Put Yourself in Your Customer’s ShoesPosted on 11/26/2012Just as a focus on customer happiness—and not your accountant’s—makes for killer customer service, concentrating on the perspective of clients will make you a better marketer. So while there’s a natural tendency to play up your business’s accomplishments when pitching to prospects, it won’t help you much. Instead, talk about your customers. It’s their favorite subject. There’s no room for navel-gazers in marketing. Here’s our advice on keeping your customers front-and-center in each of your marketing messages. Copy U YouTube That brings us to the delicate balance your business must strike on social media. While Twitter, Pinterest and the like are avenues for spreading your message, it must be about your customer. For example, if you own a furniture store, don’t pin photos of your latest shipment. Instead, encourage customers to share pictures of your furniture in their homes. Emphasize their exceptional interior design skills instead of your store’s exceptional inventory. Beat You To It Your marketing can takame approach. Consider your potential customers’ motivation for buying from you. Don’t pitch your product features. Pitch whatever benefit customer’s will get from being your customer. For example, a mechanic may pitch piece of mind to customers who don’t want to worry about their cars breaking down. Not a word about your new eagle lift. How much of your business’s marketing is about you, and how much is about your customer? Refigure your pitch to put the attention where it belongs, then watch your marketing ROI climb.e the s |
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