Criticisms on existing face-to-face practices
and how the iQeQ approach can counter them
From the customers viewpoint
IQeQs approach is to design solutions to deliver:
Advisors working from a script
A choice of scripted or random ‘natural’ conversation
Non-expert advisors
'Best advisor’ expertise, skills and knowledge
Little context setting or driving conversation by
A way of contextualising and mapping the customer
objectives
objectives to the product/service
Not able to make decisions as the impact on their
That shows comparisons, the impact of their decisions
objectives is unclear or not complete
and the ability to re-prioritise
Operators finding difficulty in processing customers'
‘Best advisor’ expertise, skills and knowledge
requests effectively
Departments do not communication with one
A way of capturing the customer ‘story’ that can be
another, ask similar questions and don’t know the
shared across the organisation
customer ‘story’
Takes too long
The appropriate amount of time to each customers
need
From the organisational viewpoint
Most existing systems get in the way of
A selling conversation
conversational selling
Difficulty in delivering the appropriate type and
That align the conversation, solution and training all in
quality of training to support the advisor
one
Training too far removed from day to day context
Contextualise training into the solution
Existing systems can be too prescriptive and the
A non scripted, challenging and customer driven
advisors get ‘bored’
interaction- that is different each time
Need to get advisors to use the solution consistently
Increased personal results through increased useage
Need to increase cross selling/referrals
A method of capturing the customers extensive story to
uncover leads
Order taking not selling
A conversational platform rather than a linear process