How do you retain customers in an auto body shop operation?

2022-04-06 16:40:25

How to create and retain customers is the most important issue in business.


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Auto repair shops aim to make a profit, however, it is only possible to make a profit if you have customers. So, as a repair shop, how should you create customers? And how can you retain customers?


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As the owner of a repair shop.
Do you really understand what car owners need?
An industry source summarized the six characteristics of current car owners: middle class, pursuit of quality, efficiency first, like to use the Internet, more attention to detail, can pay for better service.
What they need: reasonable price, quality service, and trustworthy technology.
Why do car owners choose your store?
Because trust your technology, believe that your offer is reasonable, satisfied with your service, that your maintenance process makes him feel at ease. Here some friends may say, are old customers, accustomed to my store, to my store at ease. What about new customers? How do you stay?

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The following share a repair shop owner's experience in customer service, see what aspects he has to retain customers.
01
Store environment
It is said that this is a world of face, repair shop “face” do you care? Car owners go to the store for the first time, will certainly choose to look neat, things displayed in an orderly manner, good health of the store. Some bosses feel that the car repair environment can be clean to where to go, repair a good car on the line.


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But the owner does not think so, into your store even a place to land, how can he believe that you fix the car? Also, this is the age of the Internet, is the WiFi installed in the customer lounge? Please believe that car owners want to have WiFi there, of course, most of the garages have it, after all, they have to use it too!
02
Customer Reception
When the owner arrives at the store, it is very important that our staff are all able to provide a warm and polite reception, giving the customer a feeling of being at home.


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In terms of etiquette, it is recommended that every repair shop should organize staff to learn, whether it is to engage in technology or reception. If the customer comes for the second time can also immediately recognize, it is further closer to the distance of the customer. The last point, in addition to repairing the car technicians, other employees of the store should also have a basic understanding of automobile repair, do not ask customers three do not know.
03
The establishment of customer files
In the customer to the store, to establish a customer file in a timely manner, the customer classification management. The customer's car maintenance and repair records, to facilitate the future to remind customers of regular maintenance and overhaul.


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There are many ways to build a customer file, there is a special electronic system, or computer excel report (but please throw away the paper notebook). Leave customers as much contact information as possible, such as cell phone numbers, QQ, WeChat. Repair shop should also establish their own QQ group, WeChat public number, easy to interact with customers.
04
Keep up with the times and embrace the Internet
Keeping up with the times means knowing how to use the Internet, also mentioned before WeChat public number these, through the means of the Internet to strengthen the contact with customers. You can answer some of the car owners' questions about their cars in WeChat or QQ groups, so that their questions can be answered. The second is to do some online small activities, now the owner-users for online activities is still quite important.



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We can see that, leaving aside the price of technology, good service is an important means of distinguishing products and attracting customers; the above can be adopted according to their own appropriate improvements, after all, the most suitable for their own is the best.