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Business owners always remember that their customer is their king, but many of them still have no any clue how to implement this saying into action. By making your customers happy to do transaction with you, you will not only gain loyal customers, but also good reputation which will make you able to gain more customers. So if you are now trying to formulate the best customer service for your customers, here are some basic qualities that you have to know.

The first and foremost is always accessible. Customers will always be comfortable with personal touch. This means anytime they need to contact you for consultation or maybe to ask about your service and product, you have to be accessible. Make sure that their concerns will be addressed and convince them that you put their satisfaction at your top priority.

The second one is making your customers surprised by providing quality service which will surpass their expectation. This means you have to stop making promises that you can’t fulfill or making deadline that you can’t meet. You also need to remember to show respect on each communication or contact you make with your customers. Show that you understand their personal need and concerns and control your attitude toward your customers as professional as possible. Criticism should be considered as constructive opinion from your customer. No need to be emotional in responding the critic, surprise them by saying thanks and improving your quality or explaining nicely about the customer’s concerns and don’t forget to say thank you anytime you are about to end a conversation with your customers. Even the most difficult customer will be able to be tamed if you know how to deal with them correctly.

Naming your business is considered as branding. It is not always related to naming a product, but it actually refers to naming everything associated with your business which extends to intellectual property and trademark. This is why; legal advice is required to protect your brand. If you are ready to start it, here are some basic points you have to consider in branding.

Everybody knows that brand names should be meaningful. It will be better if the brand name carries meaning related to the business so the customers can associated it with your business and service directly after seeing the brand. Put yourself on your customer’s shoes and see how they will think on their first look to your brand. For a better result, test the brand name with the target customers.

It is also important to consider the international market if you are planning on spreading your business abroad. Seek for international meaning of branding words you want to use and the potential implication of the brand name. Since brand name is like a commitment that you have to maintain for a long time, make sure that it will be your final choice. It will take years to introduce the brand and build reputation to gain customer’s respect and trust. You will have to maintain the quality of your service, and showing your customers that you have steady quality. This means if suddenly you want to change it, you will have to start all over again to get back your customer’s confidence.

Formulating a good and effective marketing strategy is one of the most important things that you should do if you want to start a business and gain loyal customers. A good marketing plan means that your campaign is straight to the goal, approaching the potential customers and stand out among the competitors. To start the campaign, you will need to carry out a research involving market surveys, questionnaires, and customers’ feedback to formulate the right strategy to promote your business and beating the competitors.

The factors that you have to consider when conducting a survey are including the customer’s profile and mix which combined with your product’s mix. You also need to consider the latest trend and demographic issues which are including legal effects and future regulatory. Business owners should also consider the customer’s prescription on the product’s price and value besides considering the services needed by the customers regarding the product. After gaining the complete information, compare it with the competitors’ strengths and weaknesses to find out your superiority. It will be easier if you can convert the information and data gained into numerical format so you can conclude it easier through statistics.

The conclusion will be beneficial to formulate the best marketing plan to find the most effective method in attracting the customer’s attention and interest. You can also use the research result to improve the quality of your product, find the weakness and fix them all so your competitor will not use it to attack your marketing campaign.

Plan for customer service or customer service plan prepared by the company in order to evaluate the capability. The plan is used to identify strengths and weaknesses. In addition, it combines the demand and customer complaints to improve services and enhance the customer experience in the future. By collecting such information, the company learn about what aspects are its advantages and other aspects are still a weakness. Here are the tips:

* Selecting a customer service representative

Assign an employee to serve customers for customer satisfaction awake. Use a database or a proprietary program to record requests and customer complaints. Convey the problem clearly when entering your information and explain how the problem has been solved. As soon as possible reply to a letter of complaint and customer demand. Cooperation and efficiency to solve the problem can save money in the long term. Follow-up existing cases and monitor for the managers involved to avoid a more complicated problem occurs.

* Viewing from the perspective of employees

Conduct a survey to test yourself. Create a survey to get feedback from employees. This will not give a balanced opinion and give views on certain aspects of what consumers who need more intensive services. Ask questions about how to maintain customer satisfaction, provide examples of customer complaints, financial disputes or difficult buyers. Employees should pay attention to aspects of the weaknesses and strengths in customer service.

* Provide a survey on customers

Talk with customers. Use surveys to gather information from customers about all their experiences in the shop at your business. Ask questions about staff, products and convenience in shopping. Make the survey easy to answer and avoid repetition. Arrange in a ranking system in such a way and offer a survey in Indonesian and English, especially if there are some customers whose native language is not Indonesian.