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TING AND FOR OPPORTUNITY 5 REVIEW CUSTOMER SERVICE BASICS Never underestimate how important amazing customer service is to your overall marketing and business strategy. Train your staff every year on customer service basics and reward them when they deliver great experiences to your customers. 6 7 UTILIZE DIGITAL MARKETING Consumers are spending on average 4 – 6 hours online every day. If you want to catch their attention you need to do it on the online space. Think about all the ads you notice as you browse the internet, research products, read your email, open an internet browser. Having your business show up in this digital marketing can be the differentiator in a successful online marketing strategy. Hire an agency who knows how to deliver when it comes to digital marketing. MEASURE & TRACK RESULTS Last but certainly not least is measuring and tracking results. One of the biggest opportunities we see is that business owners and managers often don’t even know what is working and what isn’t. They don’t know what is selling or not in their businesses. Tracking KRI – key revenue indicators, sales volumes, best selling products, capture rate are just a few of the numbers you should track on a monthly basis. Reviewing these numbers will often uncover opportunities to grow and improve revenue. Optical Prism | January 2016 33