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15 Tips for a Great Customer Experience
Because customer experience is such a crucial aspect, we have compiled a list of the 15 most important tips for a great customer experience.
Concrete tips for a better customer experience
But what can be done in concrete terms to create a world-class customer experience, maybe you wonder? To make it easy to get started on working to create a better customer experience, a list of concrete measures for better customer experience is presented below. These are measures that most people can apply to their own business regardless of the industry.
1. Make it easy to be a customer to you.
Being an easy customer is one of the most important factors for good customer experience. Whether it is to make purchases, get support, make a return, use a customer card, cancel a subscription, etc.
2. Ask questions and listen to the customer.
Get to know your customers. Listen to what they have to say and understand their problems, their dissatisfaction, their suggestions, etc. Understanding the customer’s needs and desires is the basis for delivering really good customer experience. There are many different ways to get customer insights such as customer surveys, focus groups, customer panels, feedback via social media etc.
3. Be clear about what employees can do to help customers and solve any problems and customer complaints.
In order for employees to be able to act based on what they feel the customer needs and what the customer wants, the employees must be confident in their role and what they must do to help the customers. The management must be clear that the customer is at the center and confirm that what is good for the customer is also good for the company and the employees (even if you receive a cost in the short term).
4. Think about the customer’s feelings.
What feelings do you want the customer to have in contact with you and how should you activate these feelings in the meeting with the customer, when they meet your brand, your staff, go into your premises or call your customer service. The customer’s feelings are often forgotten even though it is a very important part of the customer experience.
5. Take good care of your employees.
The employees’ feelings and attitude towards the company and their work affects the customers. If you want satisfied and happy customers, it makes it easier if the staff is satisfied and happy. If you take good care of your staff, chances are they will take good care of your customers.
6. Always pay attention to the customer.
As a customer, you want to be seen and noticed. If you cannot help the customer directly, tell them that you will help the customer as soon as you can. If you meet the customers on your own premises then greet the customers when there is an opportunity.
7. Through respect for the customer.
Treat your customers with the same respect as you would treat your parents or best friend. Remember, it is the customers who provide every person in your organization a job, It is not the manager or the company’s CEO or anyone else in the organization.
8. Think about how customers interact.
The customer experience is also affected by other customers who consume the service at the same time. Should customers be encouraged to interact with each other, or kept separate, are the other customers perhaps an important part of the customer experience? It also depends on what your company does.
9. Have a positive attitude.
A smile costs nothing but can do wonders for how the customer experiences the meeting with you, whether it is a customer meeting that happens face-to-face or over the phone.
10. Interact with the customer.
How many times have you not gone into a store and seen the staff standing idle behind the cash register? What opportunities do these have to help the customer find what they are looking for, suggest alternatives or help them try products? Interacting does not mean that you are disturbing them or trying to sell, sell sell. It is about creating a personal contact and showing care about the customer.
11. Help the customer prepare.
If a customer looks uncertain or lost, ask if you can help the customer with something. Many customers may hesitate to trouble staff with “stupid” questions.
12. Take responsibility for solving problems.
If you find a problem that can affect customers in a negative way and you have the opportunity to solve that problem, then solve the problem. Don’t expect anyone else to do it. Even if it was not your problem from the start, it is your responsibility to solve it. Report the problem so that it can be addressed for the future.
13. Be selfless.
If you cannot help the customer yourself but you know that your competitor can, then tell the customer about the competitor. Customers will still not buy that product from you, but they will certainly remember your unselfishness. You win it in the long run.
14. Win the customer, don’t necessarily win the argument.
The customer is not always right, but that does not mean you should tell them that they are wrong and you are right. It is more important to win back a dissatisfied customer than to win an argument.
15. Do something extra for the customer.
If you have the opportunity to do something extra for a customer then do so. A little extra service, a gift or something that is out of the ordinary. It is so unusual for customers to get something out of the ordinary that the customer will remember it for a long time to come. This “unusual” gives you the chance to be remembered because this makes you stand out from everyone else.
