You are leaving me? Who will I call at your firm? I’m lost without you You lost your champion at one of your key clients. Maybe they retired, maybe they went and found a new job, either way, it’s not easy. You’ve spent years working with *THAT* person. You know their kid’s favorite sports, their […]
Author: Ryan Suydam
Overcoming Obstacles to Cross-Selling
“We’re leaving revenue on the table.” “Do your clients even know we offer other services?” “The more services we offer to our clients, the deeper our relationship will be.” Do any of these statements sound familiar? Although cross-selling can be an easy way to increase revenue, lower marketing costs, and extend your firm’s relationships deeper […]
Client Experience is like a colonoscopy?
You may think, what? I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true. I read an article recently that shared research from Dr. Daniel Kahneman’s “Peak/End” study and supported ensuring that each of your client’s interactions with your team is positive. In the study, Dr. Kahneman compared two groups of patients. The first group received a […]
Winning work based on relationships, not price
Most people have a go-to laundry detergent. When they need to replenish their supply, they head to the cleaning aisle, find their brand of choice, and put it into their cart without a second thought. Have you ever asked someone why they use the brand they use? Sometimes the answer is “it’s cheapest,” but most […]
Is User Pause impacting your CX strategy?
35,000. That’s how many decisions the average adult makes in one day. Some of them will be trivial: choosing to change the channel from the evening news to Jeopardy. Some of them will be critical: choosing to swerve left to avoid the 12-point buck in the middle of the road. At some point, however, we […]
Getting Started with Client Empathy Mapping
Empathy. That’s a tough word. It might even be frightening. Don’t worry. We’ll get through this together. Client Empathy Mapping (CEM) is a fairly simple exercise that will transform your firm’s way of thinking about how you engage with your clients. It will create awareness, build value and allow you to design a framework and […]
Grow revenue with fewer clients? You Bet!
What would you say if I told you it is possible to: Reduce the number of client relationships each of your project managers must manage, Increase individual project profitability and overall revenue growth, Provide your clients with a better experience working with your firm, and Reduce the risk of key talent burnout (or worse) And, […]
Customer Success Rules!
As a customer experience professional, I get caught up in the numbers. Customer Effort Scores. C-SAT, NPS, etc. As an organizational leader, my number focus moves to profit, employee engagement, growth, etc. A BASIC OF THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE A small note on my notebook catches my attention multiple times a day. “CSR” which is my […]
Selling a Client Experience Strategy to Your Boss
Keeping Clients: Part of the Growth Equation
FIND. WIN. KEEP. In the professional services (Architecture, Engineering, Legal, Accounting, etc.) industries our focus remains on FINDING new clients (or new opportunities) and building a pursuit plan for WINNING the work. Although we think performing technically is all that is needed to delight and KEEP our clients, most clients will say that is a threshold. Keeping clients now requires a deeper […]