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Managing customer profitability with Martha Rogers

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From a customer's point of view, the customer service representative (CSR) is the "face" of the company, and everything they say and do during a customer interaction has a positive (or negative) effect on customer satisfaction and customer profitability. In the May installment of Creating Customer Value, a podcast series with Peppers and Rogers, Martha Rogers takes questions from readers and explains how CSRs impact customer profitability every time they interact with a customer. Listen to Martha's podcast for best practices on building customer profitability through CSRs and tips for treating each customer as an individual.

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    Named one of the nineteen most important business gurus of the past century by Business 2.0 Magazine, Martha Rogers, Ph.D., is a founding partner of Peppers & Rogers Group. Marth has been recognized for the past decade as one of the world's leading experts on customer-based business strategies and growing customer value.

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  • 00:45 What effect does up-selling and cross-selling have on customer satisfaction? While up-selling and cross-selling can build customer profitability, is it worth negatively impacting customer satisfaction?


  • 02:30 As a call center manager, what can I do to put the right information in the hands of agents so they can increase customer profitability?


  • 04:10 I just started work at a call center where we are encouraged to build profitable customer relationships. Do you have any tips for using my time on the phone with customers effectively?


  • 05:35 Should customer service representatives be assigned to specific customers, allowing them to establish a relationship and provide more personalized service? How might this strategy affect customer profitability?
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