The Art of Client Service


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A practical guide for providing exceptional client service Most advertising and marketing people would claim great client service is an elusive, ephemeral pursuit, not easily characterized by a precise skill set or inventory of responsibilities; this book and its author argue otherwise, claiming there are definable, actionable methods to the role, and provide guidance designed to achieve more effective work. Written by one of the industry's most knowledgeable client services executives, the book begins with a definition, then follows a path from an initial new business win to beginning, building, losing, then regaining trust with clients. It is a powerful source of counsel for those new to the business, for industry veterans who want to refresh or validate what they know, and for anyone in the middle of the journey to get better at what they do.




The Art of Client Service


Book Description

A practical guide for providing exceptional client service Most advertising and marketing people would claim great client service is an elusive, ephemeral pursuit, not easily characterized by a precise skill set or inventory of responsibilities; this book and its author argue otherwise, claiming there are definable, actionable methods to the role, and provide guidance designed to achieve more effective work. Written by one of the industry's most knowledgeable client services executives, the book begins with a definition, then follows a path from an initial new business win to beginning, building, losing, then regaining trust with clients. It is a powerful source of counsel for those new to the business, for industry veterans who want to refresh or validate what they know, and for anyone in the middle of the journey to get better at what they do.




Be Our Guest


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Foreword by Michael D. Eisner. All organisations drive towards the same goal - how best to serve their customers. Walt Disney World has always enjoyed a reputation as a company that set the benchmark for outstanding business practices. Now, for the first time, one critical element of the method behind the magic is revealed: that of quality service. Here, their proven principles and processes are fully outlined, to help your organisation focus its vision and assemble its infrastructure to deliver exceptional customer service.




The Art of Client Service, Revised and Updated Edition


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If you work with clients in any industry, The Art of Client Service is for you. If you work in an advertising or marketing agency, then this book is indispensable. Distilling decades of experience, advertising executive Robert Solomon has compiled the definitive resource for advertising and marketing account executives: a fast-reading, pocket-size, actionable checklist of 58 essential ideas to help client service professionals improve their account management strategy and skills. Now fully updated and revised, The Art of Client Service is geared to the entire account team -- copy writers, art directors, and planners, researchers, media executives, support staff -- anyone who works with clients. With brevity, levity, and clarity, Solomon recounts both successes and failures, and uses them to formulate fast-reading, actionable tips, including: Know when to look it up; know when to make it up. (#7) What happens when I screw up? (#51) Respect what it takes to do great creative. (#19) In a high-tech world, be low-tech (#46) Be brief, be bright, be gone. (#31) How to write a letter of proposal (#44) The Zen of PowerPoint. (#45) You'll also find new chapters on technology in advertising, the changing role of client service in an increasingly high-tech era, and an updated bibliography of essential reading.




Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit


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What if you could protect your business against competitive inroads, once and for all? Customer service experts Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon's anticipatory customer service approach was first developed at The Ritz-Carlton as well as at Solomon's company Oasis, and has since proven itself in countless companies around the globe--from luxury giant BVLGARI to value-sensitive auto parts leader Carquest and everywhere in between. Their experience shows that the most powerful growth engine in a tight market--and best protection from competitive inroads--is to put everything you can into cultivating true customer loyalty. Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit takes the techniques that minted money for these brands and reveals how you can apply them to your own business to provide the kind of exceptional service that nearly guarantees loyalty. Soon, you'll be reaping the benefits of loyal customers who are: less sensitive to price competition, more forgiving of small glitches, and, ultimately, who are "walking billboards" happily promoting your brand. Filled with detailed, behind-the-scenes examples, Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit unlocks a new level of customer relationship that leaves your competitors in the dust, your customers coming back day after day, and your bottom line looking better than it ever has before.




Frenemies


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An intimate and profound reckoning with the changes buffeting the $2 trillion global advertising and marketing business from the perspective of its most powerful players, by the bestselling author of Googled Advertising and marketing touches on every corner of our lives, and the industry is the invisible fuel powering almost all media. Complain about it though we might, without it the world would be a darker place. But of all the industries wracked by change in the digital age, few have been turned on their heads as dramatically as this one. Mad Men are turning into Math Men (and women--though too few), an instinctual art is transforming into a science, and we are a long way from the days of Don Draper. Frenemies is Ken Auletta's reckoning with an industry under existential assault. He enters the rooms of the ad world's most important players, meeting the old guard as well as new powers and power brokers, investigating their perspectives. It's essential reading, not simply because of what it reveals about this world, but because of the potential consequences: the survival of media as we know it depends on the money generated by advertising and marketing--revenue that is in peril in the face of technological changes and the fraying trust between the industry's key players.




The ART of M. A. R. K. E. T. I. N. G. (tm)


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What's the secret to boosting your sales? Mastering THE ART of M.A.R.K.E.T.I.N.G.ᵀᴹ . It's also the secret to moving your organization from the current status quo to becoming a radical success. The awarded marketing expert, Paolo Massimilla, offers this easy-to-read book with fresh insights to help you take correct actions and embrace the right attitude to accelerate the success of your business. In this easy-to-read book, he shows you how to create value for your costumers through the understanding of their behaviors. This is a book for non-marketers and marketers alike, to help build the kind of mindset shift required to be successful in this dynamic and ever-changing sales environment. It doesn't matter if you are a freelance professional, the owner of a small or medium enterprise, or just someone who is passionate about marketing, developing the mindset of a marketer will give you a competitive advantage. If you are stuck trying to get through the next project or are chasing the next level of your business to make it profitable, or maybe even struggling to survive, this book offers a new approach to a more powerful and effective way to run your business. Mastering THE ART of M.A.R.K.E.T.I.N.G.ᵀᴹ requires that you are aware of customer and consumer behavior, so you can create the correct atmosphere and put in place the process that will align your brand with promising expectations. The acronym, M.A.R.K.E.T.I.N.G.ᵀᴹ is the framework presented by Paolo's valuable insights to equip you to make positive difference in your business and sell more effectively. In his book: you first learn to understand the MOTIVATION behind your customers' behaviors. You can then reshape their ATTITUDES and BELIEFS in order to influence their decisions. In order to be successful, you need to RADICALLY RETHINK your current strategies. You master KNOWLEDGE CREATION and leverage your EMOTIONAL CONNECTION with the customers. You embrace and advance powerful research and communication tools TECHNOLOGY has afforded us in this digital revolution. You build long-lasting relationships with customers and offer them immeasurable INTRINSIC VALUE with your brands. You get right into the minds of consumers by taking the NEUROPSYCHOLOGY super-highway. And you cultivate a holistic attitude to marketing by adopting the GESTALT APPROACH to interpret perceptions and find alignment in your multi-dimensional mind frame. Paolo truly believes that mastering THE ART of M.A.R.K.E.T.I.N.G.ᵀᴹ is the key to making a positive difference in our world, where ethics and honesty will help you develop and sustain profitable growth, and create meaningful connections with People.




The Art of Client Service


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In The Art of Client Service, Robert Solomon, a well- known advertising executive provides account managers in his industry and others with the fundamental guide to client service-the "care and feeding" of a company's clients. With brevity, levity, and clarity, he teaches best practices for communicating with clients, managing client expectations, writing creative and strategy "briefs" to effectively communicate internally, giving stellar client presentations, conducting productive client and team meetings, and much more. This book is more than just a book for account executives in advertising agencies. It is a definitive, practical guide for everyone in advertising and marketing services who works with clients: writers and art directors, planners and researchers, media and production executives, even support staff. It's also the perfect book for anyone in university who aspires to an advertising career, and for recent graduates seeking their first job in the business.




The Art of Client Service


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Art of Client Service


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Account executives, and anyone else who deals with clients, will find themselves flinching, laughing, and committing to memory this sound advice, presented through real-life stories of satisfying success and embarrassing failure along the total spectrum of client service.