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In this article, Ian Mapp examines aspects of crowdsourcing in relation to customer service, and offers some tips to help you use it successfully.
October 2007
The vision of Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has been the foundation for building a robust business that puts the customer experience firmly at the heart of Amazon's operations.
August 2008
Originally published in Call Centre Focus, this is the first in a series of articles looking at the principles of "Best Service"
July 2008
A shortened version of our popular article "100 things you can learn from Google"
September 2008
August 2008
Our white paper sheds light on why Disney is so successful in repeat business and why so many customers stay loyal. The company understands both the key elements of managing customer experience design and how to brilliant basics.
August 2008
The second in a series published on Call Centre Focus, Peter Massey introduces chapter 2 of the serialisation of “The Best Service Is No Service”
September 2008
Lord Darzi's vision is to "put the patient at the heart of everything we do with the provision of healthcare". Budd's latest minibook helps all providers of healthcare services understand what this means for improving the end to end patient experience.
November 2008
Learn how Southwest Airlines makes it fast and simple. A focus on brilliant basics which are clear, well-designed and consistently communicated across the company.
August 2008
The third in a series published on Call Centre Focus, Peter Massey looks at the “compelling self service” principle in more detail
September 2008
Methods for capturing and acting on the voice of the customer often fall short of what’s needed to drive effective business change. Get it right, however, and the benefits to the customer and the business can be enormous.
April 2008
"Are you drowning in customer feedback and metrics?"
including the 2008 Fast+Simple Survey and in conjunction with the Professional Planning Forum. Draft publication for the PPF conference
April 2008
In this article Peter Massey of Budd and his LimeBridge Alliance partners in the US and Australia, Bill Price and David Jaffe, look at why “The Best Service is No Service”.
March 2008
By the end of December 2008 all firms are expected to be able to demonstrate that they are consistently treating their customers fairly. Our minibook describes how.
February 2008
If you're passionate about customer service, want to challenge the customer demand cycle but need to get the customer message across in your organisation, you need the Budd Minibook.
May 2009
This article explains how to put "Best Service is No Service" into practice
October 2009
Ian Mapp discusses how companies are failing to build valuable relationships with the silent majority of their loyal customers.