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Are You Properly Loving And Kissing Your Customers?
by Susan Clarke When was the last time something stopped you in your tracks? The cover of Fast Company magazine stopped me. The graphics looked like those on a box of Tide detergent, with the red and yellow circles. The cover text read, "YOU, The Brand Called You. You Can’t Move Up If You Don’t Stand Out." I thought, "This is so true". I’ve read that the average person is bombarded with 3,000 advertising impressions a day. Whatever the number, in order for you to move up, you have to stand out from those 2,999 other impressions. You, and most importantly everyone that works for you, need to stand out, so that you are the one impression your customer remembers. You become "top of mind." I believe that for your business to stand out, and move up, your focus has to be SERVICE. When I speak on "4 Walls Marketing," I don’t talk about how to get people to your business. I address everything that happens once you get customers within your "4 walls", and that’s all related to service. Before we talk about service, are you covering the two basics? (1) A quality product (2) at a fair price. (If you’re competing on price alone, you can stop reading now). If you have the basics, great! But, so does your competition. That just keeps you in the pack. You’ve got to do more to be in the lead. Service is truly the competitive edge today. I recently read an article that said one shouldn’t exceed customer expectations, one should just give satisfactory service. I say, "baloney!’ When you are a customer, do you want satisfactory service. I don’t remember satisfactory service, do you? I remember great service. Great service is when I feel the love and kisses. (You can’t be kissing your customers, literally, unless of course, you know them really well). But the customer needs to feel the kisses, feel the love. They know you care, really care and really value them. It’s that kind of service that will make you stand out and become "top of mind." Do your customers feel your love? When’s the last time your service stopped your customers in their tracks? The key to standing out is making sure that everyone that works for you knows the importance of "loving and kissing" the customers. Copyright © Susan Clarke. All rights reserved. END | |||||||||
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