measuring what matters: our net promoter program
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Measuring What Matters:
Our Net Promoter Program
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Agenda
Improving Customer Loyalty Using Net Promoter Scores
Atlantic Broadband Net Promoter Program Overview & Results
What’s Next
Q &A
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Why should we care about loyalty?
Loyal customers: Repurchase, or subscribe longer Buy additional products/services Provide referrals Provide constructive feedback
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car’s Perspective
“The only way to grow is to treat customers so well they come back for more, and tell their friends about us. That’s how we’d all like to be treated as customers.”
“Golden Rule behavior is the basis for loyalty. And loyalty is the key to profitable growth.” Andy Taylor,
CEO Enterprise Rent A Car
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Fostering Loyalty is Hard
Easier to generate ‘bad’ profits than good profits
Easier to ‘buy’ growth, but only for the short term
Systems focused on financial performance, not quality of customer relationships
Ultimate problem: Loyalty is hard to define and even harder to
measure and manage
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“Bad Profits” Produce Detractors
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“Good Profits” Lead To Loyalty
Vanguard (mutual funds) cut prices by 1/3 for its largest customers – and Vanguard’s growth skyrocketed
Amazon.com gives free shipping for big orders ($50 or more)
Southwest Air doesn’t charge change fees, but provides a credit that can be used over 12 months
Intuit simplified its rebate process and increased market share
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What Is The Ultimate Question?
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Using The Ultimate Question To Calculate A Net Promoter Score (NPS)
How Likely Would You Be To Recommend Us To A Friend Or Colleague?
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NPS Leaders Grow at 2.5X Their Industry Average
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NPS Scores For Loyalty Leaders
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Cable TV & Satellite Provider Scores
How Likely Would You Be To Recommend your Cable TV Or Satellite Provider To A Friend? NPS
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-3
-8
-34
-45
Source: SatMetrix, Q4 2007 Telecommunications NPS Report
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How Do We Improve?
Begin to measure and report NPS regularly
Identify the key customer segments that are most important and profitable These become our ‘core customers’
Tailor operations and product as necessary to improve experience for core customers
Eliminate sources of ‘bad profits’
Implement, measure, refine…Implement, measure, refine
Requires ownership from the field & support from corporate
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Agenda
Improving Customer Loyalty Using The Ultimate Question and Net Promoter Scores
Atlantic Broadband Net Promoter Program Overview & Results
What’s Next
Q &A
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Atlantic Broadband – Net Promoter Score Program Timeline
Early 2006: Initial quarterly email surveys to phone customers
Fall 2006: Net Promoter introduced as a 2007 initiative @ annual Senior Managers Meeting
1st Qtr 2007: SkyCreek automated calling pilot program launched in PA region
2nd Half 2007: SkyCreek program rolled out company-wide
1st Half 2008: Reporting and VIP Program implementation
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Service Interaction Monitoring Process
In HomeIn HomeServiceService
Sky CreekSky CreekAutomatedAutomated
CallingCalling
UniontownUniontownSave TeamSave Team
Day 1Day 1 Day 2Day 2 Day 3Day 3 Day 4Day 4
Install or Service
Call Completed;
Customer Calls Made4 Contact Attempts
Followup Resolution Calls Begin
Followup Service Calls
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Survey questions
1. How satisfied were you with the quality of service the customer service agent provided you when calling?
2. How satisfied were you with the quality of service the technician provided?
3. How satisfied are you with the current service you are receiving from Atlantic Broadband?
4. How likely would you be to recommend Atlantic Broadband to a friend or family member?
5. May we contact you for any score below a 3?
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Our Grading Scale
5 = Promoters
4 = Neutral
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2 Detractors
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% Promoters - % Detractors = Net Promoter Score
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Typical ‘Feedback Funnel’
5500 Service Interactions
~40% Response Rate
2200 Feedback Points20-30% Dissatisfied Request Followup
500 Followup Requests~50% Contact Rate
250 ResolutionDiscussions
15% Require
Service Call
40 Truck Rolls
$5/Call:$1250
$50/truck roll: $2000
$.75/Call:$1500
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NPS Performance Vs. Basic Churn
Central PA, NPS and Basic Churn Trends
1.90%
1.70%
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NPS Up 50%; Churn Down 30%
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Differences By Type Of Transaction
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Overall Install Service
CentralPA
Delmar
NPS Scores By Transaction Type
166%Drop
51%Drop
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0.3
-5.4
-10
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Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5
Sensitivity To Customer Disruption
Delmar RegionLikelihood to Recommend NPS Scores: August 2007
DCTUpgrade
DVRUpgrade
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NPS Scores By Spending Level
Last Bill Amount
OverallNPS
Promoter %
Detractor%
More Than $125
22 52 30
$75 To $125 27 53 26
$25 To $75 32 58 26
Less Than $25 30 56 26
Likelihood To RecommendQ3 2007
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Key Findings To Date
The data are both sensitive to actual customer experience and timely
Improved NPS performance appears to be correlated with reduced churn
Customers who have a service issue are 2-3x more likely to be a detractor
Our highest spending customers have the lowest NPS – exactly the opposite of what it should be: Our highest scores come from customers who spend
between just $25 - $75/month
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Agenda
Improving Customer Loyalty Using The Ultimate Question and Net Promoter Scores
Atlantic Broadband Net Promoter Program Overview & Results
What’s Next
Q &A
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The VIP Program
What is it? A loyalty effort that targets all customers in good
standing that have video, internet and phone services.
How does a customer become a member of the VIP program? Existing triple play customers with no collection history
will automatically be enrolled. New customers who subscribe to all three services will
be enrolled 30 days after installation.
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What does a VIP Get?
A VIP customer gets Priority Service: Priority routing to the head of the call queue (tier 1 and tier 2) Priority routing for same day service and installation
appointments if calling before 3pm. (Next day appointments if after 3pm)
We do not miss these appointments!
VIP customers who call hear: “Thank you for being an Atlantic Broadband VIP customer. Your
call is being priority routed to the next available customer service representative.”
Additional potential benefits focused around priority: Prioritizing HSI traffic for VIP customers in times of peak usage First access to day and date titles on VOD Others TBD
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VIP Activity 1st 60 Days:
Less than 10% of total call volume is VIP related
Priority routing to Tier 2 is very much appreciated
Averaging 40 priority service calls per week
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NPS Measurement and Tracking Evolution
Expand to measure ‘relationship’ NPS in addition to ‘transactional’ NPS
Drive more granular response tracking Track customer descriptors to segment and trend better Track NPS scores down to the individual level
Focus on back office functions to optimize visibility and management Integrating daily/weekly/monthly data into our standard
reports Simple trouble ticketing system to track and manage NPS
driven follow-up tasks, actions and reasons
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Starting Your Own Program: 3 Keys
Start simple and evolve
Think about who your best customers are and how to improve value for them
You MUST understand and follow-up on detractor problems – or you’re wasting your time
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Concept Overview Summary
Increasing customer loyalty leads to growth
Net Promoter Scores are the single best measure of loyalty and highly correlated with growth
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