Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Effortless Experience: Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty Hardcover - 2013
by Dixon, Matthew
- Used
Description
NZ$11.69
FREE Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 5 to 10 days
More Shipping Options
Ships from Dog-Eared Books (North Carolina, United States)
Details
- Title The Effortless Experience: Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty
- Author Dixon, Matthew
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 8/13/13
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Portfolio
- Date 2013-09-12
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4E5OAW001I8D
- ISBN 9781591845812 / 1591845815
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.36 x 0.92 in (23.50 x 16.15 x 2.34 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Customer relations, Customer loyalty
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013017449
- Dewey Decimal Code 658.812
About Dog-Eared Books North Carolina, United States
Biblio member since 2021
We are a small, woman-owned bookstore located in North Carolina. We sell quality used books and related items on Amazon, Bookshop.org, Etsy, and our business website: dogearedbooksnc.com.
Summary
Everyone knows that the best way to create customer loyalty is with service so good, so over the top, that it surprises and delights. But what if everyone is wrong?
In their acclaimed bestseller The Challenger Sale, Matthew Dixon and his colleagues at CEB busted many longstanding myths about sales. Now they’ve
turned their research and analysis to a new vital business subjectcustomer loyaltywith a new book that turns the conventional wisdom on its head.
The idea that companies must delight customers by exceeding service expectations is so entrenched that managers rarely even question it. They devote untold time, energy, and resources to trying to dazzle people and inspire their undying loyalty. Yet CEB’s careful research over five years and tens of thousands of respondents proves that the dazzle factor” is wildly overratedit simply doesn’t predict repeat sales, share of wallet, or positive wordof-mouth. The reality:
Loyalty is driven by how well a company delivers on its basic promises and solves day-to-day problems, not on how spectacular its service experience might be. Most customers don’t want to be wowed”; they want an effortless experience. And they are far more likely to punish you for bad service than to reward you for good service.
The idea that companies must delight customers by exceeding service expectations is so entrenched that managers rarely even question it. They devote untold time, energy, and resources to trying to dazzle people and inspire their undying loyalty. Yet CEB’s careful research over five years and tens of thousands of respondents proves that the dazzle factor” is wildly overratedit simply doesn’t predict repeat sales, share of wallet, or positive wordof-mouth. The reality:
Loyalty is driven by how well a company delivers on its basic promises and solves day-to-day problems, not on how spectacular its service experience might be. Most customers don’t want to be wowed”; they want an effortless experience. And they are far more likely to punish you for bad service than to reward you for good service.
If you put on your customer hat rather than your manager or marketer hat, this makes a lot of sense. What do you really want from your cable company, a free month of HBO when it screws up or a fast, painless restoration of your connection? What about your bankdo you want free cookies and a cheerful smile, even a personal relationship with your teller? Or just a quick in-and-out transaction and an easy way to get a refund when it accidentally overcharges on fees?
The Effortless Experience takes readers on a fascinating journey deep inside the customer experience to reveal what really makes customers loyaland disloyal. The authors lay out the four key pillars of a low-effort customer experience, along the way delivering robust data, shocking insights and profiles of companies that are already using the principles revealed by CEB’s research, with great results. And they include many tools and templates you can start applying right away to improve service, reduce costs, decrease customer churn, and ultimately generate the elusive loyalty that the dazzle factor” fails to deliver.
The rewards are there for the taking, and the pathway to achieving them is now clearly marked.