How To Build A Reputable Relationship With Your Customers

by Samuel · 20 comments

Does your business lack the idea of building a reputable relationship with your customers? If yes I will advise you to read on and get the solution to the problem.
For your business to grow successfully there is one major thing you need to watch out for, which is building a reputable business relationship with your customers, a relationship that will make your business grow.
You might be wondering why? Yea you need it because without a good communication with your customers that means your business is nothing. Customers are the key behind every successful business. If you don’t embrace it, you are loosing money! Learn how to relate with your customers, in case you don’t know what business is all about, I will tell you. Business is all about relationship! One of the major reasons why business fail is that they don’t have a reputable relationship with their customers.
Below are the tips on how to build a reputable relationship with your customers:
Offer Them The Best:  Ask yourself, what else can you offer to your customers apart from the best? I guess there’s nothing. Am always saying this times without number,  offering of quality service should be your number one priority, because offering them the best service shows that you really value them also they worth more than gold to you. By doing this, you will build a reputable relationship with them, they will love to stay with you I mean by offering customers quality services will help retain customers and not lose them.
Have their Contact: Try and get each of your customers contact also let them have yours, try to have a database so that you can communicate with them at anytime, it will make the relationship grow faster. In case a customer needs to get goods from you and if he or she don’t feel like coming over to your place it will be easier for him or her to give you a call and chat with you concerning the problems he or she has. Don’t just collect their contact for the sake, send to them updates about new products in store also try to get their birthday date so that you can wish them birthday wishes, and send them nice birthday messages on their birthday. I guess you know what am talking about? Also if it has been a long time you’ve seen a particular customer around or some customers of yours around, try to give them a call and ask why you haven’t been seeing them around also ask about their families, give him or her a warm greeting. By doing this, you will never regret it, and they will not regret it either.
Be A Good Listener: You must be a good listener also be kind- hearted to your customers because at times they might not be pleased with your service and they will want to make a complain, so whenever a complain has been made always try to apologize, promise them that it will never happen again and that you will meet up to their needs.  Customers do love to hear kind words, when the fault is from the person they are patronizing, if you are not kind hearted to them, they will run away from you and they will never come back to you. This is one of the main reasons why big firm do have customer service so that they will be able to get there for their customers and build a relationship with them. So try to be a good listener also be kind- hearted.
HUMBLE: You need to be humble no matter the condition, feeling humble will help you move to greater heights in life. Never feel proud even though your level is higher than the person you are rendering service to, you just need to be humble.
Dos and Don’t: Let them know the dos and don’t of the service you are rendering to them, always try to be transparent. Let them know your business policy!  So that they will know what you like and what you don’t like.  By doing this, it will add value to your business and help you accommodate real customers that will serve as good fruit to your business.
CALL TO ACTION: You need to be there for our customers, in terms of good or bad. Why? Because you need them and they need you, without them you are no where. So In any situation they are, you need to be there for them. Let them value more than gold to you .And in any situation they are try to give them a helping hand.

Speak Your Mind!
Do you build a reputable relationship with your customers?? Also what other tips can you add?! Feel free to comment below! Thanks.

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Michael September 7, 2010 at 7:41 am

Hi Samuel

This is a very intelligent and well thought out post. I agree with everything you say here, especially the point about being a good listener. One thing I would have added is dialogue. Every successful business makes sure it has conversations with their clients. What do you think?

Thanks for sharing.

Michael
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Samuel September 7, 2010 at 9:58 am

Yea Micheal, i agree with you! that will help build the business grow. thanks for the nice words take care :D

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Wayne FArley September 7, 2010 at 3:07 pm

Great advise here, but I’d add providing advice and information of your goods and services. You are very likely to win the hearts and minds of your customers when you freely provide advice and information.
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Samuel September 8, 2010 at 1:33 am

Hi Wayne. Yes that must be included also! Thanks for the comment i really appreciate and keep the good work up. :D

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Hector Cuevas September 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm

Sam.

You made a lot great points in this post.. I completely agree that customers and blog readers should be treated with respect in order to build a good relationship with them..

thanks for sharing
Hector
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Samuel September 8, 2010 at 1:37 am

Hi Hector, thanks for the comment and keep the good work up! Hope to see you soon take care. :D

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Lye Kuek Hin September 8, 2010 at 12:29 am

Hi Samuel,

Great and well written post. This applies to online and offline business whichever you are into. Give what you customers want and find out what they need is the most important when doing a business. Thanks for sharing the great tips.
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Samuel September 8, 2010 at 12:43 am

Hi Lye, Yea you are damn right man! Thanks for the nice comment and keep the good work up! :D

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Peter J September 8, 2010 at 9:32 am

Wow, great post. I like the “become a listener part.” Its so easy to think that through blogging all we should do is help others, sometimes we need to just listen to what they have to say.
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Samuel September 9, 2010 at 5:10 pm

Hi Peter,
Yea you are right, listening to our customers will help build a reputable relationship thanks and take care

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Sathish @ TechieMania September 9, 2010 at 7:09 am

I am in the verge of launching a hosting business. I hope the points listed in this article will help me to start my business in a better way. Thanks for sharing, Samuel
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Samuel September 9, 2010 at 5:16 pm

Hi Sathish,
Yea it will surely help you! Good luck man keep the good work up. take care.
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Cole Stan September 10, 2010 at 9:02 am

Reputation is the main factor that can really affect any business. Whether you’re into food or service business, you need to take into consideration the quality of what you’re offering to all your clients or customers. Be the best and they will surely love you for that!
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Samuel September 10, 2010 at 11:39 am

Hi Cole!
Yea you are right! thanks for the tips. hope to see you soon and keep the good work up! :D
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Cole Stan September 15, 2010 at 5:50 pm

I want to add something. Businesses greatly depend on people as assets, whether if employees or clients. In this way, business owners must know how to deal for both groups in order to maintain good relationship with them.
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Samuel September 16, 2010 at 12:02 pm

Yea thjey must know how to retain them! failure to develop a good realtionship will them will not help their business! thanks Cole.
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TriForce September 10, 2010 at 12:49 pm

Yes, nowadays it is really important to have good relationships with your customers. If they are happy, then we are happy. :) That way we can get returning customers also. If the customer likes any product or service, he/she would definitely like to come back. But if there is lacking of maintaining good relationships from the sellers, they can lose the good customers. Nice to reading your article. Keep up the good work. Thanks… :)

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Samuel September 11, 2010 at 6:00 am

Yea man! You are damn right! Thanks for the tips and keep the good work up.

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