Did anyone ever tell you how special you are, how important you make others feel, how you made them smile and feel so appreciated? I am sure they did. And this is not only about personal relationships. With no doubt, it absolutely applies to your relationship with your customers. If you own a business it doesn’t really matter how big it is and what exactly it is. Customer relationship is universal for every type of business that ever existed. Medical and dental offices, law offices, restaurants, gift shops, art galleries, car dealerships, gyms, online stores – the list can go on and on.
How many times do you think you lost your client just because you did not maintain your customer relationship? More likely, you just don’t know the answer to this question… You did not really show them your appreciation. You did not send a friendly thank you card. You just did not make them feel good. And… They found another realtor (chiropractor, personal trainer, car dealer – whatever your own business could be).
Unfortunately, often times business owners underestimate the power of Customer Relationship Marketing. There is a wonderful rule to it that is universal for everybody in this world: people do not remember what you say, they do not remember what you do, they only remember how you make them feel. This applies to virtually any business. If only you could always remember that, do you know how many clients would have kept coming back to you and your services?
Now you may be asking, how on earth can I remember to send thank you cards to all my clients, I am so busy, I wouldn’t be able to do it! Well, thank you cards is just one example of Customer Relationship Marketing to begin with. Assuming that you already have your client database set up, do you think you would be able to just set up a calendar-reminder on your computer with names, addresses and dates, type in a simple text and program it to be sent out on a certain date? On this certain date all your clients would receive not just a typical boring e-card, but a real, absolutely unique paper-and-ink card in a real envelope, with your own picture on it and your personal signature? How would that make them feel? Now you get the idea!
People tend to throw plain paper-and-ink cards, but cards with the senders’ picture in them tend to stay on their desks, coffee tables and refrigerators. Crazy as it sounds but after looking at this kind of card couple times, you clients thinks, hey, I really need to give Jane (Brad) a call, I really need to go see her (him)!
Of course, there is a question – how to make this possible? How to get this magic system that would help me remember about my clients and send them thank you notes, reminders and invitations on time, and with minimal time and expense involved? With the mixture of hi-tech internet and good old fashioned paper-and-ink cards it is very possible now. We will show you in seconds how to do it on our web site.
You cannot recover the time after it’s gone. Think about it, please, and think HOW you can improve your customer relationship now and enhance and grow your business just because you can show your customers that you really and truly appreciate them.