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What are you really doing for your customers?

by Kevin Stirtz

What are you really doing for your customers?

We hear a lot about customer experience and going the extra mile for our customers. And these are good things. Every employee in every business should pay attention to these. But it’s not just the employees who are responsible for this. Management has to lead the charge.

If you want more loyal customers, the kind who come back again and again, the wonderful people who tell their friends, neighbors and everyone else about you, then you need to make service a priority across your organization. Front line employees can’t make this happen alone.

And when you make this commitment, you need to tell the world about it. Do this by telling people what it’s like doing business with you. Tell them and show them what they can expect when they become your customer.

When you tell someone how well you’ll take care of them and then you do it, they remember. You give them a wow (because it’s a surprise). And you give them a reason to come back and tell others. So they do. Next thing you know, your repeat business and customer referrals are going through the roof.

This video demonstrates this idea. It tells what customers can expect by showing what they are NOT getting from the competition.

Every organization does something for their customers. Figure out what yours does. What experience do you deliver that puts you ahead of your competitors? Develop a message around this experience. Then publish it. Tell your customers about it.

If you tell people what to expect (assuming it’s what they want) and then do it for them, they’ll become loyal customers. It’s that simple.

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Kevin Stirtz - who has written 597 posts on AmazingServiceGuy.com.

Kevin Stirtz is the Amazing Service Guy, a speaker and trainer who helps organizations of all kinds deliver Amazing Customer Service. His recent book: "More Loyal Customers" has won 5 star reviews at Amazon.com. Kevin lives in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis & St. Paul). More at: author's website.

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2 Responses to “What are you really doing for your customers?”

  1. Love the video.

    What you have said reminds me of two old business adages that have stuck with me for years… firstly, “the only reason a company has to exist is to serve a customer”, something that seems to often be forgotten these days. The second is “say what you will do and then do what you say” and I might add… ALWAYS, EVERY TIME, WITHOUT FAIL!

    Ric-orglearn.org

    • Kevin Stirtz says:

      Hi Richard – I couldn’t agree more! When companies forget they are in business to serve customers, that’s when they begin going out of business. Thanks for writing!

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