Have Questions?

Contact us with any questions you may have.

Street Address:
3005 Gill Street
Bloomington, IL 61704

Phone: 1-877-495-2419
Fax: 1-866-313-0716
Email: info@holyprocessing.com

Articles

Customer Service: The Most Important Customer Retention Tool

by Eric Menzies

The mistakes you make now have a large effect on the way marketing is done for your business tomorrow and therefore those mistakes are given a large value. Learning about the mistakes created can ameliorate the marketing wealth. Providing an excellent service to those who obtain our business is our main goal but it is impossible to please everyone who considers our business.

It is possible to please your customers if you provide quality goods and service with a pleasant demeanor. Still, satisfying everyone in your client base isn't always possible. What you need to know is this: What made your client leave? Learning from your mistakes is the only way to keep these clients from leaving in the future. You need to know what part of your customer service or marketing failed.

All businesses want to have happy customers,but, studies show 95% of unhappy customers do not complain back to the business their unhappy with.Sure it is nice not to have to deal with those complaints. But, if you don't deal with unhappy customers you will never see them again. And remember even if you never hear from them again they will spread the word to others about your business and that will hurt your business.

Interestingly, in most businesses, for ever one single individual who complains about their dissatisfaction with your service there are twenty five more who are dissatisfied but do not complain. This means there are much larger losses to your business than you might realize because of their unwillingness to let you know of their complaints. Even more interestingly, the majority of them, ninety percent, would have kept doing business with you, had you rectified their complaints.

One of the most important and easiest things a business can do is set up a customer feedback system. In order to do this you will need to setup a system that tracks customers, customer buying habits, and contact information. After the basic system is in place, it can actively ask for feedback from your customers about their shopping experiences with your business. Although the approach is straight forward and simple, it does require planning out the details and information for the foundation of the feedback system. Unfortunately, many businesses are their owners fail to utilize this valuable approach of customer feedback.

You can get a free copy of my latest ebook by clicking here: The 7 Keys To Business Marketing Success. Eric Menzies writes about Business Marketing at http://www.BizRave.com

Published October 6th, 2008

Filed in Business