Suddenly, your clients change their mind 🤷🏻‍♀️  (4/4)

Sometimes, your competition is your clients themselves.  And how they make decisions.  Because, of course, they can change their mind completely and not buy from you OR your competitors.  Replacements Your client’s life keeps happening around and beside and before and after their need for you.  In other words: you are not the only thing…

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The curse of too many options pushes your clients away 🫣 (3/4)

Your clients are not just choosing between you and that one competitor.  They are not just choosing between you and all your direct competitors either.  Your clients have options. All sorts of options. Too many options.  And it can be hard for them to decide how to spend their money.  Being good is not enough…

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How are you not like the business exactly like you 🔁 (2/4)

Unique Value Proposition

No two businesses are the same. People who offer the same product or service as you aren’t exactly like you.  With last week’s post, you defined your business in various ways.  Now it’s time to take that to market and see how it works alongside other businesses that do what you do.  Who are your…

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Celebrate success: measure, plan, recognize good work 🍾  (6/6)

Don’t forget this step, in any part of your business.  A powerful way to ensure more good work is to recognize what’s working, celebrate good results, and give the team the spotlight. Make sure everyone in the business knows when good work is happening.  Measure customer satisfaction First and foremost. It is up to your…

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Hire the right customer experience team 🥇  (5/6)

Every area of your business needs the right people in the right seats. And the right people for your customer experience team can make or break the business. When clients work with happy employees and when they feel taken care of, they will be happy to do, and continue doing, business with you.  So far…

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Empathy: how to use it when talking to clients 🤝 (4/6)

Understanding your clients is the first part.  Having a consistent process for serving your clients is essential.  Now you have to tell your clients about it. Client communication is more than product messages and website text. It happens every time you speak to, email, or text them. It is in every sentence you share. Here…

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Three ways to understand your clients better 🧐 (2/6)

There is only one way to offer a great customer experience: to understand your clients.  I mean really understand them. Not as a general category, or a demographic. Understand them as people and individuals, even when you tackle them as a group.  How do you do that? What does it mean to understand your clients?…

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How to always give clients what they want

It’s not you: it’s them.  Everything your business does is about your clients. And nothing your business does matters if it isn’t what your clients want.  In the words of the great Peter Drucker, the sole purpose of a business is to: “create and keep a customer“. You might have a great product, be a…

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