Getting a smile for your customer service
No matter the size of your business, no matter the industry that you are in. One thing that you should always focus on is your customer service. After all, without good service how can you ever keep your customers coming back or recommending you to their friends and family?
Businesses often have a good approach to customer service already, particularly if they take a personal approach to all their clients, however, we all know that there is always room for improvement.
With this in mind, I have put together some of the main ways that every business can work to improve their customer service.
Welcome customer service feedback
If you don’t know how you are performing, then how can you improve? No-one likes asking for feedback, just in case it isn’t what you want to hear, but it can be incredibly worthwhile. It gives you the chance to know the areas where you are doing well, as well as the areas that you need to improve on. Plus, your customers are going to like to think that their opinions matter. Find out how to get feedback from your customers on the Kissmetrics blog.
Be present
It is great to have faith in the team that you have working with you in your small business, but sometimes your customers are going to like to see who is behind it. Make sure that you are as present as you can be. Not only is this great for your customers, but it is also great for the morale of your staff as they see you mucking in with them.
Have the right staff
That said, your staff are an incredibly important part of the level of service that you can deliver, so always think carefully about who you choose. You want them to not only be able to treat your customers right but also to care about your business and its success. That way you can think of yourselves of a team rather than individuals.
Recognise when you are wrong
There is nothing more sincere than an apology. When something has gone wrong many people look for who to blame. Sometimes you just need to say sorry and ask what can you do to make it right. You can’t please everyone but you can try and placate them as much as possible. The way you handle difficult situations can be the make or break of someone’s business.
Always improve on mistakes
If you have made the effort to ask for feedback from your customers, then it would be foolish not to act on it. If they give you a recommendation for an area that you can improve on, then do it. You never know, it could be a great idea that really changes your business as a whole.
Customer service is incredibly important for your business. Without happy customers, you will have no business, so it pays to make the effort to keep them happy.
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