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3 steps:
! 1. Identify your (Target) customer
! 2. Develop (Loyalty) via Customer Service
! 3. Improve your (Focus) through delegation
At the end of the day you need to fulfill a customer want - that fundamental principal remains constant
4. “who has trusted us”
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Jim Siegienski Marc A. Wolfe
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Marc Wolfe is an executive coach and technology strategist at Marc A. Wolfe Enterprises. What he’s
learned from the companies he has consulted is the similarities between big and small business issues.
Jim Siegienski is currently the Chief Technology Officer at iQuantifi - a tech startup focusing on helping
people reach their financial goals - based in Nashville. While Marc has consulted these companies, Jim
has been an employee viewing and working through these issues internally. He has worked at both
small and large companies.
Though we don’t work together we’ve had similar business experiences. We’ve taken these insights
and combined them to provide a new perspective.
5. To be sure of hitting the target,
shoot first, and call whatever you hit
the target
-Ashleigh Brilliant
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we can do what this says... *sigh*
6. Target
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The first step is identifying your target customer
Identify key clients : positive interactions, repeat purchases, referrals - fans
Tune your efforts. Marlboro story.
demographics : age, patterns, income, lifestyle
Want to know what they’re thinking - ask... via a survey!
Get your top loyal customer and form an advisory committee... face to face - let them help, they may
do it purely because they believe what you believe. You may not need to pay them. People fly out to
Lego to help work with the company... covering their own costs! That’s loyalty!
Summary:
*** Facebook Company page, SurveyMonkey or FluidSurveys with Incentive, Face to Face or Skype
advisory board
7. Your most unhappy customers are
your greatest source of learning.
– Bill Gates
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Who knows better about unhappy customers than Microsoft
8. Loyalty
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The second step: Build loyalty with great customer service
there will be customer issues. You can use this to turn customers around to become fans. Why are
your customers leaving? If you don’t have customer service, you will never find out. A local online
pizza order almost ended in disaster except they had a phone number to call.
have a phone # for people to reach a live person
You have opportunity to get feedback (value) - most have to pay for this information. Customers that
are upset actually care, that’s why they’re contacting you! Face up to your issues - have a solution for
known issues - go beyond normal support and be fanatical - you’ll get a fan!
Empower the rep to handle the issue. Don’t let the customer hop from phone to phone.
It’s not just the solution, it’s the speed to resolution
All the effort just brings the customer back to ground zero - they would have been better off with the
competitor but they called. super serve and bring them to another level.
Summary:
*** have a phone number, have a remedy for known issues, empower the customer service rep
9. There is nothing so useless as doing
efficiently that which should not be
done at all.
-Peter Drucker
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I’ve heard it said that the biggest failure in life is to be awesome... at the wrong thing!
Drucker is the Father of Modern Management
10. Focus
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The third step: improve your focus through delegation
Strong leader learns when and to whom to hand off tasks. You are the bottleneck until you learn how
to enable others to help you. you have key skills that are uniquely yours as leader of your
organization. There are other things you do that distract from those key areas. These are tasks that
are best left to others who specialize there.
There is a difference between ‘could’ and ‘should’. There are things you can do that others cannot -
these you keep. You can do these things but others can do them too, any maybe are better equipped.
These are perfect to delegate.
A local business was growing and started losing customers because the founder changed their focus
from their key value.
When delegating be sure to set expectations and measure results. Establish boundaries - cap hours,
define results - in order to get results you want to free you to focus on your passion.
Virtual Assistants are a great resource. They aren’t employees - they help get things done.
There’s interns - I’ve hired 6 different interns - they were amazingly reliable and savvy.
Web applications to leverage your time - document management, project management - there are
tons of them.
Summary:
*** delegate distractions, set expectations and measure results, use services (web applications,
VA, intern)
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Do these things...
1. identify your target customer
2. develop loyalty via customer service
3. improve your focus through delegation
...and you will stand out and win!
12. ?
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question #1 - I can’t afford an assistant or VA?
You can’t afford not to - hire just a few hours to get more done. There’s a key factor here in learning to let go of
some tasks.
question #2 - I’m just one person, I can’t answer the phone so what do I do?
If you can’t do these yet, have a system in place that’s the next best thing. FAQ, Knowledge base, website
explaining current issues, live chat.
14. Jim Siegienski Marc A. Wolfe
@JimSiegienski @marcAwolfe
#pcn13oldschool
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02:30 m: Welcome! we’re going to take some forgotten and underutilized ideas and show how to incorporate them into your business
03:00 j: 3 steps - 1. Identify your (Target) customer 2. Develop (Loyalty) via Customer Service 3. Improve your (Focus) through delegation m: at the end of the day you need to fulfill a customer need - that fundamental principal remains constant
04:00 m: What I’ve learned from the companies I’ve consulted is the similarities between big and small business issues. My name is Marc Wolfe... executive coach and technology strategist at Marc A. Wolfe Enterprises j: While Marc has consulted these companies, I’ve been an employee viewing and working through this issues internally. I’ve worked at small and large companies and am currently the Chief Technology Officer at iQuantifi - a tech startup focusing on helping people reach their financial goals -pause- based in Nashville. m: Though we don’t work together we’ve had similar business experiences. We’ve taken these insights and combined them to provide a new perspective.
04:30 m: we can do what this says...
11:30 *** Facebook Company page, FluidSurveys with Incentive, Face to Face [skype] (advisory board) J: the first step is identifying your target customer m: identify key clients : positive interactions, repeat purchases, referrals - fans tune your efforts demographics : age, patterns, income, lifestyle j: want to know what they’re thinking - ask... via a survey ! m: get your top loyal customer and form an advisory committee... face to face - let them help, they may do it purely because they believe what you believe. You may not need to pay them. Lego story. j:summarize the key points
12:00 m: who knows better about unhappy customers than Microsoft
19:00 *** have a phone number, have a remedy for known issues, empower the customer service rep j: the second step : Build loyalty with great customer service there will be customer issues. You can use this to turn customers around to become fans. why are your customers leaving? If you don’t have customer service, you will never find out. phone number pizza story - almost lost customer step 1- having a phone # for people to reach a live person m: you have opportunity to get feedback (value) - most have to pay for this information customers that are upset actually care, that’s why they’re contacting you! face up to your issues - have a solution for known issues - go beyond normal support and be fanatical - you’ll get a fan j: empower the rep to handle the issue don’t let the customer hop from phone to phone it’s not just the solution, it’s the speed to resolution m: all the effort just brings the customer back to ground zero - they would have been better off with the competitor but they called. super serve and bring them to another level. m: summarize - three key points
19:30 j: I’ve heard it said that the biggest failure in life is to be awesome... at what you shouldn’t have been doing in the first place. j: Drucker is the Father of Modern Management
26:30 *** delegate distractions, set expectations and measure results, use services (web applications, VA, intern) m: the third step : improve your focus through delegation strong leader learns when and to whom to hand off tasks. You are the bottleneck until you learn how to enable others to help you. you have key skills that are uniquely yours as leader of your organization. There are other things you do that distract from those key areas. These are tasks that are best left to others who specialize there. There is a difference between ‘could’ and ‘should’. There are things you can do that others cannot - these you keep. You can do these things but others can do them too, any maybe are better equipped. These are perfect to delegate. j: When delegating be sure to set expectations and measure results. Establish boundaries - cap hours, define results - in order to get results you want to free you to focus on your passion. m: Virtual Assistants are a great resource. They aren’t employees - they help get things done. There’s interns - I’ve hired 6 different interns - they were amazingly reliable and savvy. j: web applications to leverage your time - document management, project management - there are tons of them. j: summarize - three key points
27:00 m: do these things... m 1. identify your target customer j 2. develop loyalty via customer service m 3. improve your focus through delegation you will stand out and win
30:00 always repeat questions stock #1 - I can’t afford an assistant or VA? you can’t afford not to - hire just a few hours to get more done. There’s a key factor here in learning to let go of some tasks. stock #2 - I’m just one person, I can’t answer the phone so what do I do? If you can’t do these yet, have a system in place that’s the next best thing. FAQ, Knowledge base, website explaining current issues, live chat. stock #3 - can I get the slides? go to next slide...