Service Communication

Text Box: Avoid Common Mistakes 1. Brief staff before going external – don’t let them read it in the papers or hear news from customers 2. Communicate with your customers – don’t assume they will notice the changes 3. Ensure consistency in messaging across different media  As the topic of Customer Service moves from backroom to boardroom, organisations are starting to view it as a credible differentiator.  Whilst many of them only tend to communicate with their customers when they have fixed a customer service issue, not enough shout from the rooftops when they receive a complement.

Once a successful customer service improvement programme has been launched and implemented it’s important to let your customers know about it. These key audiences are likely to range from your staff and senior executives, to customers, suppliers and, in some cases, the media.

Regardless of the level of communication it is imperative to first develop a communications plan to ensure consistency in key messages and activity.

A well thought out and structured communications plan is essential to ensure that you know:

 

How can Viewpoint help?

Viewpoint has worked with many organisations to help them design and deliver campaigns to communicate their customer service achievements. We have experience in producing: 

 

What will be delivered?

The main output of this phase is a concise communication plan outlining what you are going to say and to whom; how you are going to say it and when. Furthermore, the plan itself will have been partly implemented, if not completely delivered, and, on completion, you will be in a position to measure its impact on your key audiences.

 

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