10 Quick Steps to Customer Loyalty

1. Develop Communication Tools: email; newsletter, monthly flier, reminder cards, holiday greeting cards
2. Product Awareness:  Be aware of cross-selling and up-selling opportunities. Gauge usage and maintain appropriate inventory levels when possible.
3. Customer Service: Respond quickly to inquiries, rectify issues promptly without conflict.
4. Reliability: under sell and over promise. Monitor customer expectations and adjust turn-around times quoted accordingly.
5. Employee Loyalty:  Happy employees equals Happy customers. Remember top down communication and positive feedback.
6. Remain Flexible: Whenever possible, accommodate customer problems without making excuses.
7. Employee Training: Provide tools and support required. Empower them to make decisions that benefit customers.
8. Human Touch:  Customers prefer to speak with humans, not leave voicemails and hope for a return call. Have a ‘speak to operator’ option in your call system.
9. Customer Incentives: Discounts, buy one/get one free, every 10th ___ is free, etc.
10. Practice Dale Carnegie: Practice remembering names, significant info, etc. Make notes if necessary and refer to before picking up the phone.

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