I found a new Dutch initiative to measure a Company’s Customer Performance: The Dutch Customer Performance Index (DCPI) (Dutch only) – a new objective and validated index for measurement of Customer performance – . I thought it worthwhile sharing with you. The Dutch Customer Performance Index is an initiative of the Customer Insights Center of… [Read more…]
December 31, 2009
In the spirit of my personal discoveries on Twitter, I would also like to share with you my top-posts of 2009, by number of reads that is. I say “in the spirit of” not only because Twitter seems to be an important way to distribute the posts, but also because most of the people I… [Read more…]
November 2, 2009
Quite a while ago I was introduced to the theory of Failure Demand. Failure Demand has been defined by System Thinker John Seddon as “demand caused by a failure to do something or do something right for the customer“. It is probably a Customer Services department of a company that can relate to it the… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
After some posts on Social CRM I feel it is time to write about one of my favorite topics. I wrote about metrics in the Customer world before. Most of them can be considered “rants” against current measurement practice in Call Center / Customer Services today. Desired Outcomes Metrics – A design thinking approach -… [Read more…]
September 9, 2009
A few days ago I was asked on Twitter how I would define Customer Services: in the reactive sense, the pro-active sense, or both? It was immediately followed by a second question: What is the agenda for pro-active Customer Services? My initial response was that it is both (re-active and pro-active), for sure, whilst adding… [Read more…]
September 6, 2009
When reading “the web” one could be lead to think that a company’s poor Customer Services is the worst that could happen. Any mistake in this area would easily set off negative word-of-mouth. Armed with Social Media the “crowds” will seriously harm the brand(ed) reputation, seriously damaging a company’s growth opportunity. Some even consider Customer… [Read more…]
August 12, 2009
KPI’s should be about understanding what you need to improve to be better at meeting your Customer’s needs and desires. Designing a measurement framework, the metrics that go with that, and the cross-functional dashboards to ensure cross-silo understanding how improvement in one area effects another, should not be regarded lightly. At the same time putting… [Read more…]
August 10, 2009
Intelligent or Interactive Voice Response systems are often criticized. Just a few days ago, Shaun Smith, a respected Customer Experience Consultant and blogger on Customer Think, argued that IVR’s almost never build empathy and therefore do not contribute to a positive Customer Service Experience. You can read the post here. Smith makes some very valid… [Read more…]
Barry Dalton – Customer Service Stories Mike Boysen – Effective CRM Value Creator by Brian Vellmure PGreenblog The Customer Revolution Social CRM – The Conversation Graham Hill on Customer Think Esteban Kolsky’s Blog A. Prem Kumar’s Blog Mitch Lieberman’s Blog Mark Tamis’ Blog Now on Customer Think
January 21, 2010
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