Weapon#9 Constant change
Every person on the planet loves what’s new. Smart marketers know that. They constantly come up with different answers to the customer’s key question: “What’s new?”
Weapon#10 Capture the customer details
Every time someone calls your business, you should have a script that allows your staff to capture their details. You can then send them a follow-up marketing offer, which they will be more likely to respond to positively.to make this work well:
☆ Put together a script your people feel comfortable with. In corporate the ideas of your front-line staff into developing the script.
☆ Teach the script to everyone---even those who only answer the telephone occasionally.
☆ Create a reward pool--- for every name, address, and phone number captured. Divide that pool up and pay it daily.
☆ Have a somewhere where the captured customer details are kept for future reference.
☆ Add a telephone upsell offer or a special. Make it rewarding for the people who call your business to come in and see you. This doesn’t even need to come across as being pushly, just helpful. For example: “ Oh, just one more thing. We have a special offer for today’s callers. Would you like to hear about it now?”