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JoAnna Brandi & Company has been in business 14 years. Widely respected for her views on Exquisite Customer Care, JoAnna has become a sought after speaker on the topics of Customer Care, Retention and Loyalty. Her books, newsletters and email tips are read and enjoyed by people all over the world. Here are just a few of the "Dear JoAnna" notes we've received from subscribers to JoAnna Brandi's Customer Care Coach,® and clients.

Dear JoAnna...

Creative minds are churning here at Priority One thanks to the insightful training you provided last week. Your "Building Customer Loyalty" seminar has inspired us to put several new customer care initiatives into play-one of those being "Happy Boat-day" cards. We plan to send these celebratory cards to our marine finance customers on the anniversaries of their boat purchases as a way of saying, "You're still important to us." Everyone at Priority One is now busy writing down their "Moments of Truth" in order to create our "Moments of Magic." Managers are focused on helping their people learn from mistakes as opposed to hiding them. Employees are already checking out your books from our company resource library. We are also tossing around ideas for developing a method of encouraging everyone in our office to do outside reading and research and to share their acquired knowledge with the rest of the staff.

You empowered us to explore the importance of our customers' personal needs while doing business-an element of customer care that seems to be missing in most corporate cultures. Your philosophies are directly in line with our mission, and you provided us with excellent tools for putting new plans into action

Many Thanks!

Lisa R. Gladstone
President/CEO
Priority One Financial Services, Inc.


"The Customer Care Coach is a phenomenal resource! As a Director of a small company, my job is all about balance. I constantly weigh out the benefits of a program vs. the commitments in time and money. The Customer Care Coach is one program that always tips the scale favorably.

The "Coach" has been an eye opening experience for me. I was committed to customer care prior to beginning the training program, but the "Coach" identified some customer needs that I'd overlooked, such as responsiveness and security. In fact, StudySmart is such a fan of the Customer Care Coach that I've been tasked with creating a Customer Care training program for our entire company based upon the lessons in the "Coach."

The Customer Care Coach is a fantastic resource at an affordable cost! Thank You!"

Soon-Ah K. F.
Center Director
Educational company


"I just want to take the time to thank you for the consistently meaningful information in the Customer Care Coach lessons. I find the monthly quizzes keep me on track, topic by topic.

One of my goals as Manager of our Relations Group (or relationship manager, as I am coming to think of myself, thanks to you!) is to provide regular training and development opportunities to my staff. In the past, I have found it can be challenging to provide this in a connected, consistent way. Sometimes the skills do not appear to be related to each other or not obviously relevant to all who participate. In spite of encountering occasional resistance or reluctance to participate, I have doggedly kept at it, trying to change the culture of this group from "Why do we have to learn something new, when we have always done it this way?" to "How can this new skill help me to better care for my customers?"

You have provided me with a program of training which nicely connects each lesson to the other. I have been able to begin connecting one training workshop with the next, using your approach and materials. So, thanks for helping me with your program. Together, we are making a difference at this company."

Maryellen H. L.
Manager, Customer Service


"The Customer Care Coach has become a weekly staple in my company's growth. It is the cornerstone of our weekly team meeting. Sometimes we use the premise of the lesson plan as fuel for improving our systems and processes. Sometimes we use the exercises verbatim to gain insight on ourselves and how to be better ambassadors of our business no matter what our role.

Every single employee has said to me at least once, that the lessons they've learned from coach have had a positive application in their life outside of Graphic Focus. We are a stronger team for having worked the coach lessons."

Joe Z.
President
Printing company


"I am thoroughly enjoying the Customer Care Coach. It seems that in almost every lesson there is an "ah-ha" moment! We have been putting the Coach to good use, and are continuing to reap the benefits!

Customer loyalty certainly is our number one benefit! We have strengthened our relationships with physician office staff, and improved our ability to respond rapidly to their requests. We have spent a lot of time looking at how we respond to our internal customers (coworkers in other epts..), and worked to improve those relationships as well. We are solidifying as a customer service team, unified in our goals. And we're all friends to boot, which is an added bonus!

We are contemplating a physical move at the end of the year because of changes that have occurred in the technical area of our organization, so currently we are busy anticipating our ideal environment, and determining what is feasible.

Thanks for all your efforts in putting together the Coach! We have certainly benefited from it! I especially like the fact that it comes once a week (sometimes that is too frequently), but that it can be "held back" until the timing is good. At first, I had a bit of difficulty with the "holding back", but when circumstances didn't allow another alternative, it happened, and we are still moving forward with the same momentum, so I lightened up on myself a bit after that!

So....here's to you and your staff for a job well done!"

Helen T.
Customer Service Coordinator
Hospital Laboratory


"Every issue has something to walk away with and USE. I meet with the sales and service team every month and there is always something I use from that month's Coach topic. This is everyday stuff that we really use."

Carmen C.
VP
Credit Union


"JoAnna Brandi created the common sense concept of continuous, competent, caring for exquisite customer care. If your company is not a convert to the wisdom of the Customer Care Coach then you are undoubtedly losing customers at a rate you can't afford. For every $1 you spend on JoAnna Brandi's Customer Care Coach--the incredible program for assuring customer retention--you will get back $7 in business valuation. The whole value of your business is the customers you keep."

Don Libey, Libey-Concordia
Advisors and Investment Bankers to catalog company CEOs and owners worldwide




Thank you for your caring thoughts, so fully in line with one of your bi-weekly tips in August/September. I still get very positive reactions on your stories and even more, I see things changing for the better. Customer focus is dripping through in every layer of the organisation, since we link all kinds of initiatives and programmes to "customer care".

Thanks for sharing your ideas, it has helped me to create a different view at things for our people.

Martijn


Thanks so very much for yet another "right on" message. I will soon be having a new email and I don't want to miss any of your awesome messages.
Have an awesome day.

Rita


Your Customer Care letters brighten my day and help spark new ideas to make the world around me better. Thank you for the time and effort you put into writing articles like this on a regular basis.
Thanks!
Virginia


It gives me much pleasure to have received your note. In fact I am very much happy about the service. I have managed to ensure that at least a number of my clients (as I am a consultant ) are now "Daring to care" and some are actually caring. Last few weeks I had a training on customer care to a utility organization with almost 123 employees. I use your weekly tips in my training. Now more people know about the Customer Care Lady. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Regards,
John


I loved your latest.
You're great, ...REALLY GREAT!!!
Omike


Another great newsletter. I still share them widely and always find some learning in each issue. We are still working to launch our new airline and look forward to the day when our Customer experience is an example of how companies can demonstrate your principles. Keep making us think!!
Take care...
Rick


While I always enjoy reading your messages, some hit home more than others. Thank you for your special Thanksgiving message. Amidst the rush of last minute preparations I have been reminded of bigger picture. I am grateful for your timely thoughts. Thank you.
I hope that you and your loved ones have a happy and safe holiday.
George


This is the very best email I've seen yet and they've all been full of good tips. Glad to see someone like you in the marketplace. Keep up the good work and terrific insights!
Tara


Just wanted to say how right you are! Thank you for reminding me and my staff about an important yet simple choice we can make in our day to day communications with our clients.
Suzy


Just read your latest newsletter on "August love", very nice, I'm forwarding it to the whole company because I think it is a good consciousness raising piece. Granted it's a little syruppy for a fat, old, former Green Beret but then again nothing is perfect!
Ron


July 19, 2002
Dear Ms. Brandi,
I wanted to take a moment to tell you what a wonderful experience I1 ve had working with your company!
I am the DC Director for StudySmart, a national company that provides one-to-one tutoring for students in grades K-12. As a small company, customer care is one of our trademarks and we are committed to upholding that trademark and remaining one of the fastest growing educational service providers on the East Coast.
I first encountered the "Customer Care Lady" at a seminar sponsored by TIA titled "39 Ways to Keep 'em Happy, Keep 'em Loyal and Keep 'em Coming Back." I was so energized by your ideas I decided to check out your web site and purchase a few of your books. Since that time, I've been slowly implementing your suggestions into our concept of Customer Care. The response has been phenomenal. We have seen close to a 20% increase in referrals in just 5 months!
In addition to implementing the ideas from Winning at Customer Retention and Building Customer Loyalty, I created a chapter on Customer Care for our company Operations Manual using many of the ideas found in your books. I also incorporated ideas found in your books in a training for our Assistant Directors, which will be used as a template for all future StudySmart Staff trainings.
I cannot sing your praises enough. I send the Directors in other cities to your web site, I give your books to Asst. Directors as a training tool and handbook on Customer Care and I absolutely LOVE your ideas. It's heartening to see the world of business as a world that embraces humanity and relationships.
Thank You,
Soon-Ah K. Fadness
DC Center Director



Praise for JoAnna Brandi's "Building Customer Loyalty- 21 Essential Elements in Action"

JoAnna Brandi's "Building Customer Loyalty, the 21 Essential Elements In Action" is a must-read... but slowly. Reading one essential per day will make for one of your most enlightening months.

Jim Sterne
Target Marketing of Santa Barbara
Author, Speaker, Consultant
+1 805-965-3184
Internet Marketing & Customer Service Strategy Consulting


In the words of my godson, "this book totally rocks!" I am a business owner of a print consulting firm and we are concerned with continually improving how our team delivers our service. Who would have thought this small book with 21 elements would pack such a wallop. After reading it, I used the 21 elements as talking points with my team and together we drafted a plan for implementation. We ranked them in order of importance/benefit and wrote small mini-plans for what steps would be needed to make each a reality. We figure it will take us a full nine months to get them all done. It was such a gift. Thank you for giving us the blueprint for customer loyalty. Satisfaction is just not enough for us and we are grateful for the "leg up"!

Joe Zaniker
Owner
Graphic Focus: A Resource for Printing & Other Cool Stuff


In an article that appeared in Catalog Success Magazine entitled "Service, Anyone?" Mark Amtower, THE guru on marketing to the government, writes, "Everyone should read the book Building Customer Loyalty by JoAnna Brandi. It deals directly with what we all know: 80 percent of your business comes from 20 percent of your client base. Brandi outlines how you should treat that 20 percent of your customers differently to keep them coming back. Building Customer Loyalty is a how-to with 21 action points or 'essential elements in action.' These are especially helpful because the author accompanies each element with real-world examples. If these truths were self evident, more company executives might be doing them. Except it takes a corporate culture that fosters such behavior."


Ms Brandi,
I just finished reading your "Building Customer Loyalty" handbook. Thank you very much for the valuable information you composed there for our benefit. You writing seems to be the reflection of a genuine, meditative, and caring individual.
I also noticed this statement towards the end of the handbook, "JoAnna lives in Delray Beach, Florida - where you can often find her walking along the beach, looking for answers to life's many questions." That stuck with me since I have often felt the same way.
Thanks again for your significant contributions to the service industry...
J.A. Mederos


Dear JoAnna, I have now read your books and would like to make this statement: Winning at customer retention and Building Customer Loyalty combined is the ultimate source for everlasting relationships with your customers.
SvenErik Ringlander, Sweden


Dear JoAnna -
Your new book, Building Customer Loyalty, The 21 Essential Elements IN ACTION, is absolutely terrific! It covers the widest possible range of the things companies need to do in order to maintain a profitable relationship with their customers. In this economy, NOBODY can afford to lose any customers, so the counsel and plans contained in your book are crucial to any company's success, or even survival.
"21 Essentials" is on the "Must Buy List" for my clients. And, if they can't find the time to get it themselves, I'm buying it for them! Common sense, practical applications and reinforcement for customer service people - which is EVERYBODY these days - are the hallmarks of this piece.
I can't thank you enough for writing this book. Having an expert put all the "pieces/parts" together in one slim volume is great support for my marketing consultancy. It makes clients stop and think about what they need to do - every day. That opens the door for them to begin thinking in marketing terms, - not just accounting details - so they can see the big picture.
Thanks again!
Andrew Chiodo, President/CEO
Chiodo Consulting
Professor of Marketing
Franklin University, MBA Program

 

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