12 Customer Experience courses in Manchester

Customer service just isn’t enough. Customer experience is where the secret to success lies. Build a loyal and fruitful customer base by learning how to design frictionless processes and build empathetic and solution-focused services with our bespoke courses, which include: Customer service vs customer experience The changing nature of customers and how to stay ahead Customer needs vs customer expectations How our behaviour affects those around us and how to use the power of influence Communicating with customers positively and effectively Moments that matter Building trust and integrity What to do when things go wrong

If you want your employees to improve their customer service skills and deliver an amazing experience to your customers, feel free to check out my Training course focusing on the core values of customer service.

If you want your employees to improve their customer service skills and deliver an amazing experience to your customers, feel free to check out my Training course focusing on telephone etiquettes, communication and behaviours.

If you want your employees to improve their customer service skills and deliver an amazing experience to your customers, feel free to check out my Training course focusing on generating long-standing customer loyalty.

If you want your employees to improve their customer service skills and deliver an amazing experience to your customers, feel free to check out my Training course focusing on managing complaints and complaining clients successfully.

If you want your employees to improve their customer service skills and deliver an amazing experience to your customers, feel free to check out my Training course focusing on delivering the best customer care.

If you want your employees to improve their customer service skills and deliver an amazing experience to your customers, feel free to check out my Training course focusing on managing expectations successfully.

Ensuring that you provide the level of service that your customers want to be delivered through your people. This programme develops the skills and behaviours that enhance the experience that your customers receive.

Customers are astute and well-practised in researching and seeking information, solutions and added value in the minimum number of clicks online. There's only so much time they're willing to spend carrying on clicking. This mentality isn't just restricted to the world of B2C. In our increasingly hectic world, where information is expected to be available instantly, it applies just as much to B2B. In this workshop, we look at how putting yourself in the shoes of your customer and mapping their decision-making and buying journey is critical to ensuring that you provide what they perceive as fast solutions and added value. You will learn all about the three pillars for creating competitive brand experiences: Customer engagement planning puts you firmly in the shoes of your customer, helping you to build meaningful marketing communications delivered through the right resources at the right time to inspire your customers to engage with you. This programme will help participants to: * Understand the evolution of the customer buying journey * Map a customer buying journey for your brand or solutions * Understand the customer micro-moments and signals indicating interest and buying intent, both online and offline * Apply the psychology of branding to build marketing communications with impact * Develop sales and marketing content that differentiates your brand(s) from the competition by demonstrating unique value and how you can meet your customer's needs 1 THE EVOLUTION OF THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY * Understand how the use of mobile has had an impact on the customer buying journey where today's customers can research and compare products and solutions whenever and wherever they like, making the purchase journey even less linear * Explore how marketers are adapting to this new customer behaviour and drawing upon various strategies to win the hearts and minds of their audiences 2 THE SEE-THINK-DO-CARE FRAMEWORK * Explore the many different frameworks used to track the customer journey * Understand and apply the modern marketing model, where the internet has enabled the customer to hop between multiple touchpoints before making a purchase decision 3 CUSTOMER MICRO-MOMENTS AND SIGNALS IN THEIR BUYING JOURNEY * Understand the online and offline moments when customers seek information to research and make buying decisions * Apply this understanding to build a marketing communication plan to reach customers at all stages of their buying journey 4 THE ROLE OF BRANDING IN THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY * Explore the psychology of branding * Learn how to ensure your branding is relevant to your target customer needs * Bring together your brand value and story to achieve brand loyalty 5 THE WHY-HOW-WHAT FRAMEWORK * Apply a systematic approach to build a successful and compelling brand * Understand how starting with 'why' will help build your brand purpose * Apply the content marketing matrix to communicate your brand's value * Apply the hero-help-hub model to build engaging content marketing ACTIONABLE OUTCOMES We will use your brand examples to provide opportunities for practice: * You will learn and reflect on best practice examples of customer engagement * You will discover your brand value, purpose and the 'sweet spot' to drive engagement with your customers * You will create a customer engagement plan that can be implemented immediately within your business * You will receive immediate feedback on your customer engagement plan * You will have the opportunity to share common issues and solutions with your colleagues in the group

In the fast-changing world of business, and especially IT, everyone in the organisation should be involved in sales. One of the best ways is to give the customer an outstanding experience. The customer experience is the competitive battlefield of today. Sales may be won or lost here. You can either close a sale for a quick buck, or open a long-term relationship to create a high lifetime value customer. By developing excellent communication skills, rapport and, most of all, a desire to serve and listen to the needs of the customer to the best of their ability, both sales teams and other IT professionals will create trust, nurture relationships and develop awareness of other opportunities with the customer. By the end of this course, participants will be able to: * Understand the power of a positive customer experience in developing sales opportunities * Recognise and develop a sales opportunity when it arises * Engage with customers and develop rapport and trust * Use verbal and non-verbal communication skills and pick up on signals * Ask powerful questions - and listen to the answers * Create 'magic moments' for the customer * Turn a complaint into an opportunity * Know when to ask for referrals and testimonials * Pass on leads to the relevant people 1 INTRODUCTION * Aims and objectives * Beliefs about sales 2 BUILDING RAPPORT * First impressions * Short cuts to rapport * Finding common interests 3 SELLING OR SERVING? * Managing emotions and behaviour - Transactional Analysis * Moments of truth - creating 'magic moments' * Speed sells - the follow-up 4 MEETINGS * Planning a successful meeting * Pre-meeting connection and assistance * Sales meeting failure reasons * Right v wrong mindset 5 COMMUNICATION - VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL * The 3 Vs - Visual, Verbal, Vocal * Picking up on signals * 7 power questions * Questioning techniques * LISTEN - 3 types of listening skills 6 INFLUENCING * 6 levels of influence * Framing to change perspectives * Turning complaints into opportunities 7 REFERRALS * The power of referrals * How and when to ask for a referral * 5 steps from rapport to referral 8 PRESENTATION AND PITCHING (OPTIONAL SESSION) * Basic presentation structure and delivery * Creating powerful impressions * Creating a 60-second pitch * The elevator 10-second pitch - answering 'What do you do?' * Sales presentations * Emotion v Intellect - how to engage * Using visuals