Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Customer management

Targeting your audience requires dedicated and regular attention. Whether you sell products or services, you cannot accurately predict when a customer is:
  • buying for the first time,
  • a regular or high spending customer. .
Example - vehicle maintenance & valleting

We all use our cars regularly and modern cars will have a warning light to tell you if your car is due for a service. Your control panel cannot warn you when:
  1. The battery is worn out
  2. When your car needs a wash and clean?
  3. The oil needs changing
The answer on this occasion:
As customers we are more interested in:
  • professional attention and expertise
  • a phone call, SMS or an email reminder, not a clever leaflet or website..
Customer loyalty and discount schemes
Do you need clever technology?
A customer database, or a CRM software will make life a lot easier, but it is not a necessity. More >>