Understand Consumer Psychology to Drive Profits and Growth

Want to know exactly what's driving your customer's behavior?
"NOW YOU CAN "

"The Customer Service Solution" explains how consumers perceive services and shows you how to enhance the customer experience--every time.

In this economic climate, the customer service experience is more critical than ever. Most leading service firms advocate the TLC mantra: Think Like a Customer. That's a good practice, but first you have to understand what your customer is thinking and feeling. Today's business leaders cannot afford to neglect the psychological principles that govern customer satisfaction and long-term loyalty.

What are the factors that really determine customer satisfaction? Two of the nation's leading authorities on service psychology, Sriram Dasu and Richard Chase, have written this groundbreaking guide that identifies and demystifies the psychological triggers behind customer behavior. You'll go where customer satisfaction surveys, mystery shoppers, and focus groups can't--and learn exactly why customers respond and behave the way they do.

With findings drawn from behavioral science research, this book provides all the tools you need to evaluate your current service platforms and design future strategies to enhance customer perceptions positively and drive your sales.

"The Customer Service Solution" illustrates why even companies with high levels of satisfaction are missing tremendous opportunities by neglecting the emotional elements that govern consumer interactions.

This book will show you how to: Shape and manage customer perceptions Understand implicit versus explicit outcomes Develop the roles of control and choice among buyers Design emotionally intelligent processes Build trust among customers

Whatever your business may be--healthcare, hospitality, financial services, e-commerce, and more--this book is an essential tool to help you increase profits by leveraging your company's customer experience.

PRAISE FOR "THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SOLUTION: "

""Harnessing the power of emotions will help to drive an exceptional customer experience creating customers for life to help your business thrive. Finally, a guide to help us better understand how to do this."" -- James Merlino, MD, Chief Experience Officer, Cleveland Clinic

""Required reading for anyone designing a service encounter."" -- James Heskett, Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School, coauthor of The Service Profit Chain and Service Future

""I have always known that our customers shop with us because they want to, not because they have to. How to make them want to is the secret that this great book unlocks."" -- Kevin Davis, President and CEO, Bristol Farms

"" Dasu and Chase] share easy-to-understand ideas and guidance to operations managers who typically do not think about the psychology of customers in designing their services."" -- Mary Jo Bitner, PhD, Professor and Executive Director, Center for Services Leadership, W. P. Carey School, Arizona State University

""Dasu and Chase provide an excellent set of ideas for delivering emotional customer service experiences through systems and operations."" -- Rodolfo Medina, Vice President, Marketing & Commercial, Rock in Rio

""This book provides valuable insights to managing and molding the customer's emotional journey, leading to ultimate satisfaction and sustainable loyalty."" -- Ali V. Kasikci, Regional Managing Director, Orient-Express

Matthew Pollard, un reconocido experto en ventas y un introvertido, ha creado y perfeccionado un sistema de venta transparente, autentico y de baja presion, sin tecnicas de cierre duro o de venta de bulldogs. La ventaja del introvertido te equipara con un sistema completo enfocado a la venta transparente, autentica y de baja presion. Los extrovertidos rara vez se quedan cortos de palabras, y sus conversaciones y argumentos de venta nunca se sienten forzados para ellos. El mundo de las ventas es natural para los extrovertidos. Pero los introvertidos no se sienten comodos con las tacticas tradicionales como empujar agresivamente un producto o hablar sobre las objeciones de un cliente. Lo que hace que La ventaja del introvertido sea tan poderoso y practico es que explica como los introvertidos pueden sentirse igual de comodos y sinceros en el mundo de las ventas tambien, !sin cambiar lo que son! La estrategia de 7 pasos de Matthew esboza lo que se necesita para obtener resultados fiables y repetibles, desde la implementacion de preguntas bien preparadas hasta la adopcion del poder de la historia. En La ventaja del introvertido aprenderas: Como encontrar la confianza natural Como prepararte para cada situacion Como esquivar las objeciones que de otra manera expondrian tu incomodidad Como pedir la venta (sin preguntar) Como beneficiarte de un proceso que no depende de la personalidad, y !simplemente disfrutar de las ventas! Tanto si persigues las ventas como una carrera como si eres un pequeno empresario que no quiere vender, pero necesita hacerlo, La ventaja del introvertido es tu guia para el exito de las ventas. The Introvert's Edge Matthew Pollard, an awarded sales authority and fellow introvert, has created and perfected a system for selling in a transparent, authentic and low-pressure way-with no hard closing or bulldog sales techniques. The Introvert's Edge will equip you with a comprehensive system focused on transparent, authentic, and low-pressure selling. Extroverts are rarely short on words, and their conversations and sales pitches never feel sales-y to them. The world of sales just comes natural to the extrovert. But introverts aren't comfortable with traditional tactics like aggressively pushing a product or talking over a customer's objections. What makes The Introvert's Edge so powerful and practical is that it explains how the introvert can feel equally comfortable and sincere in the sales world as well-without changing who they are! Matthew's 7-step strategy outlines what you need for reliable and repeatable results, from implementing well-prepared questions to embracing the power of story. In The Introvert's Edge you will learn: How to find natural confidence How to prepare for every situation How to sidestep objections that would otherwise expose their uncomfortableness How to ask for the sale (without asking) How to profit from a process that doesn't rely on personality, and simply enjoy sales! Whether you're pursuing sales as a career or you're a small business owner who doesn't want to sell but needs to, The Introvert's Edge is your guide to sales success.

Die persoenliche Beratung ist fur Sparkassen Kern ihres Geschaftsmodells. Die kundenzentrierte Kommunikation hat dabei einen positiven Einfluss auf das Vertrauen und die Zufriedenheit der Kunden und fuhrt nachweislich zu hoeherer Loyalitat. Anhand einer quantitativ-empirischen Studie untersucht Heinz-Joerg Reichmann, ob eine kundenzentrierte Kommunikation zu einem hoeheren Vertriebserfolg eines Privatkundenberatenden im Filialgeschaft von Sparkassen fuhrt. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung stehen die Rollenanforderungen und die Grundhaltungen von Kundenberatenden, insbesondere ihr Gesprachsverhalten und die Anwendungen ausgewahlter Gesprachstechniken in der Analysephase von Beratungsgesprachen. Aus den Erkenntnissen werden Implikationen zur Auswahl von Kundenberatenden und die Weiterentwicklung von deren kommunikativen Kompetenzen gewonnen.

Der zweite Band des zweiteiligen essentials gibt Handlungsempfehlungen zur Kundeneinbindung innerhalb des Innovationsprozesses. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf dem Vergleich und der richtigen Auswahl konkreter Methoden zur Kundeneinbindung zum idealen Zeitpunkt. Die Autoren stellen vielfaltige Moeglichkeiten vor und erlautern, wann und auf welche Weise ein Unternehmen den Kunden in den Innovationsprozess einbeziehen kann. In diesem Rahmen werden Werkzeuge zur Kundeneinbindung in den verschiedenen Phasen des Innovationsprozesses vorgestellt. Viele aktuelle Beispiele aus der Praxis erganzen die Ausfuhrungen.

Der erste Band des zweiteiligen essentials stellt die wichtigsten theoretischen Konzepte zur Kundeneinbindung praxisnah dar und vermittelt konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen fur Unternehmen. Hierbei liegt das Augenmerk vor allem auf der Risikobewertung sowie den kritischen Erfolgsfaktoren der Kundeneinbindung. Der Leser lernt das Sechs-Stufen-Modell der Kundeneinbindung kennen. Eine Vielzahl von Praxisbeispielen vervollstandigt die Ausfuhrungen und gibt Anregungen zur Implementierung erfolgversprechender Massnahmen.

WINNER: CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2015 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Category (1st edition) Many organizations approach customer-centic marketing and innovating their business strategy in isolation to one another, missing groundbreaking opportunities for advancement. Customer Innovation, second edition, turns this on its head by starting with the customer, innovating around their needs, then building a customer led business strategy around it. It presents a well-constructed three-by-three formula of connect, convert, collaborate, laying the foundations for innovation and change, to improve the current customer journey and expand into new customer horizons. This enables new product and service development to flow with outstanding efficiency and substantial growth. Customer Innovation, second edition, includes exciting updates around co-creation and the benefits of involving customers, stakeholders and employees from the beginning. It provides guidance on using technology to reinvent traditional business models, with consumer needs at the heart. With a spectacular range of case studies, including Disney, LEGO and Johnson & Johnson, all delivered with active takeaways, this is the ultimate handbook for any leader, business or marketing strategist, ready to pave the way in a new era of customer led strategy.

Customer relationship management, or CRM, is certainly a hot topic in business today. If you have a small or medium-sized business, chances are you're already aware of all it can do for you. But with so many options and so much to think about, how do you get a CRM system in place with a minimum of hassle? Well, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 For Dummies is a great place to start! Written by veteran CRM experts Joel Scott and David Lee, this friendly guide will have you understanding and using Microsoft's CRM solution in a jiffy. Whether you're considering a CRM system for the first time or you've decided to switch from another system to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, this book will make it easy to: Maintain and manage all your customer information Personalize Microsoft CRM to work for your business Set up CRM to support sales, marketing, and customer service Use the Outlook client Manage territories and business units Create and manage activities Generate quotes and invoices Implement and manage a marketing campaign Work with contracts, and much more Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4 For Dummies is packed with information on the latest version, It will help you get a unified view of your customer information and interactions through integrated sales, marketing, and customer service features. And that, as every business owner knows, is important to improving your bottom line!

Physical retail isn't dead-but boring retail is! Remarkable Retail equips the savvy retailer with eight essential strategies to thrive in an increasingly volatile and uncertain future. Digital technology has profoundly altered the competitive landscape for retailers. In Remarkable Retail, industry thought leader Steve Dennis argues that in a world of nearly infinite choice, where the lines between digital and physical are increasingly blurred, even being very good is no longer good enough. To win and keep customers today, retailers must be nothing short of remarkable. In most retail categories, digital channels are often central to the consumer's journey, but that doesn't mean people aren't also shopping in stores; they're just using them differently, often browsing in one channel and buying in the other. The notion of a physical store channel and an ecommerce channel is increasingly a distinction without a difference; the customer is the channel. The future belongs to those who embrace the blur of digital and physical that represents modern retail today and work to deliver an experience that is more harmonized and more memorable, regardless of how consumers decide to shop. Packed with illuminating case studies from some of modern retail's biggest success stories-and leveraging Dennis's more than thirty years as a senior executive and strategic consultant to dozens of brands-Remarkable Retail lays out the case for going beyond a slightly better version of mediocre and forging a path to being truly remarkable. To help retailers on this transformation journey, Dennis presents eight essential strategies for visionary leaders who are prepared to reimagine their way of doing business. A remarkable retailer is digitally enabled, human-centered, harmonized, mobile, personal, connected, memorable, and radical. In an age where consumers have short attention spans, myriad options, and a digitally integrated relationship with every brand, Remarkable Retail is your indispensable guide to creating a powerful retail experience that keeps your customers coming back for more.

Nobody likes cold calls. And nobody really needs to make them. The Referral of a Lifetime

Dieses essential vermittelt das Know-how fur ein erfolgreiches Follow-up von Spenden-Werbung: Gezeigt wird, wie Briefe und Mails von Spendern professionell beantwortet und gewinnende Antworten formuliert werden. Anhand vieler Beispiele wird erlautert, wie eine Non-Profit-Organisation zum Ausdruck bringt, dass sie dynamisch und zupackend und eine Spende bei ihr gut aufgehoben ist. Korrespondenz ist erfolgreich, wenn die Schreibperspektive stimmt, der Spender-Sprachstil getroffen und verstandlich und anschaulich formuliert wird. Wie das gelingt, steht im Mittelpunkt dieses essentials.

Customer EXperience (CEX) is hot! Nowadays, it's getting increasingly hard for companies to be distinctive through the products they offer. So it is key for them to stand out by means of the services they offer in addition to these product. A focus on the customer experience is needed. Many companies realize this, but only few manage to be successful. They understand the theory and the process to get there, but what they lack are concrete tools to bring the theory into practice. CEX SELLS is the inspiration book for companies that want to deliver distinctive customer experiences in order to achieve their business objectives. The authors discuss the various ingredients needed to deliver perfect customer experiences. Ingredients to define and design the optimal experience, but they also offer a description of what is needed in the organization for them to be able to deliver and manage that desired experience. They show how front runners worldwide have optimized their customer experience, and what other companies could learn from that. A book that will definitively inspire you to improve your own customer experience!

Ruthlessly focus on what's convenient for customers, not what's convenient for you

Ninety percent of dissatisfied clients will take their business elsewhere and never tell you why. However, ninety-five percent will become loyal customers again if their needs and problems are addressed and remedied.

Speaker and salesperson Michael Aun shares these secrets and many more in "It's the Customer, Stupid ," a guide to growing any business by gaining new customers, and, more importantly, by keeping the ones you have happy and coming back for more. This fun-to-read book explains common myths about sales and customer satisfaction, starting with the fact that most businesses think they're customer-centric, but they just aren't.Get proven steps to REALLY put your customer at the center of what you doDistinguish your business from the competition by understanding the principle that good sales ARE good serviceAuthor received the Toastmasters "World Championship of Public Speaking" award and is also a full-time businessman practicing what he preaches daily

"It's the Customer, Stupid " reveals key actions that will shake up your business approach. Your customers will love you for them, and you'll love the effect on sales

'Put this on your bookshelf and in your classroom! This is a comprehensive guide to understanding and managing customer relationships from two top scholars and educators.'Dr Linda L PriceUniversity of Wyoming, andEditor, Journal of Consumer ResearchCustomer relationship marketing (CRM) opportunities are embedded in the entire customer journey spanning several touch points across all stages including prepurchase, purchase, and postpurchase stage. Customer relationship marketing evolved from traditional marketing concept and has broadened its scope today, intersecting with the following domains, namely customer buying behavior process models, customer satisfaction and loyalty, service quality, customer relationship management tools and strategies, customer centricity, and customer engagement activities. A comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook, Customer Relationship Marketing: Theoretical and Managerial Perspectives is organized as follows:

SugarCRM is an innovative customer relationship management software solution that enhances your company's marketing effectiveness, drives sales performance, improves customer satisfaction, and provides executive insight into business performance. "SugarCRM For Dummies" will show you to take advantage of this free, open source CRM application to boost your sales and please your customers.

This guide helps you choose the flavor of Sugar you need, acquire and deploy it, set up accounts and contacts, and organize your day. You'll first learn how to install SugarCRM, customize user preferences, create databases, and import contacts from other software. Next, you'll discover how to extend SugarCRM's capabilities to meet needs unique to your business. You'll also find out how to: Schedule appointments, link them to records and notes, and organize your sales opportunitiesBuild campaigns, track their success, and grow your contact list with Web-to-lead formsManage customer issues and forums to exterminate software bugsSend e-newsletters and automate customer e-mail communication with templatesTake advantage of a complete recipe book for SugarCRM administratorsImprove sales performance with SugarCRMProvide great service to your customersDevelop searchable libraries and FAQsCreate and share documents

"SugarCRM For Dummies" will get you quickly up to speed on this customer relationship management software so you can enhance your business.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Electronic Customer Care (ECC) ist seit Erscheinen der zweiten Auflage ein Bestseller fur Softwareanbieter geworden. Unter dem Begriff Customer Relationship Management (CRM) bieten boomende Firmen Losungen zur Optimierung der Kundenprozesse an. Sie werben mit hoher Kundenzufriedenheit und reduzierten Kosten. Auch traditionelle Softwaregiganten beginnen, Losungen im Bereich Marketing, Sales und Service zu vermarkten. Fur viele Unternehmen allerdings ist die Reorganisation der sogenannten Front-Office-Prozesse Neuland. Auf was mussen Unternehmen achten, wenn sie CRM-Projekte starten? Wichtig ist es, vom Kundenbedurfnis auszugehen und die Kundenbeziehung ganzheitlich zu betrachten. Das Buch abstrahiert die Kundenbeziehung anhand des Customer Buying Cycles und schafft so einen neutralen Orientierungsrahmen fur CRM-Projekte. Die dritte Auflage nimmt neue Themen wie e-Marktplatze in die Betrachtungen auf und bietet einen aktuellen Uberblick uber fuhrende CRM-Anbieter."

Proponents applaud location-based advertising as a way to bridge the gap between online and physical customer experiences and promote impulse purchases. Skeptics question whether location-based marketing (LBM) will cause consumer burn-out and violate consumer privacy if the data that is gathered through LBM is not used, shared, protected, and stored properly. Companies engaging in LBM should take measures to ensure customer privacy through stringent opt-in policies and security safeguards. Enhancing Customer Engagement Through Location-Based Marketing presents the main techniques of geo-marketing, introduces the idea of a "geo-marketing mix," and develops the mobile marketing concept based on geolocation techniques. Covering key topics such as data management, augmented location, and mobile targeting, this premier reference source is ideal for business owners, entrepreneurs, managers, marketers, policymakers, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.

How Service Orientation Will Change Your Business

"The real value of this book is that it makes SOA and Web services, which are critical and business-transforming, crystal-clear to the layman, both business and IT leaders. The book stays focused on the real-world issues facing business and government institutions today. In an industry full of experts of many stripes, Ron and Jason are the real thing: savvy, experienced, and realistic. They have produced a must-read book for management."
--Paul Lipton, Senior Architect, Unicenter Web Services and Application Management Computer Associates

"This is by far the finest publication on SOA of our time. From cover to back, "Service Orient or Be Doomed " strips away the layers of confusion most IT stakeholders face when confronted with enterprise architecture, and illustrates pragmatic and practical paths towards a sustainable and efficient enterprise architecture. Both the technically savvy and the bean counters will enjoy this book that speaks to the critical points they need to understand."
--Duane A. Nickull Senior Standards Strategist, Adobe Systems, Inc. Chair, OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical Committee Vice chair, United Nations CEFACT (UN/CEFACT)

"If you're looking for a guide that's based on reality, this is it. These guys know how you can service-orient your enterprise and have the best chance of success. This book is the best SOA tool you can buy. I'm recommending it to everyone."
--Dave Linthicum, CEO, BRIDGEWERX

"Jason and Ron are experts on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and have written the first book that is aimed at helping a nontechnical businessperson understand why the SOA computing revolution is critical to business. Rather than provide a nerdy death via buzzword book, Jason and Ron take a humorous, clever, and insightful romp through this new technology and how it impacts business in general."
--Brad Feld, Mobius Venture Capital

Authors Jason Bloomberg and Ronald Schmelzer-senior analysts for highly respected IT advisory and analysis firm ZapThink-say it all in the title of their new book, "Service Orient or Be Doomed : How Service Orientation Will Change Your Business." That is, if you fail to service orient your company, you will fail in competing with the organizations that do.

This provocative new book takes service orientation out of its more familiar technological surroundings within service-oriented architecture and introduces it as a philosophy that advocates its rightful place within a business context, redefining it as a new way of thinking about organizing your business and its processes.

Informal, challenging, and intelligent in style, "Service Orient or Be Doomed : How Service Orientation Will Change Your Business" shows you how you can best use technology resources to meet your company's business goals and empower your company to go from "stuck" to "competitive."