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by Leigh Ashton
You can have the greatest sales people on the planet, but if you’re leaking customers through poor customer service, your balance sheet will suffer.
And the cost of acquiring new customers usually far outweighs that of keeping existing customers. Surely it’s much more preferable to keep more of those customers you have? For me, every company should realise that their ultimate sustainability depends on their ability to generate consistent excellent service that keeps customers coming back and singing their praises.
Yet 77% of customers say that if they experience poor service, they would avoid using that company again where there is another option available.
But, is it me…or are customer service standards still sadly lacking? How good is your customer service? Are you aware some people could have stopped buying from you because they became unhappy with some aspect of your product or service — and don’t feel as though anyone has taken responsibility for fixing the problem? And didn’t tell you?
Don’t rely on technology. There’s so much technology around nowadays that many customer transactions could be done automatically. I say COULD because, even though we have the power to automate so much nowadays, I would think very carefully about whether automation could help, or actually hinder, your customer service. For me the key aspect is accessibility. The customer should be able to speak to a real person, easily, if they want to.
What could you do ? Remember many products and prices are the same these days, so the differentiators are going to be the buying experience and customer service throughout. How’s yours?
My take on what you could do?
As usual, not enough space here to elaborate but one thing is clear…if you sell and you’re not already pulling out the stops to guarantee high levels of customer service, I’d start now.
Protect those hard earned sales and get that sales success!
Until next time
Leigh
About the author
Hi I’m Leigh Ashton of The Sales Consultancy
Whether you’re a small business or a leading brand, an area manager or a Chief Executive, whether you’re new to sales or an experienced sales professional. Even if you’re not in sales at all but want to understand it, you’ve come to the right place.
The World of Sales is changing.
Today’s conventional sales training doesn’t address the psychological barriers that get in their way.
My approach takes your sales team through a process that:
* Helps them identify their psychological barriers and gives them the tools to overcome them * Teaches them how the mind works so they can keep motivated and stay focused * Gives them the ability to identify the psychological patterns of their clients and prospects so they connect with them at a deeper level and close more sales
And at a higher level…
* It creates more success in other areas of their lives so they are happier generally…and happier sales people generate more sales
Wherever you are on your personal sales journey what’s the best course of action for YOU.
– Sales Training – that actually gets results – Leadership and Management – Personal Coaching and Mentoring – Sales Mentoring Programme – NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and how it can help you accelerate your success – Keynote Speaking