Category Archives: Customer Loyalty

Soften the Toughies!

TweetOne of the most challenging situations is to turn difficult customers into loyal customers. If you can do so, then you may not only gain a new loyal customer but also create an advocate for your business. When you encounter … Continue reading

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How to Keep Customers

Today’s customers have higher expectations, more choices, more service savvy, and they are more discriminating than ever before. But don’t worry. The tips you glean from this article will help you to satisfy their demands. Continue reading

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Get Serious about Customer Service

It goes without saying that outstanding customer service is now an imperative for business success. Customers don’t need much of an excuse to head over to your competitor if your business falls even the slightest bit short in the level of service you provide. And in today’s economy, you can’t afford to lose even one customer. Continue reading

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The Customer Rules!

There’s no doubt about it, the customer rules in the new economy—an all too familiar mantra these days. Your customer is the “King” or “Queen” who tells you what they want, how they want it, what they are willing to pay for it, and most important, how they want to be serviced. They are the ones who determine whether your company will win or lose—and rest assured, if you don’t give them what they want, your competitor will. Continue reading

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How to Treat Customers

Most people have heard the old expression, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” But, if you’re in business, it will probably mean more to you than anyone else. In fact, it’s a motto that should be posted over your office as a reminder that your existing customers are worth a great deal to you and your company. Continue reading

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Be an Ambassador or An Assassin

Competition is getting tougher every minute. In fact, your competition is vying for YOUR customers and plotting ways to get them as you’re reading! Continue reading

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I’m One Tough Customer

I’m better educated, more individualistic, and more discriminating than my predecessors. I expect a lot more than they ever did, too. For example, if I call your organization on the phone to make any type of inquiry whatsoever, I expect you to be able to give me an answer in three seconds. I expect you to be easily available for me at any time, and I want a speedy-response and efficiency. Continue reading

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CUSTOMER RETENTION–MAKE IT EASY

Perhaps the biggest difference in the way we did business in the past and how we will need to do it in the future is that we will have to be better listeners. Gone are the days when a company could just operate on its assumptions of what the customer wants. We now have to develop ways to ensure that we hear what customers want. We need to be better at listening to uncover ways to make it easier for customers to do business with us. Continue reading

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To Retreat, or Not to Retreat?

Corporate retreats represent a significant investment of time and energy. Many companies refrain from holding them because they are regarded as time consuming, and, perhaps even a bit frivolous. However, conducted properly, corporate retreats can be the best overall investment companies can make to make decisions to help move their companies into a more successful future. Continue reading

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The Customer Has Changed. . .So Must You

The world is changing more rapidly than ever before and, along with it, so is the customer. They rule. Regardless of whether you sell to consumers or business-to-business, your customer has more choices, is better informed, more cost-conscious, and more demanding than ever. It seems if you don’t give them what they want, how they want it, when they want it at the price they’re willing to pay, they’ll just head over to your competitor. Continue reading

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