Poor Folk Marketing.com

 

marketing iedas internet marketing online marketing offline marketing

Featured Business, Start a Personalized Candy Wrapper Business:  Wrapcandy.com

  Home  | Small Business Information | Pay Per Click Advertising | Affiliate Revenue | Web Promotion

How To Make Sure Your Customers Still Trust Your Small Business


The stock market is still on a wild roller coaster ride. Trust in business is at an all time low. Do your customers still trust you? Here are seven ways to help you make sure.

1. Go the extra mile. Under promise and over deliver - a time worn concept that still works every time. Be there for your customers and show them how reliable you are. It's your actions that count, not your words.

2. Provide spectacular customer service - every time. Have a friend or colleague visit your business and provide feedback from a customer's perspective.

3. Make sure your front and back office work like a well-oiled machine. Do your front line employees and back office staff tell your customers the same thing?

4. Manage your customer relationships - return customers take the least amount of effort - use that to your advantage. Keep in touch often.

5. Communicate, communicate, communicate - with your employees and your customers. Nurture those relationships. Ask for feedback often.

6. Take responsibility. Don't pass the buck. If you can't personally handle a customer issue, make sure that you hand the customer off gracefully.

7. Meet commitments. Commitments guarantee that something will get done. They're also a way to manage the customer's expectations. Make commitments you can keep. A kept commitment builds trust. A missed commitment destroys trust. And once trust is broken, it takes much longer to rebuild.

Denise O'Berry is a small business expert who helps small business owners take action to grow their business. Learn more about how to be a successful small business owner at http://www.smallbiz-bootcamp.com


MORE RESOURCES:

8x8, Inc. Joins Small Business Bailout Efforts
MarketWatch - 9 hours ago
For a small business, this can result in significant cost savings as there is no expensive equipment to buy or maintain. Additionally, monthly service fees ...
8x8 Cuts Fees in Half in New VoIP Services Offer for Small Businesses TMCnet
This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of VoIP TMCnet
all 11 news articles


SAIC Presents UAV Communications, Inc. 2008 Small Business of the ...
MarketWatch - 9 hours ago
today announced that it has presented UAV Communications, Inc. (UAV) SAIC's 2008 Small Business of the Year Award. Tony Moraco, SAIC senior vice president ...


BBC News

UPDATE 1-HBOS to provide small business support package
Reuters - 14 hours ago
HBOS also said it would guarantee pricing on Bank of Scotland small business customer overdrafts for 12 months from the date of arrangement for new loans ...
Bank of Scotland Announces Small Business Support Package istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Britain's clearing banks fast-forward aid for small business Daily Mail
Jeremy Warner: 'Not guilty', plead bankers on small business lending Independent
Mortgage Introducer - Manchester Evening News
all 116 news articles


Wall Street Journal Blogs

Small-Business Owners Divided on Auto Maker Bailout
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 4 hours ago
Many small-business owners vehemently oppose bailing out Wall Street. But what about Detroit and the Big Three auto makers? That’sa little more complicated. ...
Small businesses depend on auto industry rescue Detroit Free Press
all 2 news articles


CRM Software: Delivering Significant Value to the Small Business
TMCnet - 1 hour ago
For a highly competitive small business, a CRM tool is a must, serving as a multi-functional system for tracking and analyzing critical data about vital ...


Small Business Initiative Sponsors Education & Professional ...
MarketWatch - 7 hours ago
The Prince George's County Small Business Initiative has teamed up with Forrester Construction and the Prince George's County Public Schools to provide ...


Financial Roundup: LandAmerica Leaves Investors Hanging, GAO Urges ...
BNET, Ca - 5 hours ago
[Source: The New York Times] Credit not the problem with small business lending — An SEC panel says that credit is available for small business lending. ...


SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture ...
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
ATLANTA, Dec 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The US Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to ...


Small Business Puts Healthcare Reform First
PR Web (press release), WA - 4 hours ago
Small Business Majority founder John Arensmeyer comments on new research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that finds that small business owners put ...


Alaska small-business owners vote
Bristol Bay Times, AK - 1 hour ago
While final votes are tallied in national and state elections, voting continues for Alaska’s small business owners. Each year, the National Federation of ...

Small-Business - Google News

home | site map
PoorFolkMarketing © 2007