Workshop On Managing Customer For Competitive Advantage
INTRODUCTION
The
ability to find, satisfy and retain customers is at the very core of business
success. Many organizations are skilled at marketing to find and convert new
prospects. Far fewer understand how to make their customers loyal and keep them
coming back year after year.
In
this fast-paced training course in Kenya you will learn how to find and use the
right information to understand what your customers want and what will delight
them. When you know what drives loyalty, the key to success is in rigorously
providing what they want and looking for any changers in needs and
expectations. You will learn advanced tools and techniques to grow and nurture
your customer base using the best advertising of all – word of mouth.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course,
participants should be able to:
- Critically review the customer
acquisition and retention strategies of leading organisations as
benchmarks for success
- Assess and review your value
proposition for each core customer segment
- Develop a customer research
programme to discover what the critical factors are
- Understand Customer
Relationship Management systems and their value
- Align customer service
approaches and deliver consistency
- Evaluate customer feedback to
fine tune your systems
- Share appropriate data to
create a single customer view with colleagues
DURATION
5 Days
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Marketing executives and
managers who are interested in customer retention and word-of-mouth
marketing
- Anyone responsible for or
contributing significantly to the development and implementation of
customer relationships
- Managers and supervisors who
want to improve customer relationships
- Customer service professionals
COURSE CONTENT
Day One: Customer Management at the Very Heart of your Business
- Course
overview and learning objectives
- Customer
acquisition and retention – measuring their impact on profitability
- Customer
management strategies of world-leading organisations
- What
is your value proposition for each segment? Does it work?
- Assessing
the needs of your key audiences – why does it matter?
- Customer
lifetime value – identifying key customers
- Key
accounts and developing a customer-centric organisation
Day Two: Developing a Data-Led Strategy
- What
do customers really want from your organisation?
- Does
the 'customer experience' match their needs and expectations
- What
do your competitors do better or differently than you do?
- Shaping
customer expectations - perception versus reality
- Case
studies: Companies that have turned around their businesses
- 'Going
the extra mile' – what is it for your customers?
- Continuous
monitoring and research to constantly refresh your approach
Day Three: Customer Relationship Management
- Listen
and deliver on customer needs
- Re-evaluate
and realign the customer experience in line with demand
- Finding
your ‘touch points’ or ‘moments of truth’
- Managing
your ‘touch points’ to enhance the ‘customer experience’
- Leading
and motivating others to deliver superior service levels
- The
Customer Loyalty Chain
- Developing
the processes that nurture customer brand loyalty
Day Four: Measuring and Monitoring Customer Satisfaction
- Why
is measuring customer satisfaction important?
- Using
customer complaints and feedback
- CRM
software and personalization
- Using
diagnostic tools to evaluate opportunities for performance improvement
- Best
practices for recording and monitoring customer service issues
- Putting
in place processes to resolve customer dissatisfaction
- Practical
exercise: Customer service quality control checklist
- Strategies
for working with difficult and demanding customers
Day Five: Excellence in Customer Management
- The
importance of attitude, teamwork, and professional development
- Developing
a customer service training program
- Setting
SMART performance goals
- Coaching
and mentoring strategies
- Methods
to empower and motivate customer service employees
- Practical
exercise: What is your Action Plan?
- What
is your Action Plan?
- Course
review and feedback
GENERAL
NOTES
·
This course is delivered by our seasoned trainers who have
vast experience as expert professionals in the respective fields of practice.
The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group works
and case studies.
·
Training manuals and additional reference materials are
provided to the participants.
·
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will
be issued with a certificate.
·
We can also do this as tailor-made course to meet
organization-wide needs. Contact us to find out more: training@skillsforafrica.org
· The training will be conducted at SKILLS FOR AFRICA TRAINING INSTITUTE IN NAIROBI
KENYA.
· The training fee covers
tuition fees, training materials, lunch and training venue. Accommodation and
airport transfer are arranged for our participants upon request.
·
Payment should be sent to our bank account before start of
training and proof of payment sent to: training@skillsforafrica.org