Understanding your Customer better
by Lazaros Chasomeris
Any salesman worth his salt will tell you that to be a good salesman - you need to listen. The best way to know what your customer wants, is to let your customer tell you what they want. Therefore, good communication between you and your customer will help you to understand your customer better and provide a better service.
Solve your customers’ problems
Know what your customers’ problems are
Listen to your customers
Provide a forum for your customers
Solve your customers’ problems
Understand that whatever business you are in - you are actually in the business of solving your customers’ problems. To know exactly what your customers’ problems are, you need to get to know them. Providing solutions for your customers will mean your customers will retain your services.
Know what your customers’ problems are
Most companies, when researching what their customers’ want, reach for market data reports. However, the problem with market research is that it tells you what people wanted, not what people want now. If you want to know what your customers’ want, then you need to ask them. It can be as simple as a suggestion box or, if meeting your customer face to face, you can ask them how they feel about the products.
Listen to your customers
When talking to your customers it is vital to listen to them, rather than to tell them how great your business is doing, and about all the great products you have on offer. How do you know they are interested? As you have a conversation with your customer -
rather than giving them a sales pitch, you will discover avenues of opportunity that you never even knew were there. The old adage of the customer is always right still holds in this digital age.
Provide a forum for your customers
If you operate an online business you could take the step of installing a blog or a forum. A blog is a useful tool to keep in touch with your customers because they can understand the chronology of your business posts and thus gain more trust. Customers should be allowed to comment on your posts and provide feedback. Sometimes the feedback can be negative, but this can be used to your advantage. By addressing the problem publicly you can be seen as being serious about customer care.
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