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Two Tales of Customer Service

Increase Sales

Great customer service makes or breaks any business from the smallest mom and pop shop to the national franchise. These past weeks while on vacation I have experienced the best of customer service and the worst of it. Within one hour, my husband and I experienced the best and the worse of customer service times.

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8 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty During and After COVID-19

Selling Energy

Cultivating customer loyalty is a vital facet of being a successful sales professional. We’re talking genuine loyalty, which is a step or two beyond doing perfunctory, cursory check-ins while you prospect for new contacts.

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The Easiest Ways to Increase Your Profits Now

Smooth Sale

You can also try upselling or cross-selling to existing customers or offering referral incentives to encourage customers to refer their friends and family. Look for ways to cut costs, such as reducing energy usage, negotiating lower rent or supplier costs, or outsourcing specific tasks to reduce labor costs.

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Critical Investments: Fun Ways to Spruce Up Your Business

Smooth Sale

While keeping an eye on the bottom line is crucial, countless untapped avenues can inject your business with that much-needed energy. It doesn’t mean jumping on every tech trend but strategically investing in tools that can streamline processes, improve customer service, and enhance efficiency.

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Creating a Customer-Centric Culture That Aligns Employees With Customers

Sell Integrity

What Gets in the Way of a Customer-Centric Culture. Most businesses like to say they’re customer-centric, but in many cases, it only applies to a specific function or department, like sales or customer service. This hints at why building a customer-centric culture is more challenging than you might initially think.

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Where did you learn to sell? How have you modified it? | Jeffrey.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Why would I waste that energy on having lunch with co-workers? I wanted to channel that energy, harness that energy, and direct it toward a sales prospect. Customer Loyalty. Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer Loyalty is Priceless. My strategy was to practice what I had just learned.

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Dramarama: Coach Your Customer Experience Team From Surface Acting to Deep Acting

Miller Heiman Group

In a world where what matters most to customers is the emotional impact of their interactions with front-line employees, authentic emotional connections are essential. Faking it till you make it is a recipe for subpar customer experience. Customer service reps often don’t feel an emotion that matches how their customers feel.

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