Prospecting Your Customer
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Prospecting Your Customer: Building Lasting Relationships
Summary
Establishing a relationship with a customer involves creating multiple layers of interaction, not just focusing on a single transaction.
Key Concepts
- Sales
- Marketing
- Customer Relations
- Communication
Article
Building strong, multi-layered relationships with customers goes beyond achieving sales targets?"whether they are weekly, monthly, or quarterly. A sale should be the starting point, not the end. Instead of rushing a customer out the door after a transaction, focus on nurturing that relationship.
Engage and Understand
Start by talking to your customer. Discover their needs and preferences, and identify what additional services you might offer them. People enjoy discussing themselves, so engage them by asking about their job, family, hobbies, and more.
For example, during my time working in banking, when someone visited to open a checking account, my approach was to profile them thoughtfully. By entering their information into our system, I could determine if they were new to our bank or an existing client.
Customer Profiling
If they were new, I’d often infer they had accounts or loans elsewhere. That's when my profiling started: I’d inquire about other institutions they dealt with and highlight the benefits of our products comparatively. It was crucial to identify why they chose us?"sometimes dissatisfaction with their current bank led them to explore different options.
Relationship Building
It’s essential to communicate benefits without pushing products aggressively. Documenting every discussion allows for strategic follow-up. I'd provide a welcome packet featuring brochures of our offerings and multiple business cards.
When dealing with an existing customer, understanding their current engagements with us allowed me to suggest solutions tailored to their unaddressed needs.
Follow-Up Strategy
With each customer interaction, take notes, and follow up thoughtfully. Approach them with relevant products at the right time, respecting their pace and priorities. Prospecting entails identifying what a customer might need that they don’t currently have, paving the way for future interactions.
Conclusion
The key to prospecting is identifying customer needs and building from there. With these insights, developing long-term relationships becomes more manageable. Good luck!
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