The top 8 things customers need, and how to serve them best
por Jorge Fernández | September 16, 2020 | Insights
Customer service is one of the fundamental pillars of the success or failure of a business, and being able to anticipate and anticipate the needs of your customers can be an important step in achieving excellent quality customer service.
To create a solid foundation for your business you will need new and old customers alike, understand their needs and provide them with fast and effective solutions. Here are the top 8 customer needs and how to address them:
- The Experience: If you've been thinking about making a particular purchase, it's a very rewarding feeling to be able to order that product and have it delivered in the mail or picked up at the store. Make sure the shopping experience and atmosphere is fun and engaging for your customers at all times, this will make your customers more inclined to buy from you again.
- Information: Before a new customer can make a purchase decision, they must know the goods and services of your company, for this reason it is important that you provide a lot of information about your products and services, as well as the offers and packages that you offer, both in the website as well as in the social networks of your brand.
- Convenience: Start-ups often start with a promise to make their customers' lives more convenient, and this is no coincidence, millennials especially ask for convenience in their everyday lives. Your customers will be willing to pay as long as their life and work are made easier. Therefore, it is advisable to create products and services that help in this task.
- Be transparent: Customers want transparency and honesty when mistakes, service issues, and price changes are made at your business. The best thing a company can do is to be transparent about those changes and issues: explain what happened, why, and what will be done next, this will build trust with your customers.
- Have empathy: When a customer encounters one of these issues and calls your customer service department, this person wants empathy from the people assisting them. Empower your team to be more empathetic, understanding, and calm when addressing customer needs.
- Cost: The price of your services and products is key, it is not ideal to be the cheapest on the market, but not the most expensive either. Ideally, make sure your prices are reasonable with what your customers are willing to spend and what they think is fair for the goods and services they are receiving.
- Reliability: If your business is seen as unreliable, your sales will definitely reflect this. Customers look for trustworthy businesses, and they won't buy from companies that have poor ratings and reviews. To increase your reliability, make sure you keep your promises. And remember: Trust is hard to earn and very easy to lose.
- Have different options: No two clients are exactly the same. Tastes, preferences and needs are different from one client to another. You must offer enough options to meet the needs and expectations of the various demographic groups that may be interested in your products and services.
Customer service is an area of utmost importance, do not hesitate to contact us if you want assistance or receive advice for your business, our experts are here to help you.