{"id":5534,"date":"2013-04-05T08:55:20","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T12:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2017-11-21T23:28:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T23:28:14","slug":"when-is-advertising-the-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/when-is-advertising-the-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"When Is Advertising The Enemy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was posting an article about the importance of customer service when I came across an <a href=\"http:\/\/winthecustomer.com\/86-percent-of-u-s-adults-will-pay-more-for-a-better-customer-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> that had the opening line,<strong> &#8220;SURVEY RESULT: 86 percent of U.S. adults will pay more for a\u00a0<a title=\"Success Comes from Customer Service\" href=\"http:\/\/www.1to1media.com\/weblog\/2012\/01\/every_organization_and_company.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">better customer experience<\/a>. So why do companies continue to cut customer service costs and increase spending on marketing?&#8221; \u00a0<\/strong>My mind immediate went off on a rant, so I went with it.<\/p>\n<p>The article from <a href=\"http:\/\/winthecustomer.com\/86-percent-of-u-s-adults-will-pay-more-for-a-better-customer-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Win The Customer<\/strong><\/a> had some amazing statistics about customer service including:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>86% \u2013 The number of U.S. adults who will pay more for a better customer experience.<\/p>\n<p>89% \u2013 The number of U.S. adults who switched to a competitor because they had a bad customer experience.<\/p>\n<p>73% \u2013 The number of U.S. adults who said a friendly customer service made them fall in love with a brand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I thought to myself, &#8220;What the hell is going on here!?&#8221; \u00a0Businesses who cut costs on customer service, or customer service training and instead utilize it for marketing are taking the easy way out. \u00a0Hell, I&#8217;d go as far as to say they&#8217;re taking the cowards way out.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>You Should Be Proud Of Your Product!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sales 101<\/strong> tells you that <strong>being a salesman is a transfer of confidence<\/strong>. \u00a0The same is such for the <strong>small business owner<\/strong>. \u00a0<strong>Every business is, essentially in terms of marketing, is a product itself.<\/strong> \u00a0You&#8217;re confident in your product (or you shouldn&#8217;t be in business) and you know it&#8217;s the best thing since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_ISB6lPX87I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sliced bread<\/a>, so you&#8217;re going to let people know why. \u00a0You&#8217;re going to tell them the <strong>benefits<\/strong> and why (or how) it&#8217;s\u00a0necessary\u00a0 \u00a0So, if you&#8217;re spending less money dealing with customers (and their complaints) and more time getting people through the door (through <strong>advertising<\/strong>) it makes it seem, to me, like you&#8217;re not <strong>proud<\/strong> of the product. \u00a0Furthermore, what kind of product or service do you have that you&#8217;re willing to let these customers go without a fight!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Rotating Door Product!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It also\u00a0subtly\u00a0implies that you&#8217;re all right with <strong>not<\/strong> retaining customers. \u00a0If you dump enough money into <strong>advertising<\/strong> then your business will have a steady stream of new customers. \u00a0The problem is those customers are <strong>never coming back<\/strong>! \u00a0That to me, sounds like a <strong>pretty horrible way to run a business<\/strong>, not to mention the fact that eventually you&#8217;re <strong>bad customer service<\/strong> is going to catch up with you and all the marketing in the world couldn&#8217;t save you.<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re not worried with customers coming back because you&#8217;ll just get new ones, remember that <strong>a\u00a0dissatisfied customers tell between 9-15 people about their bad experience<\/strong> and around <strong>13% tell more than 20 people<\/strong>. (Source:\u00a0<em>White House Office of Consumer Affairs<\/em>)\u00a0 If that many people are going to know your company sucks, then chances are that your advertising will become less effective because it&#8217;s falling on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Use Their Weakness As Your Strength!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You should take a minute out of your day and think about any competing businesses that have this horrible mantra. \u00a0<strong>Then welcome those customers!<\/strong> \u00a0If they had a bad experience, then technically all you have to do is have &#8216;<em>regular customer service<\/em>&#8216; to win them over. \u00a0But think about it, what if you blew them out of the water with <strong>over-the-top<\/strong>, <strong>super friendly customer service<\/strong>? \u00a0Not only would the customer &#8216;<em>fall in love with the brand<\/em>&#8216; but they would also be a little more understanding if something goes wrong one day and their unhappy. \u00a0And let&#8217;s be honest&#8230;<strong>you&#8217;re happy, their happy&#8230;everyone win&#8217;s (except your competitor.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10706\" src=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-300x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"408\" \/>The Avis Challenge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On the same topic, I remember when I first heard about the <strong>Avis<\/strong> <em><strong>&#8220;We Try Harder&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> <strong>Campaign<\/strong>. \u00a0It started in 1962 and it worked wonders. \u00a0If you don&#8217;t know the story, it basically started because <strong>Avis<\/strong> would always come in second place to <strong>Hertz car rentals<\/strong>. \u00a0 After Avis <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/business\/rivalries\/2013\/08\/hertz_vs_avis_advertising_wars_how_an_ad_firm_made_a_virtue_out_of_second.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revamped<\/a><\/strong> their <strong>customer service<\/strong> and products the ad agency <strong>Doyle Dane and Bernbach (DDB)<\/strong> came in a coined the tag line <em><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re No. 2&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>&#8220;We Try Harder&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0This simply meant that they were going to try harder to get (and keep) your business because they weren&#8217;t first place. \u00a0Absolutely brilliant. \u00a0If you look at some of the <strong>ads<\/strong> designed below (courtesy of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sellsellblog.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/advertising-greatness-2-avis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sellsellblog.blogspot.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0) you can see that they went right for the jugular and brought that little statement to life.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Avis didn&#8217;t just come up with a catchy tag line to sell rentals. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t say &#8220;Oh Well&#8221; to all the unsatisfied customers, only to hare DDB to get new customers. \u00a0They restructured their customer service and their products and then let people know that they restructured. \u00a0Bill Bernbach actually went to Avis and told them to restructure. \u00a0He explained,\u00a0\u00a0<strong>\u201cIt\u2019s always a mistake to make good advertising for a bad product.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Try harder and your customers will thank you. \u00a0They&#8217;ll thank you by coming back and you&#8217;ll stay in business!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10711\" src=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01-200x268.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01-275x368.jpg 275w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01-400x535.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01-600x803.jpg 600w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-01.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10712\" src=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"779\" height=\"1049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02-200x269.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02-275x370.jpg 275w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02-400x539.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02-600x808.jpg 600w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-02.jpg 779w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 779px) 100vw, 779px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10713\" src=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-200x271.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-275x373.jpg 275w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-400x542.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-600x814.jpg 600w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-768x1041.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-800x1085.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03-870x1180.jpg 870w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/avis-03.jpg 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10706\" src=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-200x272.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-275x374.jpg 275w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-400x544.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-600x816.jpg 600w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04-800x1088.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iheartblank.net\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/avis-04.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was posting an article about the importance of customer service when I came across an article that had the opening line, &#8220;SURVEY RESULT: 86 percent of U.S. adults will pay more for a\u00a0better customer experience. So why do companies continue to cut customer service costs and increase spending on marketing?&#8221; \u00a0My mind immediate went off on a rant, so I went with it. 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