Offers an organizational design model for service organizations, covering such topics as funding mechanisms, employee management systems, and customer management systems.

Explains how to use social media such as Facebook and Twitter as marketing tools, describing how to communicate effectively with customers and incorporate a marketing strategy into a mix of new and old media.

"Here, drawing on revealing, honest stories from his five decades in business - the company's many successes as well as its stumbles - Koch walks the reader step-by-step through the five dimensions of Market-Based Management to show stockholders, entrepreneurs, leaders, students -- and innovators, supervisors and employees of all kinds, in any field --how to apply the principles to generate Good Profit in their organizations, companies, and lives"--...

In this fresh, original book, Steve Yastrow turns conventional sales and marketing on its head by showing what really motivates your customers: A strong relationship with your business. Both a manifesto and how-to guide, “We: The Ideal Customer Relationship” will change the way you interact with customers, and change the way your customers think about you.

In today's competitive business world, there's no place for lackluster performance, half-brilliant contributions, or low-burning customer service. When you find your SPARK you shine brilliantly against a backdrop of automation, algorithms, and autonomous cars. You realize you weren't just hired to do a job; your purpose is to surpass all expectations and create memorable moments that surprise and delight your customers. Your SPARK is what distinguishes...

Relationships are the Foundation of a Long-lasting Business… At one point or another all businesses have lost clients. The surprising truth is that 68% of those clients left because they believe the business doesn't care about them. Deb Brown shows business leaders how to be strategic and intentional in the way they show appreciation to clients and nurture relationships by using "The WOW System." Relationships are the foundation of a long-lasting...

True Stories of Winners and Losers in the Quest for Superior Service. Who wins? Who loses? It's up to you! BENCHMARK the best service innovations. (Chapter 5: Generating New Ideas) DISCOVER how to keep your customers happy, loyal and buying more. (Chapter 10: Building Up Your Business) Find out who makes the biggest mistakes in service, and what you must avoid. (Chapter 13: The Infinite Absurdity Awards) Plus many more easy-to-use insights on the...

We are in the age of the empowered customer. There are more and more customer choices, greater and greater customer demands on organizations everywhere. Your Customers want to contact you utilizing an ever-growing number of channels but still expect a continual and contextual conversation with you throughout their journey. The expectations from your customer is no longer to just resolve their issues on the first try, but instead to anticipate their...

Summary of The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen | Includes Analysis Preview: The Innovator's Dilemma contemplates the difficulties of maintaining a firm's position when faced with innovative technologies. It was first published in 1997 and remains an influential text for its descriptions of the reasons that some of the most successful firms in a given business often rapidly lose market share to new challengers. Large companies that spend...

Quality service impacts sales and returns positively. This book teaches how to be successful and profitable in your business by offering exceptional customer service and it also explains the main reason why many successful companies make excellent customer service an important element in their agenda. What you'll learn in this book will work great for business owners, entrepreneurs and training of customer service specialists. You will get to learn...