November 2017
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THE VALLEY BUSINESS JOURNAL<br />
26 www.TheValleyBusinessJournal.com<br />
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
Quality – Differentiating your Business from<br />
the Competition<br />
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Quality is a key factor in bringing<br />
in new customers and capturing market<br />
share. With social media sites such as<br />
Yelp, potential customers can find out<br />
more about your business faster and<br />
easier than ever before. The informed<br />
consumer will be making decisions based<br />
on quality experiences of others. Additionally,<br />
quality contributes to customer<br />
retention and building loyalty. Once the<br />
customer has an excellent experience<br />
with your product or service it’s a good<br />
chance they will keep coming back<br />
Quality efforts are not just for large<br />
companies but for any looking for long<br />
time success. So, what can you do to increase<br />
quality? Choosing a day to focus on<br />
how well your company is doing is a good<br />
start. This can include bringing awareness<br />
to the employee of the need for making<br />
quality a habit in everything they do.<br />
Sharing videos and quotes from businesses<br />
known for their superior products can be<br />
quite motivating. Discuss your competition<br />
and see how you compare noting any<br />
areas where improvement can be made as<br />
well as where your company excels.<br />
Use your company quality day as an<br />
opportunity to listen to your employees<br />
especially those working directly with<br />
customers. What do they have to say<br />
about the products or services being<br />
sold along with ease of doing business?<br />
What do they hear during the course of<br />
delivering or making a sale? Capture<br />
and track data through after-sale surveys.<br />
Use this valuable data to define objectives<br />
for improvement. And don’t forget to<br />
follow social media to hear the voice of<br />
the customer.<br />
Have fun with your quality day.<br />
Make it your time to engage the employees.<br />
It’s all about the brand. And having<br />
a brand of quality will make a winner.<br />
Ted Saul is a business coach and writer<br />
that assists with Business Plans and<br />
Project Management. He holds a master<br />
certificate in project management and has<br />
earned his MBA from Regis University.<br />
Ted can be reached on LinkedIn, TedS787<br />
on Twitter or emailing Ted@tsaul.com.<br />
by<br />
by<br />
Ted Saul,<br />
Steve Fillingim<br />
Sr. Staff Writer<br />
connect: Ted@tsaul.com