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Helen Dewdney

Founder
The Complaining Cow
Country or state 
United Kingdom
Available to 
Global
City 
London
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes
Timezone 
Europe/London

Personal Details

Bio

Helen Dewdney is The Complaining Cow, a consumer expert who writes the UK’s longest-running and most comprehensive consumer site by an individual. Completely independent, the site is free from sponsored posts, adverts and paid for reviews, and covers customer service, consumer rights and topical issues.

Helen works with businesses on how to handle complaints, improve customer service and exceed expectations. By reducing risk to reputation, finance and impact on vulnerable customers, “superfans” are created, who do the heavy lifting of marketing.

She has advised companies ranging from individual owners through to Lloyds Bank and Tesco, providing consultancy, presentations, interviews and training. Intrinsic to her work is understanding end-user insights and perspectives to improve customer service and increase sales.

Current position (1)

Founder

The Complaining Cow

Degrees (1)
BA Drama and Education
Central School of Speech and Drama
1994 to 1997

Presentations

Presentations (1)
How to increase sales by turning customers into superfans

It is widely accepted that it costs at least 5 times as much to gain a new customer as it does to retain one. With this in mind it makes sense to put resources into customer services.

Topics can cover; Top 10 customer service frustrations and solutions, How to turn customers into superfans who rave about you in reviews and refer more people to you, How to exceed expectations, Treating customers as individuals, reducing risk to reputation, finances and impact on vulnerable customers and a combination of all these things.

3 top take- aways:
Techniques to tweak and re evaluate customer service.
Ways to reflect on current correspondence with customers and improve it.
Approaches to handling complaints so that customers still rave about you.

Past talks (3)
Bringing creativity
Next Steps for High Streets and Town Centres
Online
September 7, 2022
From dissatisfaction to delight – with increased sales!
From dissatisfaction to delight – with increased sales!
Online (COVID prevented planned in person)
March 9, 2022
How to complain effectively
The Law in 60 Seconds Public Legal Education Conference
Manchester
May 14, 2022
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Commissions

Books & Articles (7)

How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress and Results
The Complaining Cow,
2019
101 Habits on an Effective Complainer
The Complaining Cow,
2019
Report - Ombudsman Omnishambles: Serious unresolved issues affecting the operation of the ombudsman ADR system in the UK.
The Complaining Cow,
2016
Report - More Ombudsman Omnishambles: The UK ADR landscape. 20 months on…
2018
Report - Whirlpool The Whole Tumble Dryer story without the Spin.
The Complaining Cow,
2018
Commissions
The Complaining Cow

Expertise (11)

Business
Other
Retail
Customer customer champion Customer Experience customer conflict Customer Experience Management customer feedback Customer Expectations Customer Acquisition
Recommendations
Why choose me? 

I convey visionary messages to captivate, empower and inspire
audiences with explosive energy

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