environment is highly competitive and margins often low.
Sales and marketing skills, marketing channels, sales
management, advertising, research, consumer behaviour, and communications are important in order to keep airlines remain stable.
Engaging with customers to build lasting relationships with
them.
As social media takes precedence in the overall customer
relationship management pie.
Airlines will need to look at building a large and robust
resource pool that can respond to customer queries, complaints, posts and tweets round the clock.
From ‘The Customer’s World is Online and Offline- Maneuvering
between both holds the key to success’, I have learned about: E-commence and automation of business processes such as web check-in have largely enhanced the convenience of air travel.
The offline channel or airline customer service contact center
will still continue to be a critical touch point between the airlines and its passengers.
Such customers can be retained by the intelligent
convergence of the online and offline channels, either by the smart placement of the customer service contact centre number or by activating a click-to-call feature.
Where the online channels fails, the offline channel – the
customer service contact centre can take over smoothly to solve customer queries or problems.
From ‘After-sales: Increasing sales
Providing good after-sales service shows your customers you
want to build long-term relationship with them, earn their loyalty and keep their business.
Building customer relationships and growing their profits.
Providing after-sales service keeps your customers coming
back to you and encourages them to refer your business to others.
Providing follow-up.
Effectively dealing with complaints.
From ‘Service and selling strategies at the time of sale’, I have
learned: Thanking customers for their business. Confirming sales or delivery arrangements verbally or by email or letter. Ensuring customers have your contact details and that you have theirs. Adding customers to business mail or email lists.
From ‘Use point of sale to provide information’, I have learned:
Knowing the needs and wants.
Clarifying sales or other arrangements to customers.
Explaining refund policies.
Clear information and benefits.
Follow up on your offer.
From ‘Go the extra miles’, I learned about:
Offering fast and efficient prompt service.
Refer them to your online services and updates.
Give your customer personalized service by giving your
business card.
Offer to add your customer to your contact database, mailing
list or customer loyalty program. , they need to be practiced and honed until they become a habit or a second-nature. Number of practice on the method of sales where sales can competently promote their product. Setting meeting objectives State of mind Rapport -relationship understanding Listening Questioning Language Handling objections