Develop A Competitive Advantage: Quality Customer Service

Written by Devin Johnson

October 30, 2014

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Quality Customer Service: Develop A Competitive Advantage

In order for your business to survive long-term, you must develop a competitive advantage to differentiate your business from your competitors. There are several ways you can do that. One main way you can develop a competitive advantage is to deliver the highest level of customer service that far surpasses your competition.

Train Your Employees

The first thing you need to do is train your employees. Your training needs to provide your employees with all the tools to do their job to the best of their ability and how to interact with your customers. Make sure you emphasize the importance of your customers and the level of service your customers expect from your business. It is essential you invest in developing and training your employees to deliver the highest quality customer service. Focus on reliability, efficiency, personal service and quality.

Deliver Customer Service

Remember, it is more cost-effective to retain your current customers than it is to attract new ones. To retain your customers, you must offer services and products that are not offered by your competitors. High quality customer service adds more value to your customers because it improves your customers’ overall experience. This makes them feel valued and increases the chance they will become a repeat customer.

It is important that you keep the lines of communication open, provide clear information and great service even after the sales. Customers want their questions, comments and issues dealt with quickly, accurately and competently. When a customer pays for a product or service they want to feel like they are getting the best value for their money and they are receiving the highest level of expertise and knowledge.

Provide each customer with specialized attention. The advice you provide each customer must be accurate and available when your customers need it. After a sale has taken place, make sure the customers are taken care of with the same level of care.