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The Best Service Is No Service, Article 1, Concept and Introduction
August 2008
Originally published in Call Centre Focus, this is the first in a series of articles looking at the principles of "Best Service"
The Best Service Is No Service, Article 2, Remove Dumb Contacts
August 2008
The second in a series published on Call Centre Focus, Peter Massey introduces chapter 2 of the serialisation of “The Best Service Is No Service”
The Best Service Is No Service, Article 3, Compelling Self Service
August 2008
The third in a series published on Call Centre Focus, Peter Massey looks at the “compelling self service” principle in more detail
Promoting Customer Satisfaction
August 2008
Government guidance on improving the customer experience in Public Services
100 things you can learn from GOOGLE
July 2008
A shortened version of our popular article "100 things you can learn from Google"
100 things you can learn about 21st Century Metrics (including our 2008 Fast+Simple survey results)
April 2008
"Are you drowning in customer feedback and metrics?"
including the 2008 Fast+Simple Survey and in conjunction with the Professional Planning Forum. Draft publication for the PPF conference
The Right Metrics
April 2008
The right customer service metrics are fundamentally a ratio between how much real value you can create and how little time, cost or transactions you need to create that value.
Why The Best Service is No Service
April 2008
In this article Peter Massey of Budd and his LimeBridge Alliance partners in the US and Australia, Bill Price and David Jaffe, look at why “The Best Service is No Service”.
Differentiation
March 2008
Another in our popular minibook series. Differentiate yourself by understanding what is frustrating your customers every day and knowing how to drive the action to change that experience.
Treating Customers Fairly
March 2008
By the end of December 2008 all firms are expected to be able to demonstrate that they are consistently treating their customers fairly. Our minibook describes how.