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Using Metrics to Guide
Your Customer Service
Adventure

Aaron
Help Team

@aaron_wheeler

Wheeler
Leader,

Moz
MOZ

@aaron_wheeler

@aaron_wheeler
Let

About

@aaron_wheeler

Me

An

Tell

You

Adventure
I

@aaron_wheeler

woke up at my desk in
befuddled state...

a
What

Do

We

11,000
customers

5,000
customers

@aaron_wheeler

Do?
Our

Inventory

GOALS
1.?
2.??
3.???
KPIS
?

?

METRICS
?

?

?

?

TARGETS
?

@aaron_wheeler

?

?

http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/web-analytics-101definitions-goals-metrics-kpis-dimensions-targets/
Goals

Let’s rescue the village!

The

@aaron_wheeler

reason

the

team

exists
KPIs

We’ll need to slay dragons to do that.

The

primary

metrics

evaluate

@aaron_wheeler

used

progress

to
Targets

We’ll slay at least 9 out of
every 10 dragons.

Your

@aaron_wheeler

KPI

goals
Metrics

There are 20 dragons, yo!

Numbers

@aaron_wheeler

used

to

measure

anything
Defining

Goals

HINT:
There’s no
oals
niversal g
u
or KPIs

@aaron_wheeler
Defining

✦

@aaron_wheeler

Goals

ur
Who are yo
customers?
Defining

Goals

✦

✦

@aaron_wheeler

ur
Who are yo
customers?
ou
What are y
selling?
Defining

Goals

✦

ur
Who are yo
customers?

✦

ou
What are y
selling?

✦

@aaron_wheeler

r
Who is you
company?
@aaron_wheeler

@aaron_wheeler

http://moz.com/rand/diving-deep-on-tagfee/
Defining

Scare

Harry

wand

@aaron_wheeler

and

and

Goals

borrow

inheritance

his
Our

Goals
Moz

1.

Provide

2.
3.
@aaron_wheeler

recommendable

Instill
Scale

customer

cost

service

perspective

versus

customers
Developing

Make
@aaron_wheeler

progress

KPIs

measurable
Developing

Moz
Provide
@aaron_wheeler

Goal

KPIs

1:

recommendable

service
KPIs for
Recommendations

KPI:

delighted
Target:

@aaron_wheeler

90%

customers/week
delighted
http://svy.mk/GUHuUY
KPIs for
Recommendations

KPI:

tweets/week

Target:

@aaron_wheeler

7

tweets

http://bit.ly/1cJwBCh
KPIs for
Recommendations

Reply
Less
Less

than
than

10
8

Time

minutes

for

hours for

Happy

20%

100%

Packs

8/agent/month

Monthly
40

@aaron_wheeler

chats,

Agent Equality

350 emails,
replies

10

forum
Developing

Moz
Instill
@aaron_wheeler

Goal

customer

KPIs

2:
perspective
KPIs for
Customer Perspective

KPI: %
Target:
@aaron_wheeler

participation
90%

of

in

HTU

employees/year
http://bit.ly/1aiE98W
KPIs for
Customer Perspective

KPI: %

Readership

Target:
@aaron_wheeler

50%

of

Digest

readership
Developing

Moz
Scale
@aaron_wheeler

cost

Goal

KPIs

versus

3:
customers
KPIs for
Scaling Costs

20,000
customers
11,000
customers

5,000
customers

KPI:

tickets/customer/month

Target:
@aaron_wheeler

quarterly

decrease

26,000
customers
KPIs for
Scaling Costs

KPI:

questions/customer/month

Target:

@aaron_wheeler

monthly

decrease
Share

@aaron_wheeler

&

Get

Buy-In
Test

@aaron_wheeler

Different

Strategies
Now

@aaron_wheeler

let’s get
here!

outta
Forest

of

1.Forest of
Phone Calls

Phone

Calls

2.Mountains of
Chat Skeptics
3.Wastes
of
Apathy

4.The
Customer
Horde
5.Range of
Leveling

Goals
The

World
of
Customer
Service

KPIs
Targets

@aaron_wheeler
We heard a flurry of
furious phone calls...

@aaron_wheeler
The

Battle

to

End

Phone

Support

“What’s Seo
and how do I
get some?”

Quest: Replace
with links

phone messaging
to Help Hub

Achievements: Fewer calls, more
chats, faster reply times
@aaron_wheeler
The

Battle

to

End

Great

@aaron_wheeler

Phone

Scott!

Support
The

Battle

@aaron_wheeler

to

End

Phone

Support
The

Battle

@aaron_wheeler

to

End

Phone

Support
The

Battle

to

End

Phone

Support

January: 542 Calls
March: 152 Calls
75

@aaron_wheeler

percent

reduction!
The

Battle

to

End

Phone

Support

January: 542 Calls
March: 152 Calls

SUCCESS!

75

@aaron_wheeler

percent

reduction!
Mountains
1.Forest of
Phone Calls

of

Chat

Skeptics

2.Mountains of
Chat Skeptics
3.Wastes
of
Apathy

4.The
Customer
Horde
5.Range of
Leveling

Goals
The

World
of
Customer
Service

KPIs
Targets

@aaron_wheeler
Our coffer ran dry! Could we afford
live chat in the sales funnel?
@aaron_wheeler
The

Quest:

Add

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

live

chat

to

the

sales

funnel

Achievements: Increase conversions,
decrease emails, increase satisfaction
@aaron_wheeler
The

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

What would it cost?

How much demand is there?
What does it get us?

@aaron_wheeler
The

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

How much demand is there?

@aaron_wheeler
The

$

200/mo

$

4,000/mo

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

= chat
= 1

cost

agent

cost

---------4,200/mo

= cost

of

500/mo

$

= chat

volume

= chat

time

average

= chat

time

average/month

x

10m

160

hours

of

chat

average

---------80h/mo

What would it cost?

@aaron_wheeler
The

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

4,200/mo

= cost

of

80h/mo

$

= chat

time

160

hours

of

chat

average/month

----------

$

2,100/mo

What would it cost?

@aaron_wheeler
The

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

Do it!

@aaron_wheeler
The

= chats/mo

500
x

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

= chat

1/10

conversion rate

-----50

chat

$1000

= LTV

x

= chat

50

conversions/mo

of

a

customer

conversions

-----WAY

MORE

THAN

$2000!!!

What do we get?
@aaron_wheeler
The

= chats/mo

500
x

Quandary of Chat
Affordability

= chat

1/10

conversion rate

-----50

chat

$1000

= LTV

x

= chat

50

conversions/mo

of

MORE

@aaron_wheeler

customer

conversions

SUCCESS!

-----WAY

a

THAN

$2000!!!
Wastes
1.Forest of
Phone Calls

of

Apathy

2.Mountains of
Chat Skeptics
3.Wastes
of
Apathy

4.The
Customer
Horde
5.Range of
Leveling

Goals
The

World
of
Customer
Service

KPIs
Targets

@aaron_wheeler
We

@aaron_wheeler

felt

cold

chills

of

apathy...
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic
Reenergizing

Quest:

Use our
people

the

Apathetic

numbers
listen!

to

make

Achievements: Faster bug fixes,
stronger products, fewer tickets
@aaron_wheeler
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic

http://bit.ly/189Pnzm
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic

http://bit.ly/189Pnzm
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic

http://bit.ly/15zKvCL
Reenergizing

Ticket

@aaron_wheeler

trends

are

the

Apathetic

interesting

to

engineers
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic
Reenergizing

@aaron_wheeler

the

Apathetic
Reenergizing

the

Apathetic

SUCCESS!
@aaron_wheeler
Begin
1.Forest of
Phone Calls

Quest!

2.Mountains of
Chat Skeptics
3.Wastes
of
Apathy

4.The
Customer
Horde
5.Range of
Leveling

Goals
The

World
of
Customer
Service

KPIs
Targets

@aaron_wheeler
new
haz
Moz
lz!
too

We tried to make an exciting
announcement but it backfired. A
horde emerges on the horizon...

@aaron_wheeler
Final

Battle:

The

Customer

Hordes

Quest: Release features and grow company
without lowering customer happiness
Achievements: fewer emails,
more recommendations,
@aaron_wheeler

faster replies,
less cost
Final

@aaron_wheeler

Battle:

The

Customer

Hordes
Final

Battle:

Hire

@aaron_wheeler

one

The

month

Customer

before,

not

Hordes

after
Final

Battle:

The

Customer

Hordes

20,000
customers

26,000
customers

11,000
customers

5,000
customers

Self

@aaron_wheeler

help

offers

huge

ROI
Final

Battle:

Visits

Visits
@aaron_wheeler

The

to

to

Customer

Contact

Hordes

Form

Submission

Page

http://google.com/analytics
Final

Battle:

The

1000 documentation
-

500 visitor

Customer

Hordes

visits

contacts

---------500 quelled

tickets

500 tickets = 1

You

saved

agent

$4000/month!

What do we save?

@aaron_wheeler
Final

Battle:

The

1000 documentation
-

500 visitor

Customer

Hordes

visits

contacts

---------500 quelled

tickets

500 tickets = 1

You

saved

agent

SUCCESS!

$4000/month!

What do we save?

@aaron_wheeler
Range
1.Forest of
Phone Calls

of

Leveling

2.Mountains of
Chat Skeptics
3.Wastes
of
Apathy

4.The
Customer
Horde
5.Range of
Leveling

Goals
The

World
of
Customer
Service

KPIs
Targets

@aaron_wheeler
Your

Team

Levels

Up

Quest: Grow team members and
customer perspective at company
Achievements: fewer hiring
better products
@aaron_wheeler

costs,
Your

Team

Levels

80/20
Initial

cost:

time

Hire

$50,000

@aaron_wheeler

Up

another

CS
Your
$50,000

new

$10,000

pp/year

on

$15,000

avg

Levels

Up

CS

/

5

for

Team

CSs

--------

+

Months

to

cost
train

to

growth

hire

newbs

-------‘Spensive!

@aaron_wheeler

http://business.time.com/2012/08/15/the-power-withinwhy-internal-recruiting-hiring-are-on-the-rise/
Your

@aaron_wheeler

Team

Levels

Up
Your

Team

Levels

Up

SUCCESS!

@aaron_wheeler
Adventure

Complete!

2.Mountains of
Chat Skeptics

1.Forest of
Phone Calls

3.Wastes
of
Apathy

4.The
Customer
Horde
5.Range of
Leveling

Goals
The

World
of
Customer
Service

For
@aaron_wheeler

now...

KPIs
Targets
Our

@aaron_wheeler

Quests

are

Hard
@aaron_wheeler
@aaron_wheeler
@aaron_wheeler
@aaron_wheeler
@aaron_wheeler

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