Make the Customer Feel Welcome
Use an appropriate greeting to make your customer feel welcome. Customers nearly always have a choice of which businesses and organisations they use, they didn’t have to pick yours and they don’t have to pick yours in the future.
Start positively with a warm, sincere welcome; but don’t overdo it! “Good Morning”, “Welcome”, “Thanks for stopping by” are all simple introductions and you can follow up with “How can I help”, “Are you looking for something in particular today” or some other appropriate comment to indicate that you are there to help and that you are happy to help. Continue communicating as appropriate, relax and be as natural as possible – if necessary steer the conversation around the product or service you want to sell. You don't want to come across as being pushy or too complacent so try to be natural and avoid sounding as if you are reciting a script.
Never complain to a customer about your organisation, your day, how busy you are, the management, your colleagues or anything else that may lead the customer to develop negative feelings.
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