Turning Home Services Clients into Repeat Customers
Repeat customers are the best customers. When it can take weeks or months to develop a relationship with a new customer and win their business, it follows that maintaining that good relationship is a lot easier than building a new one, for you and the customer. So what does it take to keep home services clients coming back?
Do Good Work
This isn’t exactly marketing-related, or a secret, but the best way to get repeat customers is to do a great job. If people are happy with the quality of the service they’ve received, when they need that service repeated, they’ll want to call you.
Follow Up
Even though you know that you and your employees do good work, you can ensure that customers are satisfied with a quick follow up message to thank them for their business and to get feedback. If a customer is unsatisfied for whatever reason, you can address it right away and leave them with a good feeling about your customer service.
Send Reminders
Ever get postcards or emails from your dentist saying that it’s time for a checkup? Chances are that you have and that it probably even prompted you to make an appointment. Many home services could benefit from a similar approach, especially with the seasonality of most home services work. If you’re a roofing company, send out a reminder every fall for gutter cleaning or pre-winter roof inspection.
Provide Expert Info
Trust is crucial to retaining customers and developing repeat business, and one of the ways you can do this is by providing relevant, expert information on topics related to your services. You should regularly share and publish content that pertains to your services, so if you’re a roofer, content on roofs and roofing: how to winterize your roof, how often to replace shingles, what are the best roofing materials, how often to clean the gutters, etc. Your customers will appreciate that you share your knowledge and will come to trust your expertise.
Offer Incentives
If you want customers to come to you the next time they’re in need of the services you offer, give them an incentive, whether a coupon for a discount on future services or a gift card to a local restaurant when they book a repeat service. These incentives will help your clients feel like they’re getting a good deal and that their business is appreciated.
You can use digital content such as blogs, digital newsletters, and email mailing lists to enact these strategies and create repeat and lifetime customers. Want to know how? We can help.
