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Being Indispensable for Customers
When people become your customers they want you to be an integral part in reaching the success they desire and all to be there when they need you. Being indispensable for customers simply means being an essential part of what they do and gradually become so necessary for them that they are unable to perceive…
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The Customer is Always Right?
It may come as a surprise that this topic is not a statement but a question. After all ‘customer is prime’, the ‘life-blood of a company’ and many such commonly used terms seem to suggest that the customer is always right. These concepts emphasize on the customer and how it is vital to put their…
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Build Your Business and Brand Authority
“The ethics on which brands are built need to be ingrained in the business if the brand proposition is to be credible to consumers”. – Paul Gaskel Even though authority is described as – influence, power, fame and other such words – in the dictionary, for companies it translates to being able to attract new…
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Ways to Connect with Customers
“Understanding people, is not a waste of time”. – Mark Zuckerberg It is vital to keep talking to your customers since that is the best way to understand them and their needs. If your company is not talking to customers, then you most certainly will not be able to form a connection with them and…
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Blunders Brands make on Social Media
“We all make mistakes. But social media can frame those mistakes and display them infinitely”. – Darshan Soni There is no denying the power of social media as a tool to remain ‘present’ and visible. Customers and companies regularly share updates, photos and information about their businesses and keep others informed about what they do.…
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Raise the Bar in Customer Service
Customer Service is not going anywhere as long as companies have customers. Businesses are realizing the importance of using service to garner support and also stand out from the crowd. This is in addition to the given that a company’s products are good. Every business and person, almost on a daily basis, interacts with customer…
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Approaches to Customer Service
“Customer service means not reading from a script but reading the customer. It means knowing when to pay attention and when to give space.” – Erica Allison There may be many approaches to customer service, but the common thread would be to interact positively with customers and provide them with a level of customer service…
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Customer Satisfaction and Delight
“Nobody raves about average.” – Bill Quiseng There is no dearth of information, no paucity of technology and as for companies, they are everywhere. Customers just love the attention they are getting and so obviously are increasingly demanding experiences that would be the difference between satisfaction and delight. Merely satisfying customers is no longer a…
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Customer Negative Feedback
“You’ve got to want to be in this incredible feedback loop where you get the world-class people to tell you what you’re doing wrong.” – Bill Gates When you run a business, feedback becomes an indispensable part whether you ask for it or not. If customers are satisfied they may not say so often, but…
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Learning from Customers
“What gets measured gets done. And what gets recognised gets done again – and even better”. – Robert Crawford Great – you have managed to make customer service the top priority and number one goal for your company. `But how do keep it sustainable? Have you developed ways to know your customer and devised ways…