price and defection.

 

100. We discovered some years ago…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ideas on the recruitment and retention of customer facing people

Plenty of good ideas here, taken from cited sources - all yours to download.

 

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