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HOW ImPORTANT IS CUSTOmER SERvICE?<br />

customer that you truly care about them. As a result, they feel like they<br />

are your only customer. They feel valued and special. These are the<br />

events and experiences that drive a customer to come back again and<br />

again. When you reach this level of customer service, the price of your<br />

product or service becomes of little importance to your customer. They<br />

buy because of the feeling they get.<br />

We have all seen new businesses that have some kind of original, fun<br />

experience for their customers. When the business first opens, they<br />

are packed with people! But, over a short period of time, sometimes<br />

only a few weeks or months, their customers stop coming back. Why?<br />

Because they didn’t touch their customers on a deep, emotional level.<br />

Make sure your customer service experience is a robust one and not<br />

just a “fad”, wearing off and losing its appeal in the hearts and minds<br />

of your customers.<br />

9. do tHe Work<br />

Your customers are critical to your success and the longevity of your<br />

business. One common mistake is to focus on the internal elements of<br />

the business and forget about the external customers and their needs.<br />

We put our customer service process on autopilot and hope for the best.<br />

I have already asked you to spend some time putting yourself in your<br />

customer’s shoes. Be honest with yourself, and determine exactly what<br />

you would want your experience to be like as your customer. After this<br />

analysis, it is not surprising to find that as a customer, you are picky<br />

too! You may realize that it will take some work to deliver the experience<br />

you would expect. Remember, you did this analysis for a reason.<br />

Consider the old adage, “if it were easy, everybody would do it.”<br />

10. SHepHerd yoUr cUStoMerS<br />

For some businesses, the customer service experience can be short.<br />

For others, the process can be long and require many steps and handoffs.<br />

It is important to make sure that someone is accompanying your<br />

customers through every step of the process, until the last service is<br />

performed. Make sure your process describes the details and requirements<br />

of each handoff and that they are performed consistently and<br />

flawlessly. There is no greater frustration than to execute almost all of<br />

the experience perfectly, and lose the customer because of one minor<br />

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