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“Just having satisfied customers isn’t good enough anymore. If you really want a booming business, you have to create raving fans.” ― Ken Blanchard  Your client service promise must provide an end-to-end client experience that ensures nothing falls through the cracks so that your client has an overriding sense of financial well-being. The first steps are to define and implement your six-core client-facing processes:
Every client you are willing to accept to your practice needs to receive an appropriate version of these processes based on their needs, the deliverables they deserve, their value to the business, and the fees you charge in compensation for the value you deliver. Client loyalty and retention based on “delighting” clients has significant value. The Kano Model points out that which pleased and even delighted the client yesterday becomes a basic expectation today. Delighting clients and solidifying their loyalty takes more and more effort and cost over time. Opportunities to delight the client come from at least three sources:
Generate Client Loyalty and Advocacy The Client Service process represents a summary of many of the deliverables which are intended to be presented formally to your clients as your “promise” to them of your services—hence, your “Client Service Promise.” This promise is a key part of generating loyalty and advocacy from your client, as well as differentiating you as a financial advisor. The set of deliverables is rarely put together in a formal, written manner and your written promise is also rarely presented formally to the client by FAs. There are five functions in your Client Service Promise that address client deliverables:
The primary pushback has been a concern about putting the promise in writing. We agree that if the advisor does not intend to deliver some component of the promise it should not be included. However, if it is included, it needs to be delivered. Clients would have some expectations for the fees they pay, some or all of what you promise may have been discussed in your sales process. David I. Leo, Your Client Loyalty or Client Service Process Snippet 10 David Leo is Founder of Street Smart Research Group LLC. He is an author, speaker, coach, consultant, and trainer to financial professionals. David is an experienced business manager who works solely with Financial Advisors, Planners and firms who want to organize, structure & grow their businesses by attracting, servicing, and retaining affluent clients. If you have questions or would like assistance in personalizing and implementing approaches from The Financial Advisor’s Success Manual, schedule a free 45 Minute Strategy Session at https://calendly.com/davidileo or contact me at [email protected] or visit my website at www.CoachDavidLeo.com My book is available at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Financial-Advisors-Success-Manual-Structure/dp/0814439136 Comments are closed.
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