Customer Service Measurement
 
 
 
 
 

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Published articles

 

Manager, The British Journal of the Institute of Management published a review of 'Customer Loyalty, a guide for time-travelers' the book on gaining loyal customers written by Lyn Etherington and Sionade Robinson, published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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Lyn Etherington and Sionade Robinson present their view that even in the internet age, customers still love to find organisations to which they can be loyal.

The book discusses the relationship between businesses and their customers and investigates the reasons why customers want to be loyal. Lyn and Sionade provide examples of practical steps commercial organisations can take to win and maintain customer loyalty, and explain how this will maximise their profitability.

Recommended price: £25.00.
ISBN:1-4039-9763-2

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Ever been inspired by Mr & Mrs Average? - Customer Management

Jamie Craig looks at the dangers of being 'average' when it comes to your customer service and management offering - and shows how to excel rather than just get by.

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Better Business Focus

Better Business Focus includes Sionade Robinson's article 'Winning the Customer Loyalty War' and Lyn Etherington's article 'How to Inspire a Marriage made in Heaven'.

 

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A case study by our client, Norwich Union:

'Customer Service'

Insurance Brokers' Monthly

John Willmott, Director of Customer Service, Norwich Union discusses the importance of retaining customers through service in the price competitive
retail insurance services market and how Cape Consulting's approach helped Norwich Union improve retention and increase sales.

To download the article by John Willmott, click here (PDF)

Also published in:
Stakeholder Magazine, 'Transforming 'good' customer service into 'great''
Business Now, 'The key relationship builders that keep your customers'
Internal Communication, 'A new dimension in customer service'

'How to inspire a marriage made in heaven'

Internal Communication

Lyn Etherington's article Customer Service: 'How to inspire a marriage made in heaven' has been covered in Internal Communication and Customer Management. Also available on ContactCentreLink.com and Customer Management Community websites.

To download Lyn Etherington's article 'How to inspire a marriage made in heaven'. click here (PDF)

Also published in:
Best Practice (Accountancy Age), 'The gold star service'
Management Services, "How to inspire a marraige made in heaven'
Developing HR Strategy, 'Customer service: how to inspire a marriage made in heaven'
London Business Matters, 'Building a relationship',

'Worth their weight in gold'

Sales & Marketing Professional.

Brenda Stewart's article explains why finding out what keeps your B2B customers happy can increase your business by as much as 50%

To download Brenda Stewart's article 'Worth their weight in gold' click here (PDF)

Also published in:
CRM and Contact Centre (Features Section). To visit the CRM website, click here.
Direct Marketing International, 'Romancing the contract'
Engineering Management, 'The key to winning and keeping business-to-business customers'
Utility Week, 'Business brains',
Printing World, 'Good relations'
Business & Commerce, 'The key to winning and keeping business-to-business customers'

'Why real time is the real thing for customer service'
Customer Management

An article by Brenda Stewart who discusses how business benefits can be achieved by using real time performance measurement.

To download the Customer Management article 'Why real time is the real thing for customer service' click on the links:

Customer Management article (PDF)
Customer Management article (MSWord)

 



 

 

 

Sionade Robinson's article on 'Winning the customer loyalty war' continues to attract coverage in the business media

Sionade Robinson's article identifying what companies need to do to create a base of loyal customers.

Relevant to just about any consumer business, the article appeared in Customer Management, Sales & Marketing Management, Call Centre Focus, Utility Week, Retail Technology, Human Resources, London Business Matters, Isle of Man Examiner, Business Echo, European CEO, Business Money, Call Centre Europe, and Employment Review, ABTA and Direct Marketing International. The coverage in Sales and Marketing magazine includes details of the key behaviours necessary to build customer loyalty and a brief case study on two companies, Norwich Union and Saga Group, that see customer loyalty as critical to their success.

To download Dr Sionade Robinson's article on 'Winning the customer loyalty war', click here (PDF)

'Sexy brand, but where's the passion?'

For service brands, staff contact is all. Customers experience service as it is happening, so the way it is delivered will be the main influence on how it is judged. This short article discusses how to bring service brand values to life for people at the front-line.

To download our Service Brands article click on the links: Service Brands article (PDF)
Service Brand
s article (MSWord)

Research shows 'provable' link between good customer service and financial benefit for vendors

Launching research demonstrating that there is a clear financial basis for the widely-accepted view that offering customers good service makes good business sense.

To see the press release, click here (MSWord)

To download the related article by Dr Sionade Robinson on 'Winning the customer loyalty war', click here (PDF)

Business Money

 

To download the Business Money coverage of 'Winning the battle for customer loyalty' click here (PDF)

 

Call Centre Focus

To download Call Centre Focus article 'Providing customers better service makes financial sense for companies', click here (PDF)

Utility Week

To download the short article printed in Utility Week on the hot topic - Good customer service makes financial sense, click here (PDF)

'Feedback from the front-line'

Quality World

Brenda Stewart discusses how to make customer satisfaction measurement a truly effective tool to drive change.

Click here to download the article (PDF)

'Measuring Business Excellence'

'Delivering the brand promise of the man from the PRU'

Lyn Etherington discusses how Prudential General Insurance used research amongst customers and staff to develop a service model focusing on personalised service and creating customer loyalty.

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'Measuring Business Excellence'

A 'Viewpoint' in which Brenda Stewart discusses why customer satisfaction research often fails to get results.

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