October 15, 2012

Are You Listening to Your Customers? Ask them these 6 questions.

You may be missing out on the best way to get real feedback from your clients. Likewise, your clients might be missing out on the same information from their customers.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

You may be missing out on the best way to get real feedback from your clients. Likewise, your clients might be missing out on the same information from their customers.

The secret to finding out what they think about you? Ask them.

“The thing is, lots of businesses ask about personal infromation, while deglecting more important questions, ” according to Daniela Baker, who writes for WorkAwesome.

The key topics she suggests asking customers:

  1. How did you find out about us?
  2. What would you do if we disappeared?
  3. What helped you decide to buy from us?
  4. Do you think you’ll shop more or less with us in the future?
  5. Who do you see as our major competitors?
  6. How have our products or services made your life better, easier or more fun?

These may all seem like very basic questions, but they get at the heart of the matter: What motivates your customers. And that information is much more useful than industry-wide data or statistics.

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Isaac M. O'Bannon

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Managing Editor

Isaac M. O'Bannon is the managing editor and digital content manager for CPA Practice Advisor (www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com), drawing on two decades of experience covering the areas of professional accounting, taxation, business productivity and consumer technologies. . Prior to CPA Practice Advisor, O'Bannon was a consultant at firms in San Francisco, Denver and Tulsa, serving clients that included Logitech, Polycom, Hilti, Microsoft, the Stanford Research Institute, the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering and other technology leaders. He is a U.S. Navy groundforces veteran (never a SEAL). Email: isaac.obannon - @ - cpapracticeadvisor.com . Isaac OBannon 2019 Cropped Small Headshot