If you’ll practice the rare art of “active” customer retention, a lot of good things can happen. This is already known by a small, well-rewarded group of contractors who’ve held a tight lid on this weapon as long as they could.
It’s as if customers are running the companies these days, and CEO now stands for Customer Engaged in Opinions. In other words, buttinsky alert: customers are all up in your business.
Ever feel like a professional presenter? You know, going into home after home, making a great presentation, watching beaming homeowners nod in agreement, and then they say, “Just leave your quote. We need to think about it.”
IAQ analysis is the HVAC equivalent of filtration replacements in the plumbing industry. If you fail to meet the need of this huge market, you may as well hold the door open for your competition.
A lost customer means that you cut off a prime source of future sales and referrals. And it’s a loss that carries on for the life of the sales he’s going to give and refer to your competition.
What is the image that you want for your company? Does it “match” that image represented in your marketing? If not, you’ve already lost. Why? The vast majority of the market only knows you by one thing … your image.