5 Ways to Turn Consumers into Regular Customers
Posted by Payscout Inc. on June 14th, 2018
It can be up to 25 times more expensive to acquire a new customer than it is to keep a returning customer. With this in mind, keeping your current customers shopping with you time and again is of the utmost importance.
Below are five simple tips to keep your customers shopping happily:
1. Keep in line
Long lines lose customers. Everyone is guilty of abandoning items and exiting the line, determining the price of the purchase was not in fact worth the time to purchase it. By keeping your lines short, you’ll keep customers coming back. This is possible even in the popular pop up markets of today with mobile payment processing, which allow you to take payment via your smartphone.
2. Loyalty program
Loyalty programs have been proven to boost growth and are a simple way to connect with customers. The benefits of the program will encourage your customer to spend with you, as they will feel as if they’re getting a deal. While the data collected to sign up will expand your mailing lists for increased marketing potential.
3. Don’t be pushy
If you have a brick and mortar location, it’s important to master the correct amount of contact with your customer. Too much attention, and the customer may feel hurried, or like you don’t trust them; not enough contact and individuals will feel ignored. The best service is one that reads off the customer via quick opening questions that will signal whether or not they’re up for chit chat or just shopping. You are not exempt if you operate in an online space, popups are the digital version of the pushy salesperson.
4. Easy check out
In an online space, Forbes notes that consumers find the checkout experience as important as a website’s landing page. Reducing the barriers to conversion by keeping the checkout process simple can lead to an increase in sales. Whether online or in a physical location, easing the checkout process should include accepting multiple payment options.
Even when it comes to collecting a debt, people are more apt to pay if accounts receivable collections software is utilized.
5. Excellent customer service
Happy customers are free advertising and will spread the word about your goods and services. This is especially important as the millennials move through the consumer marketplace, as they rely on word of mouth more than any other generation. Treat your customers well and do what you can to keep them happy, and they’ll put their money where their mouth is.
About Payscout
Payscout’s mission is to support the entrepreneurial dream one transaction at a time; they do this by connecting merchants and consumers via credit, debit, ATM, and alternative payment networks. A thought leader in the payments industry, Payscout wants to help you thrive with payment processing that works for you. They can also help you go global with their international payment processing on six continents.
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