{"id":2393,"date":"2019-10-31T11:18:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T11:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devbloglavaprotocols.nityo.in\/is-your-business-relationship-with-your-customers-as-strong-as-it-should-be\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T11:18:43","slug":"is-your-business-relationship-with-your-customers-as-strong-as-it-should-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/the-cloud-blog\/is-your-business-relationship-with-your-customers-as-strong-as-it-should-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Business Relationship With Your Customers As Strong As It Should Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><em><strong>By Samiur Rahman, Blogger, Lava Protocols<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>A \u201cGive &#038; Take\u201d Relationship<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you are a business manager or a consumer, you know that it is often easier to stick to your current brand rather than shifting to a new one. But sometimes, YOUR preferred brand gets outdated, stale, expensive, or just not to your taste anymore. Perhaps, you stumble upon a better company with choicer deals to make you delighted. After some thought, you cut ties with what is not meeting your expectations, and opt for something better suited to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For businesses, however, this is alarming consumer behavior. Attracting new customers can often incur a cost in comparison to retaining the old ones. Why is that so? According to Forbes, Market research, advertisements, and manufacturing can all be expensive when attracting new customers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jiawertz\/2018\/09\/12\/dont-spend-5-times-more-attracting-new-customers-nurture-the-existing-ones\/#5d404ab45a8e\">Forbes, 2018<\/a>). However, an old customer likely stays due to their brand loyalty. This is because:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive experiences where a customer\u2019s expectations are exceeded by the quality of their service or product end up making them feel delighted.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interpersonal communication from business representatives makes the brand feel more congenial.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gestures such as surprise gifts, coupons, inclusiveness in the decision making of the business add more sentimental value<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attractive product and service offerings that are tailored to fit your interests<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, my father preferred to go to a specific grocery store near our house. I once asked him the reason behind this routine. He answered with a smile saying, \u201cThe owner is a very friendly man. We have interesting conversations and he often sends one of his trusted employees to carry the shopping bag for me since their store is so close to our house.\u201d This made me realize the importance of businesses being customer-centric.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<h2><\/h2>\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Taking Your Business To The Next Level<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customers rule supreme. Whether we like it or not, we are ultimately trying to establish profitable customer relationships by understanding their needs and wants, and providing value accordingly. Interesting enough, no two customers have the same way of perceiving a service or product that is sold by the supplier. So how can corporate giants manage so many different customers with so many unique interests? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software like Salesforce can be a game-changer in the market for almost all businesses. It helps them to keep track of their consumer behavior. Detailed analysis of their preferences, purchasing habits, demographics and so forth can help businesses to segment their customer base seamlessly. It can help the top management carve strategies that are profitable and completely customer-oriented. They can also secure and speed up this process by selecting the cloud-based CRM system, for instance, Sales Cloud. Frontline workers can get easy access to it to determine the satisfaction level of their customers and the profitability of their business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/2019\/10\/31\/strong-business-relationships\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV.jpg?fit=5000%2C3337&#038;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5000,3337\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"BENIS ARAPOVIC \/\/ WWW.SHOCK.CO.B\",\"camera\":\"NIKON D800\",\"caption\":\"Group of business people assembling jigsaw puzzle and represent team support and help concept\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1355058427\",\"copyright\":\"WWW.SHOCK.CO.BA\",\"focal_length\":\"50\",\"iso\":\"200\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.008\",\"title\":\"Group of business people assembling jigsaw puzzle\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12393 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Customer Relationship Management\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-Aug-04-2022-07-39-06-35-AM.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-Aug-04-2022-07-39-07-61-AM.jpg 300w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-1.jpg 610w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-2.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/group-of-business-people-assembling-jigsaw-puzzle-PXUBFNV-4.jpg 3240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>How LEGO Got It Right<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you often find yourself going back to something that holds an emotional significance to you? This happens to most of us and businesses can use it to their advantage and provide value in the process. An example is The LEGO Group, a mammoth business of this generation, which has turned around its business from the brink of bankruptcy by using some clever strategies as described in Business Insider (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-lego-made-a-huge-turnaround-2014-2\">Business Insider, 2014<\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of these ideas centered around using customers as the source of idea generation. The LEGO Ambassador Program made forty ambassadors within the age of nineteen and sixty-five. From these fans, they generated ideas about the business and took advice on what they could do to make the business flourish. Furthermore, LEGO built a website for its consumers called LEGO Click. Here, consumers could upload their creativity through LEGO creations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we can learn from this is that LEGO successfully turned its customers into business partners. They strove to enhance their relationship with customers by including them in the business development process. The workforce needs to understand that businesses can increase their profitability and retain their customers by creating lasting bonds with them. What better way to do it than to respond to them more effectively? Installing a system that can document the personal requirements of its customers, and enable easy access from all devices at any time of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><b>It\u2019s All In The Feels<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businesses are made to give people what they desire. However, businesses can change the world for the better with their ground-breaking innovations. This cannot be done without getting the support of the consumers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"12391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/2019\/10\/31\/strong-business-relationships\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK.jpg?fit=5472%2C3648&#038;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5472,3648\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\"aperture\":\"3.2\",\"credit\":\"Monkey Business Images\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS-1D X Mark II\",\"caption\":\"Smiling audience applauding at a business seminar\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1497464090\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"88\",\"iso\":\"800\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.005\",\"title\":\"Smiling audience applauding at a business seminar\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}\" data-image-title=\"Smiling audience applauding at a business seminar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Smiling audience applauding at a business seminar<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-medium-file=&#8221;https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1&#8243; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavaprotocols.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1&#8243; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-12391 size-large&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-1024&#215;683.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Customer Relationship Management&#8221; width=&#8221;1024&#8243; height=&#8221;683&#8243; srcset=&#8221;https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-Aug-04-2022-07-39-03-53-AM.jpg 768w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-4.jpg 610w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-Aug-04-2022-07-39-01-50-AM.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK-3.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/4843500.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net\/hubfs\/4843500\/Imported_Blog_Media\/smiling-audience-applauding-at-a-business-seminar-PLQAUXK.jpg 3240w&#8221; sizes=&#8221;(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px&#8221; data-recalc-dims=&#8221;1&#8243;><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned above, some of these factors will help you keep your customer\u2019s satisfaction level high:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud-based CRM software such as Sales Cloud helps organize your customer database into a single-source-of-truth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexibility for the customers. For example, unsubscribe option at any time in cloud CRM<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fast response to customer demands<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, businesses need to realize that responding to customer\u2019s wants is the utmost priority. With the right strategy, you could grow into a global reckoning just as LEGO did.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"module--text h-c-page\">\n<div class=\"h-c-grid\">\n<div class=\"uni-paragraph h-c-grid__col h-c-grid__col--8 h-c-grid__col-m--6 h-c-grid__col-l--6 h-c-grid__col--offset-2 h-c-grid__col-m--offset-3 h-c-grid__col-l--offset-3\">\n<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lava is an\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lavaprotocols.com\/crm\/\"><i>authorised Salesforce Partner\u00a0<\/i><\/a><i>in Malaysia and has more than a decade of experience in cloud solutions which includes marketing automation, CRM implementation, change management, and consultation. 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