Are you satisfying your customers to be your Brand Advocates?

The economy-sensitive industry is facing challenging business and consumer markets. With many competitors chasing the same customers with the very same products, companies are under extreme pressure to develop innovative customer experience solutions for markets and to match the customers’ varying demands.

We can hardly find any difference in services offered to customers across industries. An easy way to fight against competition and create a strong flagship brand is to convert existing customers to brand advocates. Brand advocates are highly satisfied customers who are most likely to recommend a product or service to others; therefore it is highly critical for companies to motivate satisfied customers to advocate a brand.

Executives estimate that their potential revenue loss for not offering a positive, consistent, and brand-relevant customer experience is 20%. 49% of the executives believe that customers will switch brands due to poor customer experience, but the reality is that 89% of the customers say that they have already switched due to poor customer experience service. 44% of the executives believe that customers are willing to pay for greater customer service, but the fact is that 86% of the customers say that they are already doing so. So about 93% of C-level executives say improving their customer’s experience is one of their top three priorities in the next two years, which means boosting customer service excellence, converting the existing customers to loyal customers, and turning them into their brand advocates to create a strong brand.

Brand advocates help the advocated company in many ways – they reduce marketing efforts, attract new customers, increase brand visibility, and so on. Companies should strive hard to deliver products and services to keep customers satisfied. But what converts them into advocates is not satisfaction but customer delight. Customer delight is a result of the company’s extended engagement efforts for its customers; it’s a way for the company to make its customers feel special. In my view, the key methods necessary for this conversion to happen are:

Hence, I feel companies must strongly focus their efforts on building an increasing number of brand advocates. Remember, advocacy is not triggered by offers or promotions, but it is a result of continuous nurturing and respect for customer relationships.

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