Being Proactive Will Impact Your Bottom Line

When you are proactive with your clients they will recognise you as business partners rather than just suppliers or vendors. By understanding the dynamics of your clients’ businesses you can make a greater contribution to their success. Develop a mindset within your teams where you are actively searching for ways to solve your clients’ problems. Help them to become more successful beyond the parameters outlined in their project brief to you. When you take this approach new opportunities will be presented to you. These may come directly from your clients who have been reminded of your expertise or your proactivity or may uncover completely new opportunities for your clients.

What’s the Rationale For This Proactivity?

According to research conducted by Forrester* it can cost 5 times more to acquire a new customer compared to satisfying and retaining existing customers.  A 5 percent reduction in customers ending their  relationships with you (churn rate) can increase profits by 25-125 percent, depending on the industry. Being proactive with your clients will lead to better levels of customer retention. The biggest reasons* clients give for ending relationships is  treatment they receive (64%) and dissatisfaction with products/ service (14%). Proactivity on your part will increase your customer’s satisfaction levels.

How Proactive Have you Been, Honestly?

Now ask yourself how proactive you and your teams have been recently. Be completely honest with yourself and make a list of all the examples that you can think of.  More than likely there is considerable scope for improvement. You know what you need to do. Speak with your teams and inspire them to be more proactive. The Pareto Principle applies here as it does in most scenarios, 80 % of your future business will come from 20% of your current clients.

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*Source:  Alan E. Webber, “B2B Customer Experience Priorities In An Economic Downturn: Key Customer Usability Initiatives In A Soft Economy,” Forrester Research, February 19, 2008.

**Source: Kissmetrics

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