Last Updated on January 25, 2017 by Dave Schoenbeck
Only a few of you will have the courage to write out and live by a customer service pledge
This is an in-your-face example of a business that is aggressively challenging you with a commitment about their delivery. Is there a reason that you shouldn’t do the same?
If you want your customers to be your advocates and life-long referral sources follow these steps:
- Write out. display, and stand by a customer service pledge. Ensure that this is more than words. Your business needs to live by it and should be woven deeply into your business identity.
- Measure your customer delight scores. Figure out a way to survey, interpret, and share what your customers really think about your business and how well you execute. There are many easy ways to do this manually or digitally. I recommend www.surveymonkey.com.
- Pay bonuses to your leadership team for delivery of customer delight long before profits or efficiency. This takes some courage, but in the end it is the key to business longevity and profitability.
- Start every meeting with a discussion of client service pledge and results before any other metric or flavor-of-the-day business issues. Remember, lifetime customer loyalty is much more valuable than a single profitable transaction.
So, what’s in it for you as the business leader? Simply, it’s this: If you write out and live by a well done customer service pledge, the promise to your customer will be executed by your team when you aren’t there. In the end, that is a way for you to leverage your vision for your brand, while you are enjoying the amazing benefits of being the boss.
Isn’t it a great investment to make a service delight commitment to free you to work on enjoying your life? In my simple view, that’s an amazing motivator.
I am an unabashed, passionate, advocate of committing to a customer service pledge and the clear-eyed response to ensure that your pledge is executed repetitively. It has worked for my businesses and it will for you.
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Coach Dave
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