| TITLE : E-SERVICE: 24 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CUSTOMERS WHEN THE COMPETITION IS JUST A CLICK AWAY. |
Acknowledgments vii
Chapter 1 Remember the Klondike 1
Chapter 2 Know Your Competition-Your Real Competition 19
Chapter 3 Hockey-Stick Loyalty 35
Chapter 4 The Anatomy of Customer-Pleasing E-Service:
Seven Principles, Twenty-Four Keys 51
Chapter 5 Practice Easy-to-Do-Business-With Thinking 57
Key 1: Master the ETDBW Design Basics 60
Key 2: Start ETDBW below the Line of Visibility 71
Key 3: Make Your Systems Employee- and
Customer-Friendly 72
Chapter 6 Design for Distinction 95
Key 4: Put Your Personality into Every Touchpoint 97
Key 5: Make Emotion Part of the Memory 101
Key 6: Build in-and on-Security, Speed, and Easy
Navigation 104
Key 7: Communicate Trust through Design 106
Key 8: Build Trust from the First Click 110
Key 9: Think Hyperlog-Not Cyberstore 113
Chapter 7 Personalize the E-Experience 117
Key 10: Win Their Trust First-Ask for Info Later 129
Key 11: Personalized E-Mail to Build Trust and
Credibility 132
Key 12: Market Live CSRs as Access to Experts Who
Can Do More than Answer Questions 140
Key 13: Create Community to Add Value 146
Chapter 8 Deliver End-to-End Service 149
Key 14: Focus on Fast, Efficient Fulfillment 158
Key 15: Take the Paper out of the System 166
Chapter 9 Encourage Human Contact 181
Key 16: Make Human Contact Easy, Ample,
and Varied 183
Key 17: Understand and Manage Contact
Expectations 190
Key 18: Hire People Who Do Text and Voice Well 197
Key 19: Peg E-Service Standards to Web and
Customer Time 201
Chapter 10 Make Recovery a Point of Pride 217
Key 20: Master Service Recovery Basics 220
Key 21: Define Recovery from the Customer's
Point of View 228
Chapter 11 Build a Retention Strategy (or, out with the
Teflon, in with the Velcro) 241
Key 22: Practice Retention Planning 242
Key 23: Make the First Three Visits Memorable 246
Key 24: Use Incentives to Increase Spending 249
Chapter 12 A Seven-Lesson Crash Course in E-Service
Improvement 263
Chapter 13 The Future of the Net: Take These Predictions
to the Bank 291
Chapter 14 Browser's Guide 305
Notes 317
Additional Resources 323
Index 327
About the Authors 339