Customer delight

Customer delight means surprising a customer by exceeding their expectations and thus creating a positive emotional reaction. This emotional reaction leads to word of mouth. Customer delight directly affects the sales and profitability of a company, as it helps to distinguish the company and its products and services from the competition.[1][2] In the past customer satisfaction has been seen as a key performance indicator. Customer satisfaction measures the extent to which the expectations of a customer are met (compared to expectations being exceeded). However, it has been discovered that mere customer satisfaction does not create brand loyalty nor does it encourage positive word of mouth.

Customer delight can be created by the product itself, by accompanied standard services and by interaction with people at the front line. The interaction is the greatest source of opportunities to create delight as it can be personalized and tailored to the specific needs and wishes of the customer.[3] During contacts with touch points in the company, more than just customer service can be delivered. The person at the front line can surprise by showing a sincere personal interest in the customer, offer small attentions that might please or find a solution specific to particular needs. Those front-line employees are able to develop a relationship between the customer and the brand. Elements in creating motivated staff are: recruiting the right people, motivating them continuously and leading them in a clear way.[4][5]

Purpose of customer delight

There are three objectives when implementing Customer Delight:

  1. make customers loyal. As described by Sewell,[6] that finding new customers costs 4 to 9 times more time and money than reselling to an existing client. It is thus commercially intelligent to retain as many clients as possible.[7]
  2. have customers that are more profitable. Average delighted customers spend more with less hassle. As can be seen with the list of Van Setten,[8] when all other elements are correct, clients accord less importance to price (as long as their perception of price remains reasonable).
  3. have clients talk positively about your product, brand or shop, the so-called word of mouth. In a world of informed customers, 92% of customers consider word of mouth as the most reliable source of information.[9] Delighted clients can be a valuable source of advertisement for a company.

The effect of achieving those objectives, according to Reichheld & Markey[10] as described in The Ultimate Question 2.0,[11] only 9% of the world's major firms achieve real sustainable profit and growth over 10- year period from 1999 to 2009. Customer Delight is the only kind of growth that can be sustained over the long term according to Reichheld and Markey. The authors mention that their company Bain & Company have researched and concluded that a 5% increase in customer retention could yield anywhere between 25% and 100% increase in profits. The book explains the Net Promoter Score; a system which measures what customers are feeling and thus creating accountability for the customer experience.

In order to consistently deliver Customer Delight at all customer touch points throughout the company, a customer-centric corporate culture is key. With this corporate culture all processes, systems, people and leadership are aligned: everyone in the organization shares the same set of values, attitudes and practices. Developing the culture is a continuous exercise of innovation and improvement, involving every employee of the company.[12][13] An absolutely necessary step is linking Customer Delight behaviour to the core values of the brand.[14] Core values are operating principles that guide an organization's internal conduct as well as its relationship with customers, partners and shareholders. Once core values are clearly outlined it is critical to incorporate them into every process, from hiring, to employee appraisals and decision making.

See also

References

  1. ^ Gross, Scott (2004). Positively Outrageous Service. How to delight and astound your customers and win them for life. USA: Dear Born Trade Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7931-8823-9.
  2. ^ Seth, Rakesh Seth, Kirti (2005). Creating customer delight : the how and why of CRM. New Delhi: Response Books. p. 19. ISBN 9780761932963.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Carlzon, Jan; [foreword by Tom Peters] (1989). Moments of truth (Repr. ed.). New York: Perennial Library. p. 2. ISBN 0060915803.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Hsieh, Tony (2010). Delivering happiness : a path to profits, passion, and purpose (1st ed.). New York: Business Plus. pp. 144, 145. ISBN 9780446563048.
  5. ^ Michelli, Joseph (8 September 2011). The Zappos experience : 5 principles to inspire, engage, and wow. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 136. ISBN 9780071749589.
  6. ^ Sewell, Carl; Brown, Paul B. (2002-11-19). Customers for Life: How to Turn That One-Time Buyer Into a Lifetime Customer: Carl Sewell, Paul B. Brown: 9780385504454: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 0385504454.
  7. ^ Sewell, Carl; Brown, Paul B. (2002). Customers for life : how to turn that onetime buyer into a lifetime customer (Rev. ed.). New York: Doubleday. p. 13. ISBN 9780385504454.
  8. ^ De klantenfluisteraar door J. (Jan) van Setten (Boek). Managementboek.nl. ISBN 9789082799965. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  9. ^ "Global Consumers' Trust in 'Earned' Advertising Grows in Importance". Nielsen. Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  10. ^ "Bain & Company: Net Promoter System - Fred Reichheld". Netpromotersystem.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  11. ^ "Bain & Company: NET PROMOTER SYSTEM - About The Ultimate Question 2.0". Netpromotersystem.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
  12. ^ Gallo, Carmine (2012). The Apple experience : the secrets of delivering insanely great customer service (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 25. ISBN 978-0071793209.
  13. ^ Ron Kaufman Uplifting Service: the proven path to delighting your customers, colleagues, and everyone else you meet. [New York, NY]: Evolve Publishing. 2012. pp. 22, 23, 24, 25. ISBN 978-0984762507.
  14. ^ Michelli, Joseph (8 September 2011). The Zappos experience : 5 principles to inspire, engage, and wow. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 48. ISBN 9780071749589.

Bibliography

  • Spoil 'em Rotten!, Five-Star Customer Delight in Action by Jane & Ted Coine, ISBN 9780595424122
  • The Ultimate Question 2.0 (revised and expanded edition): How Net Promoter Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World, ISBN 978-1422173350
  • The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, ISBN 978-0-07-154833-5
  • "You make the difference", by Marieke van der Laan & Johannes van de Water, ISBN 978-94-6228-410-4

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