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By Chris Garrett on May 6, 2009 6:55 am
Posted in (Sales & Marketing)

Everywhere you look the marketing advice you are given is about getting more prospects and selling more to those prospects. And these are necessary lessons. The problem is, a vital piece of the puzzle is missing if you only drive sales …

What happens after you close the deal? What then?

You might think “not my concern”, but really there are good reasons why it should be your concern

  • Happy customers buy more
  • Happy customers tell friends
  • Happy customers write testimonials

And so on.

Really, aren’t you in business not just to make money, but also do something worthwhile? Make a difference?

As well as a “sales system” you need a “make happy customers” system.

This means

  1. Make sure customers know how to take delivery of what you sold them
  2. Ensure they know how to get use out of what you sell them
  3. Point them to the most important ways they can get value from what you sold them

Consider the sale just the start!

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3 Responses to “ Why It’s Not Enough to Just Sell”

 
eCommerce Weekly Roundup [5.03.09-5.09.09] | dustinfisher.com Says -- May 9th, 2009 at 10:52 pm

[...] Why It’s Not Enough to Just Sell (via invesp.com) – eCommerce used to be just about getting the sale. Not anymore. You need to give the customer more even after the sell. This is a good article giving some pointers on how to go above and beyond the initial sale. [...]

 
Mark@TopCheapBacklinks Says -- May 11th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

Selling is the biggest point everyone is after. But it should not be your ONLY point. If I sell you today, only care about selling you, then bye, never to see or help you again, not very productive or nice. I want to make you my customer for life, if possible. A happy, well treated customer, I can help, treat with respect, have them around for a long time, and maybe even be able to, here is that word again, SELL you something else, newer, better, or more fit for your growing changing needs.

Now that is how I want to be treated, so why not do the same to someone else.

 
Brian Harvey Says -- May 29th, 2009 at 9:09 am

Great article. The best marketers on the planet give away more than they sell, and it results in cast iron customer loyalty.