Friday, January 19, 2018

Create More Raving Fans

Positive reviews and word-of-mouth referrals are like gold to decorative plumbing and hardware showrooms. Imagine what your bottom line would look like if every one of your customers posted a positive review on Yelp or raved about the quality of your service and products to friends, neighbors and co-workers? Referrals can happen naturally or you can create them. Creating positive customer reviews involves:

 
Delivering. Make sure that you deliver on the promises you made and when problems occur, don't run or hide. Use mistakes as opportunities to shine.
 
Solving customer problems. You know the problems that need to be solved in the renovation of a bath or kitchen. If you want to gain more referrals though, make sure you know as much about your customers as possible, because birds of a feather flock together. Your customer's neighbors, peers and friends will tend to be have similar needs, tastes and problems.
 
Promoting your customers' contributions and accomplishments. Ask permission to take before-and-after pictures and videos. Post them on your web site and social media outlets. Create case histories that you can issue to prospects.
 
Asking for help. Many of your most satisfied customers will gladly provide a referral if you simply ask them to do so.

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