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Inbound CertificationBrought to you by HubSpot Academy
The Pillars of Delight
Professor: Mark Kilens
CLASS 12
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1WHY CUSTOMER DELIGHT IS SO IMPORTANT
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Most businesses spend the majority of their money and time on acquiring customers.
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The best table.
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8% of companies surveyed said they currently provide a ‘very integrated’ customer experience.
SOURCE: Econsultancy/CACI Integrated Customer Experience Report.
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“Customer service shouldn’t just be a department, it should be the entire company.”
- Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
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58% of companies say they are just now developing a strategy for delivering an integrated customer experience.
SOURCE: Econsultancy/CACI Integrated Customer Experience Report.
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65% of consumers surveyed said they’ve cut ties with a brand over a single poor customer service experience.
SOURCE: 2014 Parature State of Multichannel Customer Service Survey
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“Customer Experience is the new marketing. If you don’t have a passionate, committed executive leadership team … you won’t get out of the gate unless you have that. It’s the most important thing we do. We have the most demanding customers on the planet. Customer Experience better be at the top of your list when it comes to priorities in your organization.”
- Steve Cannon, President & CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA
Mercedes Benz CEO: Customer Experience is the New Marketing
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2 HOW TO DELIGHT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
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Building trust is core to
customer delight.
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Customer delight is not just a post-sale activity.Delight should be a priority both pre- and post-sale. Trust can be built at every interaction.
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1 Innovation
2 Communication
3 Education
THE THREE PILLARS OF DELIGHT
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INNOVATION Change is better than the status quo.Innovate to serve people with the right products.
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COMMUNICATIONPersonal is better than impersonal.Communicate to help people.
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EDUCATIONEmpowering is better than ignoring.Educate people to grow their knowledge.
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‘It’s everyone’s job to delight customers.’
@MarkKilens
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“If we all have a shared and beneficial outcome in serving our customer, we have a unified place where all our interests converge. Success is not defined by our own personal and business line goals; success is in the eyes of the customer.”
- General John E. Michel
10 Leadership Lessons From U.S. Commanding General John E. Michel – Huffington Post
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The customer's experience is formed by every interaction.
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82% of consumers say the number one factor that leads to a great customer service experience is having their issues resolved quickly.
SOURCE: Live Person
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Solve problems
Be yourself
THE CUSTOMER DELIGHT CHECKLIST
Provide recommendations
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Team members should be problem solvers.
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THE SEVEN CUSTOMER DELIGHT GUIDELINES.3
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WHEN SHOULD YOU START TO FOCUS ON BUILDING TRUST WITH PEOPLE?
A. From the very first moment someone interacts with your business
B. From the moment they become a customer
C. At the beginning of the sales process
D. After they have used your product or service
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WHEN SHOULD YOU START TO FOCUS ON BUILDING TRUST WITH PEOPLE?
A. From the very first moment someone interacts with your business
B. From the moment they become a customer
C. At the beginning of the sales process
D. After they have used your product or service
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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“Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.”
-Simon Sinek
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Your hiring methodology is critical to delightingyour customers.
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CREATE A HIRING METHODOLOGY
• Skills
• Culture fit
• Beliefs
• Experience
• Ideas
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Test for Culture FitCreate a set of culture-specific interview questions, have the interviewee meet with multiple people, and create pre-hire culture immersion experiences.
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Hire for character, train for skill.
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Every small interaction makes a difference, because they create the larger experience.
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• Team members should be using your product or service
• Implement a new hire training program
• Develop on-going training programs
• Educate them by doing, not by way of lecture or presentation
• Share stories of what great customer service resembles
• Share examples of what solving for the customer looks like
• Everyone at your business should be educating other team members
HOW YOU CAN EDUCATE TEAM MEMBERS
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Mercedes Benz invited all of their 23,000 team members to drive their cars and attend immersion sessions to learn about the company’s history and manufacturing.
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Develop principles that your team members live by.Principles create autonomy and empower people to make decisions on their own.
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• Execute with excellence
• Educate with passion
• Create a consistent learning experience
• Seek out company-wide collaboration
• Provide outstanding customer service
• Always be learning
• Never settle
* Stay weird
HUBSPOT ACADEMY PRINCIPLES
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Let the personalities of your team members shine through.You hired them correctly, so set them free.
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Your team members are the face of your business.
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happen when team members exceed expectations by going above and beyond a typical recommendation.
MAGIC MOMENTS
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Silence is your friend. Follow the 80/20 rule.
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Listen,acknowledge, and empathize.
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USE SOCIAL MONITORING AS A LISTENING TOOL
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Measure and track all interactions.This will help you improve the customer experience.
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Why data?Data improves how you execute the pillars of delight and ensures you’re always challenging the status quo.
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Go exploring with customers.Ask questions to learn more about their problem or goal.
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Pay attention to verbal and non-verbal communication.
Facial expressions, vocal rhythm, and body language will help you better understand the person’s problem or question.
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Your priority should be to serve people.Serve your website visitors, leads, customers, promoters – and most importantly, your team members.
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Everyone at your business should be able to
identify a customer by their persona.
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“The businesses who are the best educators will be the most successful.”
@MarkKilens
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Serve, delight, and educate with content.
Companies who excel at educational content:
• Apple: In-person and online
• Home Depot: In-person and online
• Whole Foods: In-person and online
• Williams-Sonoma: Online
• Wistia: Online
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WILLIAMS-SONOMA
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HOME DEPOT
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HUBSPOT CUSTOMER STORIES
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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Resolve all of their problems.
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Be on time.Set the right time expectations and don’t take longer than you promised.
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USE RECIPROCITYRespond to one positive action with another.
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Use email workflows to follow-up with customers after they purchase.
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HUBSPOT & SURVEYMONKEY
• Net promoter score
• Buyer persona data
• Event feedback
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It's not what you say, but how you make them feelthat creates a lasting relationship.
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1 Delighting team members
2 Educating team members
3 Empowering team members
4 Listening
5 Asking
6 Serving
7 Following up
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