Trying to meet the all needs of all your customers all the time can seem a daunting task. Apart from demanding attention at all hours, customers can take up staff's time with questions asked hundreds of times before, want to know all the product information you have, require detailed order tracking and have administration queries answered, all promptly and without fuss.

When the Web allows customers to switch to a competitor with literally a mouse click, excellence in customer service and support is more important than ever.

Even the most basic of Web sites can improve your customer service very easily by offering instant call back requests, encouraging submission of enquiries or by simply providing a directory of often-requested information.

Replies and straightforward administration can be handled automatically, increasing the rate of customer satisfaction seamlessly and reliably. This is achieved much more cost-effectively in a Web site than through operator-managed call centres or with longer opening hours.

If you want to maintain high levels of customer service, integrated with in-house systems but at a price that makes business sense, talk to Amber Innovation about the number of ways in which we can help you.

 

"The value of orders received over the internet by UK non-financial businesses increased by 39% between 2001 and 2002, from £16.8billion to £23.3billion."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )


"In the third quarter of 2003, 48 per cent of households in the UK (11.9 million) could access the Internet from home, compared with just nine per cent (2.3 million) in the same quarter of 1998."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )


"Among those adults who had used the Internet... 84 per cent used it for e-mail, 80 per cent to find information about goods or services and 68 per cent to search for information about travel and accommodation. Over half had used it to buy or order tickets, goods or services (53 per cent)."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )

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"Today, the little guy has an unfair advantage over big business. The internet has levelled the playing field. Prime location isn't important, a big marketing budget isn't necessary. Easy-to-use, easy-to-afford technology enables the small business to appear as large, as expert and as important as the giants. The real competition is increasingly about speed, flexibility and personal attention . "

Source: Jay Conrad Levinson
Guerrilla Marketing with Technology


"As I worked with many small business clients I saw a pattern. The business owner or manager knew little about their website, but a lot about the business. The web designer or technical guru knew a lot about the website, but little about the business"

Source: Jeanette S. Cates, PhD
Online Success Tactics


"The world of Internet business communications is changing at warp speed. Today, a Web site is one of the most effective communication tools a company of any size can utilise. If strategically produced, properly implemented and managed, a Web site is one of the fiercest global marketing weapons available to a small business."

Source: Tom & Lori Heatherington
The Complete Small Business Internet Guide


"Last year at this time there was really no such thing as "local search." Fast forward twelve months and local is one of the hottest topics in search. Search localisation is simultaneously the focus of aggressive attention and effort at Google, Yahoo!/Overture, AOL and MSN, among others ."

Source: Search Engine Watch (http://www.searchenginewatch.com)