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INTERNET MARKETING : INTEGRATING ONLINE AND OFFLINE STRATEGIES. CHAPTER 9 Customer Service and Support In Web Space. WHAT IS YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE?. WHAT DO CUSTOMERS DO IN RESPONSE TO POOR SERVICE?. IMPACT OF POOR SERVICE. COMPLAINTS AND RESULTS. Customers Complain—Or Not
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INTERNET MARKETING:INTEGRATING ONLINE AND OFFLINE STRATEGIES CHAPTER 9 Customer Service and Support In Web Space
COMPLAINTS AND RESULTS • Customers Complain—Or Not • If They Do Not Complain, They are Less Likely to Repurchase • If Customers Complain • Their Problems are Resolved—Or Not If They Complain —Even If Their Problem is Not Resolved— THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO REPURCHASE THAN IF THEY DO NOT COMPLAIN
FINANCIAL IMPACT OF GOOD SERVICE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYEE INCENTIVES
WHAT DO BUSINESS HAVE TO DOTO DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE? B2B as well as B2C
RECENT STUDY http://www.convergys.com/vision/rm-insights/research/key-findings-us.php
SOCIAL MEDIA ROLE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2027223/integrate-customer-service-social-media-marketing
MASHABLE SM CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDS • Zappos • Pottery Barn • Boingo http://mashable.com/2010/11/23/customer-service-award/
B2B IN CUSTOMER SERVICE ELITE? http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/08_09/B4073customer.htm
CRM MAGAZINE 2011 LEADERS, ELITE • Contact Center InfrastructureWinner: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories • Interactive Voice ResponseWinner: Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories • Web Self-ServiceWinner: RightNow Technologies • Web Interaction ManagementWinner: RightNow Technologies • Enterprise Feedback ManagementWinner: Allegiance • Contact Center SearchWinner: RightNow Technologies • Workforce Optimization SuiteWinner: Verint Systems • OutsourcingWinner: Convergys • online retailer Drugstore.com, which took a dose of RightNow Technologies to get better at making its customers look good; • network-solutions provider Enterasys Networks, which turned to Salesforce.com to create relationships as well as efficiencies; • Infusionsoft, a provider of email marketing software for small businesses, which used an online environment designed by Helpstream to enable customers to provide their own community-based support; • insurance giant New York Life, which used a Verint Systems deployment to give its contact center agents something to stick around for • Southwest Airlines, which, thanks to Virtual Hold Technology, now offers passengers the choice to hang on or hang up. Much more data @ http://www.destinationcrm.com/Authors/2528-the-Editors-of-CRM-magazine.htm
KEY CUSTOMER SERVICE CHANNELS • Telephone • Web-Based • Live Person • Email, Instant Messaging, Live Chat • Automated • FAQs, Knowledge Bases, Video
SAMPLE COSTS BY CHANNEL • Telephone with Live Rep $9.50 • Email by Live Rep $5.00 • Live Chat $5.00 • Email with Auto Support $2.50 • IVR $1.10 • Web Inquiry $ .50 • Automated Email $ .25
SAMPLE CUSTOMER USE BY CHANNEL • Telephone Call 77% • IVR 13% • Web Self-Service 4% • Email 4% • Web Chat 2%
STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE To Migrate Customers To Lower-Cost Service Channels WITHOUT DECREASING SATISFACTION
STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE Deliver Outstanding CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
Customers Prefer When Experience Sudden Need Self-Service Better Than Alternatives Fulfilled Their Needs Customers Dislike When Technology Fails Process Doesn’t Work Poor Service Design Cannot Understand Technology SATISFACTION WITH SELF SERVICE
SERVICE ON THE GO Figure 9-4
CUSTOMER SERVICE > EXPERIENCE http://www.rightnow.com/resource-video-8-steps.php
SERVICE IN OTHER SPACES • B2B Firms like Dow Chemical Make Good Use of Advanced Techniques To Serve Customers • eGovernment is Serving Citizens
CUSTOMER SERVICE THEMES • Customer Service Orientation Must Pervade All Departments Of An Enterprise • Superior Customer Service Requires Long-Term Commitment (Management, Resources) • Build Culture of Customer Service Using Quality Management Principles • “What Gets Measured Gets Managed” • Technology Can Help Improve Customer Service • Customers Want Multiple Service Channels • Customers Want The Option Of Human Contact • Improve The Overall Customer Experience
IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE GIVE CUSTOMERS A CHOICE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE CHANNELS
Telephone Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Call Routing Call Recording Help Desk Tracking Internet Email Response Management (ERMS) Embedded Modules Wireless Push/Polite Push Streaming Media Agent Technology Voice Activitation CUSTOMER CARE TECHNOLOGIES
A VIRTUAL AGENT - ? Figure 9-6
CUSTOMER SERVICE SOLUTIONS http://www.sitepal.com/
DIY http://www.livefaceonweb.com/default.aspx
What Is The Dark Side Of Differentiated Customer Service?
BUILDING ANTICIPATORY SERVICE • Build Customer Scenarios • Make Customer Service Pervasive • Fulfill Common Requests Before Asked • Make Service Available to Entire Value Chain • Design Process for Seamless Escalation
SAMPLE ESCALATION PLAN • Level 1 – FAQs • Level 2 – Web-Based Self Help • Email, Diagnostic Routines, Knowledge Based • Level 3 – Live Agent
BEYOND LOYALTY -- TOOLS • Be Available 24/7 • Variety of Channels/2-Way Dialog • Tailor Method of Contact to Customer • Listen and Learn • Deliver Personalized Responses http://www.adobe.com/engagement/pdfs/partII.pdf
‘PEOPLE’ - ESSENTIAL SKILLS http://brandautopsy.typepad.com/brandautopsy/2007/02/eight_critical_.html
TWO MORE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES Different Levels of Customer Service(Cost Of Customer Contact)Based On Customer Lifetime Value Self-Service Has Great Appeal But It Must Work!
SUMMARY • Customer Care Is A Key Marketing Discipline • Customer Satisfaction/Loyalty, Enterprise Profit • Need Business Processes, Customer Segments, Relevant Technology • Customers Want Choice In How To Access Service • Cost Per Customer Contact Varies By Channel • Develop Service Strategies Based on CLV • Be Sure Technologies Are Satisfiers, Not Dissatisfiers