Accredited Africa Training Institute for Capacity Development

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Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty

Why Attend

This course fits comfortably between two categories: customer service and marketing. Have you ever wondered what makes some organizations shine in the hearts and minds of customers, achieve the highest levels of customer delight and at the same time generate record profits? In this course, we blend customer service and marketing to give practical insight into the workings of such successful organizations. We cover concepts such as customer satisfaction and loyalty, customer segmentation, profitability, customer satisfaction surveys, customer value proposition, and loyalty schemes, to help you create a roadmap that will take your organization to new heights.

Course Methodology

This course relies on presentations by the consultant followed by written or oral questions as well as case studies and analysis of real industry examples, application exercises to practice the concepts acquired and the development by participants of survey questionnaires in addition to other group presentations and exercises.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain customer satisfaction, retention, and loyalty and measure them in a meaningful and systematic way
  • Defend the use of a profitability dimension to any customer loyalty strategy
  • Arrange, plan and manage impactful customer satisfaction surveys
  • Define customer segments, profiles, and models for maximum strategic as well as the tactical impact
  • Create ‘customer value propositions’ that work
  • Develop effective loyalty schemes: know what to avoid and how to improve them

Target Audience

All marketing staff at any level in the organization, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) departments, market research, loyalty scheme managers and supervisors, product managers, business unit managers, sales managers and supervisors, customer care managers and supervisors, analysts and any interested decision-maker, department head or supervisor.

Target Competencies

  • Customer orientation
  • Balanced decision making
  • Results orientation
  • Understanding a prospect’s motivation
  • Integrative ability
  • Problem and situation analysis

Location:

South Africa

Training Dates:

Each course starts every Monday of each week. Please book your training on a date that is a Monday.

Course Duration:

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Course Fees

Note: Please fill in the online application form on the left or bottom if this page to receive a quotation with detailed pricing from AATICD.

How to Apply:

To Apply Simply Fill in the Online Enquiries / Applications form on the Right Sidebar or Bottom of this website https://www.aaticd.co.za

NB: Terms and Conditions for Payment and Refunds

1.1. Full payment for the training workshop must be made at least 5 days before the scheduled workshop date.

1.2. Payment can be made via bank transfer, credit card, or any other agreed-upon method.

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2. Cancellation and Refund Policy

2.1. Cancellations made 30 days or more before the workshop date will be eligible for a full refund, minus any administrative fees.

2.2. Cancellations made 15 to 29 days before the workshop date will be eligible for a 50% refund of the total payment.

2.3. Cancellations made less than 14 days before the workshop date will not be eligible for a refund.

2.4. Participants who fail to attend the workshop without prior notice will not be eligible for a refund.

3. Rescheduling

3.1. If a participant wishes to reschedule, a request must be submitted at least 14 days in advance, subject to availability.

3.2. A rescheduling fee may apply.

4. Workshop Cancellation by the Organizer

4.1. AATICD reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the workshop due to unforeseen circumstances, including but not limited to low enrolment, trainer unavailability, or force majeure events.

4.2. In the event of cancellation by AATICD, participants will be offered a full refund or the option to attend a rescheduled session.

4.3. AATICD is not responsible for any additional costs incurred by participants, such as travel or accommodation expenses.

5. Refund Processing

5.1. Approved refunds will be processed within 7 business days from the date of cancellation approval.

5.2. Refunds will be issued using the original payment method unless otherwise agreed.

6. Contact Information

For any questions regarding payments and refunds, please contact us at:

Email: apply@aaticd.co.za

Phone: +27 73 016 5042

By registering for the workshop, participants agree to abide by these terms and conditions.

In-House Trainings are also available for 3 or more delegates for any duration. Please consult with our Administration for such In-House training bookings.


Course Outline

  • Key definitions
    • Customer satisfaction, retention, loyalty, and delight
    • Levels of loyalty
    • Customer satisfaction and loyalty
    • Customer delight
  • Key loyalty measurements
    • Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) and Customer Retention Rate (CRR)
    • Profit impact of CRR
    • Customer life expectancy
    • Customer loyalty index
  • Loyalty and profits
    • The cost of loyalty
    • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) shortfall
    • Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
    • Customer profitability and the whale curve
    • Customer profitability at best practice companies
    • The strategy quadrants
  • Customer satisfaction surveys
    • Surveys and questionnaires
      • The objective of the survey
      • Population of interest
      • Writing the questions
      • Sampling methods
      • Administration and analysis
    • Customer surveys guidelines
    • Different survey metrics
    • Types of satisfaction surveys: transactional versus image-based satisfaction surveys
    • Who and what to measure
    • How to ask
    • Loyalty components
    • The importance of demographics
  • Segmenting your customers
    • Attitudinal and behavioral dimensions
    • Demographic variables, consumer and business
    • Customer profiling
    • Customer modeling
    • Types of business customers (B2B)
  • Key to loyalty: a ‘customer value proposition’ that works
    • The value proposition: definitions
    • Why a value proposition
    • Building the value proposition
    • Articulating the value proposition
    • The strong value proposition: conclusion
  • Customer loyalty and loyalty schemes
    • How to foster loyalty
    • The 6 Ps of customer loyalty
    • The two-tier approach
    • The laws of customer loyalty
    • Loyalty schemes: background and justification
    • Loyalty schemes: what to avoid
    • Types of loyalty programs
    • Reasons to join
    • Different loyalty schemes
    • Rewards and perceived value
    • Maximizing the results

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