Dec 16, 2009

Posted in Customer Relationship Management

Customer’s Needs On Business Sites



Small businesses are growing and they are expected to grow in coming decades, with increasing industrialization and globalization, the global resources have come closer and especially with networking over Internet it has become necessary to be a part of growing number of business networks and that has proved beneficial for our customers who look upon internet over any single need may it be shopping or finding information relating to something. Today lets discuss few of the things that our customers would like to see on business websites, it will help you bond with your customers well and also help you know what are they looking from your company.

  1. Your website should fully represent the work you are doing and the products that you serve, IT SHOULD HAVE A CLARITY OF OFFER, not confusing the visitors about the products. Not just the words, but even visuals need to be in line with the content on your website.
  2. People don’t have much time to devote on just one particular thing, so make your site designed in such a manner, which is quick to browse and doesn’t take much time loading images. The SPEED OF NAVIGATION will help customer remain on your site and browse profusely.
  3. Make use of COLORS AND FONTS which are soothing for eyes, already your customers are hooked on to internet, their eyes are anyways tired after working for long time in front of computers in office. Give them good appealing look on your site that will relax them.
  4. Make available ALL YOUR DOWNLOADS AT GOOD SPEED, if the site mentions that it is going to take 30 seconds to download it should do it in that time period, make sure you keep downloads which are easily compatible with commonly used systems.
  5. If you are comparing your products to other products, then write it in a CLEAR MANNER, which is well understood by your customers. It helps them come to a decision after learning the advantages of using your products.
  6. People like to deal with honest people, even with the one they are doing business with, writing AN INTEGRITY STATEMENT will help your customers know well about you.
  7. If your website deals in delivering the products to their door step, make sure THAT YOU DELIVER THE PRODUTS WELL ON TIME and if its not possible, let them know in advance about it. Staying up to the promises helps them have faith in you as a company and your services.
  8. The last thing that customer wants is good product service that is after sale service and also a valued GUARANTEE CARD, when you give guarantee for your products it helps them to repose the faith in your company and they might want to buy even more products from you.
  9. MAKE ALL YOUR COMPANY POLICIES CLEAR, may it be relating to guarantee or buy-back policy, if you don’t entertain such transactions make it clear at the time of sale.
  10. You can PUT YOUR PHOTO OR SERVICE ATTENDENT’S PHOTOGRAPH on the site so that it becomes easier for your customers to talk to you when they actually visit your store.

There are many such things which our customers expect from us while they are buying products from us, but sometimes we nearly fail to understand their needs and they go unsatisfied back at home. Knowing your customers well and serving them good quality products and services is a key to lasting growing business so take this easy steps today and make improvements in the concerned direction.

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  1. this article tells you exactly what a customer needs. whether its online selling or face to face, people want things which is attractive, genuine and long lasting. I’ve learnt few things to improve through this article.

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