Is your business ready to lose loyal customers?
What started with one round of recorded options when anyone calls the main number for your business has grown into a web four or five or more layers of press this number for – – – – options stated.
Now maybe this is a government office or an insurance company, not that makes it okay, however, most of us accept this treatment when making those calls. It’s when the business being called is a local one you have done business with for years goes this route that just doesn’t feel right.
It seems the personal touch has gone away.
You may want to consider how far you go in cutting costs and saving money. In this example, what is your cost of acquiring a new customer, no less a loyal customer?
What is the expected lifetime spend of a newly acquired customer to your company?
Compare these answers to any savings being achieved by going the automated web of press this number to go here or there layers deep to obtain a human voice live.
There is a point where people will stop.
A person is going to want a basic answer to something and will grow tired and become frustrated by the options and the number to press. Or maybe their question doesn’t exactly match up with any of the options offered in the automated system.
Your business may lose that customer.
Even friends and family may not directly answer their phones. The call may go right to voicemail. Is this a result of too many spam calls?
Maybe that’s the reason for both the business lines and how regular folks just don’t answer their phones any longer.
What are your thoughts on these phone call items?
How do you feel about these automated phone responders with layers of options?
Go to the comments sections and let us all know.
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