Pro & Content
Friday, October 30, 2009 VOLUME 4 ISSUE 4  
Be a Resource

Once the sale is done, how do you reinforce the relationship with your customer and ensure that it lasts a long time? It is important to continue to provide your customers with valuable content. They will be grateful for the information and will value your relationship.

Oftentimes companies provide thick manuals or users guides that are not much help to the customer. Take it upon yourself to replace these boring manuals with a useful resource center on your web site that you can update and expand over time.

Supplement the resource center with helpful tips and tricks sent periodically. Other ideas include email notifications of product enhancements, FAQs, community sites, forums and blogs. Make sure your content is helpful, easy to read and has a light, fun tone.

Use this content to clarify, enlighten, and continuously engage your customers. They will thank you for being so helpful.


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How do you communicate to your current customers?

Email

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A combination of the above

What type of content do you provide your customers?

I provide helpful tips and tricks relevant to my products/services

I provide a user manual to all of my customers

I provide a mix of content - some instructional, some fun tips

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Does Your Content Solve Their Problems?
In our last issue, we talked about offering up solutions to your audience’s pain points through your content. When you provide valuable content to your customers and prospects, they will view you as a trusted source of information and will be more open to building a relationship with you. We asked our audience how their content addresses the needs of their audience.


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Archive
Find the Solution
September 2009
Vol. 4 Issue 3
Speaking Their Language
August 2009
Vol. 4 Issue 2
Winning the Battle for Content
July 2009
Vol. 4 Issue 1

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