Brindar excelente atencion al cliente significa la mayor de las oportunidades de realizacion personal y profesional, sobre todo cuando lo hacemos con un sentido artistico. En esta ocasion, Juan Carlos Jimenez nos ofrece consejos y practicas especificas para asumir y disfrutar la posibilidad de influir de manera positiva en nuestros clientes, y con ello nutrir nuestra estima y enaltecer la imagen que tenemos de nosotros mismos. El requisito indispensable: es una decision personal. Atender clientes artisticamente nos invita ademas a interpretar como "cliente" a todas las personas con quienes nos relacionamos en todos los ambitos, y nos propone una nocion de "negocio" que trasciende lo monetario o lo comercial. La productividad, la competitividad y las mejoras del clima laboral de empresas y organizaciones son una consecuencia logica de la calidad de las relaciones entre sus integrantes (clientes). Y es en este sentido que la atencion artistica es "un negocio sin desperdicio" para tu vida profesional y personal, en favor de tu empresa, tu familia y la sociedad. Dice Francisco Andres en el epilogo de este libro: "Al ejercitar las recomendaciones practicas que hace Juan Carlos, sentiras mayor entusiasmo profesional y una transformacion profunda de tus circunstancias. Encontraras razones adicionales de alegria en tu trabajo y una genuina motivacion en muchos otros aspectos de tu vida cotidiana."

The worst customer situations demand more of front-line employees than good intentions and the right attitude. These kinds of issues can send seasoned service professionals into red alert, and require the communication skills of a crisis counselor. "The Customer Service Survival Kit "explains how to use the right words to turn volatile scenarios into calm and productive customer encounters. Anyone can learn this delicate art with the book's blend of clear techniques, lessons from behavioral science, case studies, situation-specific advice, and practice exercises. Readers will discover: - The power of leaning into criticism - Trigger phrases that can make bad situations worse - The secret to helping people feel deeply heard in a crisis - How to use the divide-and-conquer approach to safely deliver bad news - Indispensable problem-solving tools - How to become immune to intimidation - How to wrap up transactions so that customers are happy - And more Best yet, learning to handle worst-case scenarios has the spillover effect of boosting the skills and confidence needed to deal effectively with ANY customer--the key to radical improvements in every organization.

In this book, nine librarians from across the country describe their libraries' best practices in this key area. Their contributions range from all-encompassing customer service policies and models any library can both adapt and be proud of to micro-approaches that emphasize offering excellent user-focused technology planning, picture book arrangement with patrons in mind, Web 2.0 tools to connect users with the library, establishing good service delivery chains, and making your library fantastic for homeschoolers. As past Public Library Association President Audra Caplan writes in her introduction to this book, "There is nothing magical about providing excellent customer service; it just takes the right people, the right philosophy and the passion to make it a reality." If you've got all that, here are the best practices to make stellar customer service a reality for your library's users.

"This excellent book makes it quite clear that your business has to focus on customer experience for 21st-century business success. It's more than refreshing to read the multiple case studies and well thought out approach and to hear the experienced voices of these authors. You've spent way too much time reading this endorsement. Read the book instead. It's so worth it."
--Paul Greenberg, author of "CRM at the Speed of Light"

"To differentiate yourself and delight your customers, you must manage your customers' experience with your goods or services, and your company. This invaluable book will show you why you must do this, and how to do it well."
--Henry Chesbrough, author of "Open Innovation" and Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

"Technology advances are raising the human expectation of what an experience with a company can and should be. Finally, a book has been written that combines behavioral psychological, micro-economic, and technological considerations defining the customer experience edge."
--Paul D'Alessandro, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

"As we move from Customer Experience 1.0 to Customer Experience 2.0, organizations and practitioners need a solid blueprint for success. Reza, Vinay, and Volker have created a clear and concise guide based on global best practices and proven principles. If you are ready to transform your organization, start by reading this book."
--Lior Arussy, President, Strativity Group, and author of "Customer Experience Strategy"

""The Customer Experience Edge" is an excellent book to gain insights on how to leverage customer experience as a competitive advantage. The case studies serve as recipes that can be added to, modified, or simply baked into business plans to improve or deliver an exceptional customer experience."
--Deb Dexter, Customer Service Director, Cardinal Health

About the Book:

Globalization and advanced technologies have given ever greater power to the person who decides if your business will succeed or fail--the customer. Whether your company serves consumers or other businesses, you can no longer compete on price and quality alone. To gain profits and market share, you have to deliver an experience that makes customers want to come back--and that sets you apart from the competition. You need to seize "The Customer Experience Edge."

Drawing on over sixty years of experience in shaping customer centric strategies and technologies for leading companies, three innovators bring you practical and proven ways to create your customer experience programs and overall business strategies. The key is to strike a balance between programs that are effective but prohibitively expensive and programs that fail to dedicate enough resources to be effective. In the middle ground lie the tools that everyone overlooks--foundational and disruptive technologies. These are the authors' main fields of expertise, and these are what make the customer experience profitable.

"The Customer Experience Edge" explains how to combine strategy, leadership, organizational change, and technology to: Develop products and services that are highly valued by customers Form bonds that keep clients from turning to competitors Transform customers into your best advocates

It's a new world of business, and customers are keenly aware that their loyalty is valuable currency. "The Customer Experience Edge" gives you a cost-effective, sustainable way to provide an unforgettable experience that builds loyalty and turns it into real, measurable profits.

Menschen haben sich schon immer bewegt und haben allezeit kommuniziert. Moderne Kommunikationstechnologien des mobilen Internets erm glichen nun erstmals, dass diese beiden fundamentalen Besch ftigungen von Menschen gleichzeitig stattfinden k nnen. Diese M glichkeit wird auch f r Unternehmen eine besondere Rolle in der Kundenkommunikation und dem Kundenbeziehungsmanagement, dem Customer Relationship Management (CRM), einnehmen und zu einer grundlegend ver nderten Ausgestaltung und Bewertung von Beziehungen zwischen Unternehmen und Kunden f hren. Ziel der Arbeit ist es daher, ein umfassendes mobile Customer Relationship Management (mCRM) zu entwickeln, das die Mobilit t der Kunden und die M glichkeiten der mobilen Kommunikation fest in die operative T tigkeit am Endkunden in Unternehmen einbindet. Schwerpunkte liegen dabei in der genauen Beschreibung eines sinnvollem Verst ndnisses des mobilen Internets, der neuartigen Nutzung von Aufenthaltsdaten, Kundenkosten der mobilen Kommunikation und der Nutzung des mobilen Internets im Sinne des CRM f r ein modernes Marketing, im Vertrieb und im Service. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass der Einsatz der in dieser Arbeit aufgezeigten Ma nahmen im mCRM keine optionale Aufgabe ist. Vielmehr macht der Einsatz einer CRM-Strategie die Einbeziehung des mobilen Internets langfristig zwingend notwendig. Nur mit dem vorangehend beschriebenen mCRM werden Unternehmen erreichen k nnen, dass das mobile Internet auch in Zukunft durch ein always on" und nicht durch mostly off" gepr gt ist und die Unternehmen mit ihren Kunden f r beide Seiten Nutzen stiftend mobil interagieren k nnen. Diese Arbeit zeigt wie Unternehmen es schaffen, ein mCRM zu entwickeln und es f r Kunden mit Leben zu f llen."

"Atender" no es igual a "atender bien," asi como "servicio" y "atencion" no son sinonimos. Comprender las diferencias entre estos dos conceptos y sus implicaciones permite mejorar de manera inmediata el desempeno, tanto de las personas como de las organizaciones comerciales, publicas y sociales. Este libro ayuda a razonar esas diferencias a traves de una vision muy particular, la del "Arte Supremo." Una idea que ofrece la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre la atencion de la gente con el mas alto sentido de dignidad y pasion, con base en el entrenamiento continuo como parte de su esencia. Desde esta perspectiva, Juan Carlos Jimenez nos ofrece 50 referencias concretas que permiten ejercitar la excelencia personal y profesional, tomando en cuenta que "atender bien a la gente requiere de una gran inversion de energia, lo cual se traduce en mucho desgaste emocional. De manera que refrescar diariamente las practicas de buena atencion es el metodo mas eficaz de recargar la bateria del animo y mantenerse en forma." En este sentido, "Arte Supremo" es una guia practica que puede ser utilizada de manera individual o por equipos de trabajo para "llevar al gimnasio el espiritu y el compromiso con la buena atencion al cliente," como parte del trabajo diario. Personas y organizaciones podran encontrar en este libro una fuente de constante consulta en beneficio de su productividad, progreso y bienestar.

Make your online customers happy--and create new ones--with this winning guide

Social media gives you an unparalleled vehicle for connecting and engaging with an unlimited number of customers. Yet this vehicle is different than other, more impersonal forms. With social media, reps become part of their customers' lives. They follow back. They handle complaints immediately. They wish customers "happy birthday." They grow their brands by involving themselves in communities.

"The Ultimate Online Customer Service Guide" gives you the keys to authentic and engaged service to customers through social media. Using a blend of case studies, a primer on classic online customer service, and instructions on how to execute quality customer service, this book enables you to access the opportunities that social media presents as a means of serving customers.Authentically use social media to connect with customers to boost your bottom lineAttract new customers through your online presenceAchieve higher GMS (Gross Merchandise Sales) with quality customer service

Social media gives you a new and growing realm to distinguish your business. Create a productive presence in this interactive space with "The Ultimate Online Customer Service Guide."

A focused tutorial, this book is much more than just another step-by-step guide into project management. This book shows you how to implement Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step business solutions, with Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step providing the basis. This book will also help you to plan, align, and orchestrate your sales activities. It will orient you to tactics required to be efficient, proactive, goal driven and flexible in your Microsoft Dynamics engagements. If you are a Dynamics consultant, developer, or in a customer resources or sales role that requires guidance and knowledge of the ERP/CRM business solutions space or to deliver business solutions that meet or exceed the expectations of your organization, then this book is ideal for you.

Advance praise for Service Innovation:

""To the CEOs of all service companies I deal with: READ THIS BOOK "" -- Dave Wascha, senior director, Bing Product Management, Microsoft Corporation

""Lance Bettencourt deftly blends his academic and consulting experience to provide an example-rich, readable, practical, and innovative discussion of service innovation."" -- Leonard Berry, coauthor of "Management Lessons from Mayo Clinic"

""Provides the robust framework to design services that unlock growth opportunities for every business."" -- Lance Reschke, vice president, Ceridian Corporation

""The tools and guidance in this book will inspire companies, small and large, to create effective and innovative services that are desperately needed."" -- Mary Jo Bitner, Ph.D., W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, and coauthor of "Services Marketing: Integrating Customer Focus Across the Firm"

""Cracks the code from the fuzzy front end through the complete life cycle of Service Innovation."" -- Angelo Rago, division vice president, Global Customer Services, Abbott Medical Optics

""Filled with rich examples of how firms can innovate service through helping customers get jobs done."" -- Stephen W. Brown, Ph.D., W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

""Any leader intent on providing distinctive value to customers must read Service Innovation."" -- Michael Reynolds, staff vice president, Commercial Marketing, WellPoint, Inc.

If there's one truism about the service sector, it's that businesses don't succeed by inventing a better mousetrap; they succeed by finding the best, most cost-effective way to get rid of their customers' mice.

In industries ranging from heavy machinery to health care to financial services to consumer goods, service innovation is helping businesses find new revenue streams--and enhance existing ones--by satisfying their customer's need to get things done.

Few understand this better than Lance Bettencourt, a strategy adviser at Strategyn and a leading educator in management innovation consulting. And in "Service Innovation," Bettencourt gives a master's class on the art and science of creating breakthrough service products.

True service innovation demands that you shift the focus away from the solution and back to the customer. To achieve this shift in your business--one that takes you from making educated guesses to building a clear model to guide service innovation--Bettencourt instructs on the finer points of how to rethink your approach to the customer's needs: how the customer defines value in a product or service.

Bettencourt mines nearly 20 years' experience in teaching and advising clients with service- and product-dominant businesses to demonstrate proven ways you can build, streamline, and focus your company's service product innovation processes.

Among the numerous key ideas and practices are: Insight on understanding the different types of clients you serve--and how your products deliver value to them Ways to design specific frameworks for discovering service innovation opportunities for new, improved, and supplementary service products Practical guidance on staying focused on the "fuzzy front end" of service innovation The fundamental elements of a winning service strategy

Finding new ways to help people solve problems and get things done is why there are goods and services in the first place. And in "Service Innovation," Lance Bettencourt fills a vital need by delivering the essential guide that can put your business on the latest frontier of value creation.

At an institution of higher learning in one of China's richest coastal cities, the college students are invited to make their complaints known. The students' complaints registered in this book clearly demonstrate that they are keenly aware of the necessary elements of a quality education. Their concerns track with the concerns expressed in published articles on applied linguistics.

A social revolution in how we communicate has taken place in recent years. Smartphones, social web tools, and the instant availability of information in an aggregated and organized way provide real-time intelligence to customers, not just the enterprise.

Social CRM is critical to business success in today's hyper-connected environment. Customers' expectations are so great and their demands so empowered that a Social CRM strategy must be built around collaboration and customers engagement, not traditional operational customer management. It's the company's response to the customer's control of the conversation that makes Social CRM work.

Written by CRM guru Paul Greenberg, "CRM at the Speed of Light, Fourth Edition," reveals best practices for a successful Social CRM implementation. Greenberg explains how this new paradigm involves the customer in a synergetic discussion to provide mutually beneficial value in a trusted and transparent business environment.

Throughout this definitive volume, you'll find examples of the new strategies for customer engagement and collaboration being used by cutting-edge companies, along with expert guidance on how your organization can and should adopt these innovations.

"CRM at the Speed of Light, Fourth Edition," reviews the lat4est technological developments in the operational side of CRM, including vertical applications, and explains the fundamentals of the multifaceted CRM framework.

Find out why Paul Greenberg was named the #1 CRM influencer by InsideCRM in the completely recast edition of this international bestseller.

In addition to being the author of the bestselling "CRM at the Speed of Light," Paul Greenberg is President of The 56 Group, LLC, a customer strategy consulting firm focused on cutting-edge CRM strategic services; a founding partner of the CRM training company, BPT Partners, LLC, a training a consulting venture composed of a number of CRM luminaries that has become the certification authority for the CRM industry; co-chairman of Rutgers University's CRM Research Center; Executive Vice President of the CRM Association; and a Board of Advisors member of the Baylor University MBA Program for CRM majors. Paul was named one of the most influential CRM leaders in 2008 by "CRM Magazine." He is known for his work on the use of social media in CRM as tools for customer collaboration with a company. Currently, Paul lives in Manassas, Virginia, with his wife and five cats. You can reach him at [email protected], follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/pgreenbe, or join up with him on LinkedIn or Facebook.

Praise for "CRM at the Speed of Light"

"" This book] is a testament to Greenberg's profound grasp of the control revolution that is upon us. Customers seizing control from business. Citizens demanding control and accountability from their governments. Political campaigns and charities being rewarded by shifting power to their supporters. Quite simply, it is the definitive work for anyone committed to putting the social customer at the center of their operation."" -- Brian Komar, Director of Interacitve Marketing and CRM, Center for American Progress

""With great insights, great stories, and great inforamtion, Paul Greenberg analyzes the impact of every major industry development on vendor/customer relationships. Not only is he on top of his game, he makes reading this edition as enjoyable as it was to read the previous three. This is an absolute must-read for anyone serious about understanding how to best serve today's social customer."" -- Brent Leary, CRM industry analyst and co-author of Barack 2.0: Social Media Lessons for Small Business

""Web 2.0 hiot and Paul Greenberg couldn't resist telling us what it all means. Lucky for us. This edition is packed with new insights about how online conversations are changing the nature of customer relations. Think the CRM market is crazy now? Hitch a ride on Greenberg's shoulders because you ain't seen nothing yet."" -- Paul Gillin, author of "The New Influencers" and "Secrets of Social Media Marketing.""

""As we make the shift to SCRM, Paul's insights provide a much needed framework on how to navigate a more connected, social, and collaborative enterprise."" -- R "Ray" Wang, Partner, Enterprise Strategy, Altimeter Group, LLC

""Paul Greenberg is one of the most astute minds in CRM and social media today. His book remains the bible for companies employing CRM. The added focus on blending new and social media into Paul's philosophy of CRM will keep this as the first book companies reach for to enhance the customer relationship in the new century."" -- Jay Dunn, Vice President of Marketing, Lane Bryant

""Paul Greenberg shares his unparalleled expertise on the dramatic evolution from CRM 1.0 to CRM 2.0 with unique insightful examples. It is a must read for anyone looking to transform the potential of CRM into long-lasting competitive advantage in a rapidly changing business environment."" -- Jujhar Singh, Senior Vice President, SAP CRM Product Management

Experiential marketing - or memorable customer experiences - is proving a popular tool amongst businesses seeking to make an impact in a competitive world. Yet the scramble to achieve a presence among experience providers has led many companies to design and implement experiential marketing without integrating it with their overall marketing strategy. These companies often end up dissatisfying their customers rather than delighting them. This research anthology investigates different angles of experiential marketing. The 16 chapters are organised in six sections. The first section considers whether memorable customer experiences result from the use of traditional marketing practices, perhaps implemented more effectively than previously, or require entirely new practices with new foundations that turn companies into experience providers. Section two details ways businesses seek to build brands through putting experiential marketing into practice, while section three asks whether there are general principles that can be applied to the design of customer experiences which ensure successful outcomes whatever market you may operate in. Section four examines how companies manage their customer experiences once they have made the strategic decision to provide them, and section five looks at methods available to evaluate the success of these customer experiences. 'Experiential marketing changes everything!' claim the management gurus, but is it really so significant that not joining this race is dangerous? The last section of the book offers a much needed critique of experiential marketing.

A holistic approach to harnessing a company's processes to achieve true customer satisfaction

Every move that a corporation makes is a mixture of input, action, and output-in short, a process. To keep customers, employees, and shareholders happy, corporate management must juggle conflicting priorities. These competing priorities result in conflicting processes. To help achieve true customer satisfaction, manage-ment needs tools that allow for a holistic approach to analyzing these processes. This book provides that tool. It shows corporations how to analyze and enhance their critical processes in order to deliver the highest level of service to their internal and external customers. Providing a clear understanding of what process mapping can do for a company as well as practical applications for each step in process mapping, this useful guide outlines a proven method for assuring better processes and building a more customer-focused company.

Get a practical introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM--now updated for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a value-packed customer-relationship management (CRM) solution for small- and mid-market businesses. The latest version adds workflow management capabilities, and can be delivered as an on-demand service through Microsoft Office Live. With topics that include developing new functionality, designing implementations, and integrating Microsoft CRM with other business applications--including Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office InfoPath, and Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies--this is one of the only books written for both developers and those who implement business solutions. Authored by experienced practitioners, this book provides case studies, integration and performance guidelines, and toolsets--the information you need to help you create successful CRM solutions. This book also explains how to maintain Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, making it of interest to IT professionals who support Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 users. And power users will learn how to customize individual Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 experiences. This book includes sample data and code samples on the Web.

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework as well as practical strategies-not just for survival but for a true search for excellence in the uncertain and ever-changing world of customer service management. The theoretical framework is based on the notion that customer service contains three key variables: a promise, a process, and people. After going through the step-by-step process of service management, the reader will have the necessary understanding and skill to choose the right strategy for the right circumstances, to design service processes, to identify the means and methods to implement these processes, and to measure the outcome. Key Features: Shares insight from CEO's on how service leaders think, strategize, and apply tools of the trade to achieve their objectives Relates chapter content to real world challenges faced by corporations Includes a discussion on both quantitative and qualitative methods in a service context Conceptualizes the new paradigm of service leadership and the development of a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic Provides an Instructor's Manual on CD containing an outline of the text with teaching points, PowerPoint slides for every chapter, a test bank, answers to end-of-chapter questions, and sample syllabi Service Leadership: The Quest for Competitive Advantage provides an accessible application of theory suitable for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Service Management, Service Marketing, Customer Service, Human Resource Management, and Leadership.

Winning sales tactics from the greatest strategist of all time

Through his bestselling books and popular seminars, Gerald Michaelson has established himself as the worlds leading interpreter of Sun Tzus timeless strategies for the modern business audience. In Sun Tzu Strategies for Selling, the author of the bestselling Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers interprets the theorists classic battle strategies specifically to help salespeople win on the increasingly competitive sales battlefield.

Packed with brilliant insights that will help anyone who sells prevail over any competitor, this new translation of The Art of War includes special notations underscoring the relevance of Sun Tzus writings to sales strategy. It also transforms Sun Tzus wisdom into contemporary sales advice, object lessons, and real-life how-tos, such as:

• Get your strategy straight
  
• Win without fighting
  
• Have a unique selling proposition
  
• Know your competitor
  
• Aim for big wins
  
• Learn from lost sales
  

This reader-friendly series is must read for all levels of managers

All managers, whether brand-new to their positions or well established in the corporate hierarchy, can use a little brushing-up now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books Series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations.

As customer loyalty increasingly becomes a thing of the past, customer relationship management (CRM) has become one of today's hottest topics. "Customer Relationship Management" supplies easy-to-apply solutions to common CRM problems, including how to maximize impact from CRM technology, which data warehousing techniques are most effective, and how to create and manage both short- and long-term relationships.

The service paradigm is changing from the traditional concept of a service transaction to one of the service experience. Starbucks Coffee, Disney World, and Planet Hollywood, all define their perspective services as experiences. As businesses explicitly charge for memorable encounters, they stimulate a transition from a service economy to a new experience economy. New Service Development: Creating Memorable Experiences is the first book to address the topic of new service development for the evolving experience economy. It draws upon the expertise of internationally recognized authors and covers topics in service innovation, process design, and implantation. Chapter contributors from the fields of operations management, marketing information technology, and organizational behavior explore the issues that service firms must address to sustain advantage in the new experience economy. Students and professionals in the fields of service management, new product development, and new venture creation will all benefit from the wisdom in this innovative, ground breaking book.

Introducing techniques for performing cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-benefits analysis (CBA) in mental health and other human services. Author Brian T. Yates shows CEA and CBA can be used for optimizing programs. Beginning with a description of a model for comprehensive assessment and improvement-oriented analysis of human service systems using CEA and CBA methods, Yates subsequently shows the reader how to analyze each of the links between the expenditure of resources and the achievement of long-term program objectives. Examples of each step in understanding and improving relationships among resources used, procedures, processes induced, and outcomes generated are drawn from Yates's research in residential and outpatient substance abuse programs, nonprofit mental health clinics, residential programs for dependent/neglected urban youth, suicide prevention, and self-management training. The examples are designed to encourage readers to explore the concepts and techniques by conducting their own quantitative and qualitative analyses of cost, procedure, process, and outcome paths in human services.

Operations and management principles for contact centres is the first SAQA-aligned, academic title on contact centre operations, produced by a collective of professionals representing the academic dimension of the contact centre industry in South Africa. Contact centre operations is a relatively new industry. Several South African agencies, institutes, organisations and professional bodies are promoting and developing it in order to satisfy international and national market demands. Accordingly, additional information, knowledge and experience are needed to improve on how organisations integrate core business processes into these centres. In response to this need the industry is now being represented in higher education. Extensive supplementary material has been created to go with the main text. A CD enclosed with the title contains material for the student/CSR, which includes a comprehensive set of questions, role-plays, assignments and an industry-specific dictionary. The lecturer support material, which includes industry-specific video clips, the answers to the student questions and the industry.