{"id":123582,"date":"2024-05-24t13:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-24t17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=123582"},"modified":"2024-08-29t23:53:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30t03:53:12","slug":"service-quality-the-key-to-client-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2024\/05\/24\/service-quality-the-key-to-client-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"service quality: the key to client retention"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong><\/p>\n bonus: a list of 10 best practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n by august j. aquila<\/i> in an earlier post<\/a>, i discussed the cost that firms incur because of poor service. you may recall that the firm in question (a $7 million firm) lost $435,000 because of its poor service quality. once it realized this, it took immediate steps to improve its service quality. here are four things that became more evident to the firm:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n you won\u2019t know the client\u2019s expectations unless you ask for them. when was the last time you asked your clients what their expectations were? unless you know, you won\u2019t be able to determine if you met, exceeded or failed to meet their expectations. treat each client individually. service providers must identify at least the three service dimensions that are most important to the client and then measure how you are going against them.<\/p>\n the firm made quality service a forethought, not an afterthought. how well do you keep your service promises? if you break them, you will lose clients.<\/p>\n when it comes to service quality, there are several best practices that accounting firms can follow to ensure they consistently deliver excellent service. here are some key practices to consider:<\/p>\n remember, broken promises will cost you a lot of money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" bonus: a list of 10 best practices.<\/strong>
\nprice it right: how to value accounting services<\/i><\/a><\/p>\nmore: <\/b>calculate the cost of losing clients<\/a> | the secrets of great business developers<\/a> | dodge the four curses of a production orientation<\/a> | client acquisition never stops<\/a> | \u2018sales\u2019 is not a four-letter word<\/a> | maybe what you need is a marketing audit<\/a> | three types of marketing message, and which is best<\/a> | why you need progress billing<\/a> | five tips for cross-selling and upselling<\/a> | five keys to successful marketing<\/a>
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\nprice it right: how to value accounting services<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1331,"featured_media":120194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2271,3120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marketing","category-pro-member-exclusive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n