No matter how great your product or service is, complaints are bound to come up occasionally. Here’s how to manage and learn from customer complaints. Continue reading
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5 Skills every Employer Wants to See Right NOW
If you want to stand out and improve your chances to grow in your current role it’s important to show employers your rock star skills and prove your worth within the company.
Skills don’t start and stop at qualifications – there are numerous ways your attitude and approach to problems will make you a valuable team member. Here are the top 5 in-demand skills for the current market.
How to make a great first impression with customers
Research confirms when we meet someone for the first time we subconsciously form an opinion of them in 4 seconds. Tough crowd, right? Well, there’s more – you then have 30 seconds before that impression is cemented, and cement is tough to move.
3 Essential Elements for Businesses in 2021
New year new opportunities. Let’s get this year started and take our challenges from 2020 and return them into a chance to grow.
How to turn Christmas customers into Long-Term customers
Over 60% of Christmas holiday shopping is done online. Though that’s fierce competition it also presents an opportunity for businesses to collect consumer information (location and email address), assess where they are coming from (via Facebook, Instagram, Google etc), and strategise your marketing so you can retain them as customers.
Here are our top tips for customer retention:
Customer Service Technology Trends for 2021
First things first. What is customer service technology?
It’s making sure your systems, technology (eg: apps, shopping cart etc) and strategies are all working seamlessly together to deliver the very best in customer service.
With online shopping and online support not just commonplace today, but preferred by many, customer service technology is a fundamental part of any successful business. Here’s what you’ll see a lot more of (and should include in your business strategy) in 2021.
How to Ask for Donations by Phone
Non-for-profit organisations and fundraisers have a hard time getting the script right when it comes to asking for donations. Especially when you’re doing it over the phone. There’s one face to gauge or body language you instinctively trust.
However, if you get the wording right and demonstrate how they can personally make a real difference, you will see greater results.
7 Ways to get Customer Feedback
As a business you aren’t just looking for feedback, you are looking for quality feedback. Feedback which is honest, constructive and give your business genuine insight into how customers see your brand.
Unless their experience has been really bad, customers usually don’t volunteer feedback. They are more likely to take their business elsewhere in future. Unfortunately, his not only means a lost sale or three, but you lose customer loyalty as well. Continue reading
Kiwi Shopping Habits post Lockdown
New Zealanders are shopping differently since the shakeup of Covid19. You only need to walk through a shopping mall to see the effects. Many stores aren’t staying open for late-night shopping. Why? There aren’t enough people in the mall to make it worth their while, or staff hours have been reduced. Or both.
5 Ways to retain customers
Wanting to retain customers is a no-brainer. It’s historically cheaper than finding new customers and businesses use the information from current customers to up-sell and re-market to. But some are doing it much better than others. Here’s how you can be one of them: