Archive for February, 2012

Growing Your Retail Business Through Effective Communication Management

February 24th, 2012

Engagement is a growing concern in the retail space. Current market conditions have put an emphasis on engaging customers and being able to communicate with them instantaneously in order to meet and exceed their needs. As consumer confidence and spending decreases, retailers must be doing their utmost to ensure that they are communicating with their customers effectively in order to retain and increase revenues. Those retailers who are successful in engagement and who implement processes to ensure a proper flow of communicationwill continue to grow even as the economy hits road-blocks.

Typical communications systems within the retail sector are ever evolving and include informative corporate web sites, e-commerce, email, automated attendant, custom call routing (CCR), wireless and mobile services. All these modes of communications should serve to enhance the customer experience. After all, the ultimate goal is to quickly and efficiently service the needs of the customer while maximizing return.

The technological enhancements that many retailers introduce, can often serve as a detriment to engagement as opposed to facilitating interaction. It is imperative to utilize a concise communication management system (CMS) to qualify the exchange of information.

Many retail stores are equipped with the latest automated attendant, interactive voice response and custom call routing features that are meant to encourage customer loyalty through personal and helpful interactions. But how does a retailer measure whether customers are accessing relevant and useful information through these systems and not ending up with the wrong departments, or worse, being disconnected.

A communication management system can provide the retailer with concise management reporting to truly distinguish whether the communications systems employed are creating an effective retail experience. The communicaitons management system should be able to accurately reflect which departments are receiving the most calls, how many transfers customers are making before they reach a final destination and how much time the customer spends on hold. These metrics can assist retailers in redesiging auto attendants and CCR tree programming in order to enhance the customer experience and differentiate themselves from the competition.

For retail stores that have a cookie cutter approach to each of their stores, a communication management solution can provide statistics on which stores benefit from a “one size fits all” approach. Traffic management is essential in determining the busiest or peak time periods which can vary based on market and geographic segementation. Communication management reporting may build cause to differentiate how communication systems are used throughout various branches/locations.

Other metrics that can be provided through a communication management solution include ring time, abandoned calls and grade of service analysis. These statistics can assist in understanding call blockage and facility usage along with staffing levels throughout certain times of day and seasons throughout the year.

GIA Wellness Review – Abbreviation For Growth, Inspiration and Abundance

February 24th, 2012

To make sure that I can offer my clients the best service and coach them to the top of their company, what ever business they are in, I make sure to research all the new important companies in the network marketing industry. Today GIA Wellness, a great company!

GIA Wellness (abbreviation for Growth, Inspiration and Abundance) is a company that has its roots in Carlsbad, California. It makes health and wellness products with different features, such as vitamins, anti-aging and weight loss. The purpose is to reach out to as many people as possible in order to improve their life-quality and well-being. To achieve this purpose, GIA Wellness creates innovative, effective and life enhancing wellness products of the latest technology. The products are made to please the costumers while the company itself creates business opportunities that will enhance the happiness of its representatives through improved financial status, personal growth and leadership development.

The vision of GIA Wellness is to help and encourage people in the stress filled world of today to achieve optimal wellness. Hence, GIA Wellness offers products and methods that are unique, but effective in gaining the most important life-force energies. In addition to bodily wellness, the company also encourages abundance. This is done by empowering the individuals through education and tools establish a reliable source of income.

Customers can choose between a wide range of innovative products from four different categories. At the moment, the category Aquagia has only one product. This does, however, not make it less impressive. The benefits of the i-H20 Activator are many, such as efficient absorption of nutrients and maximizing hydration. For ultimate result it is recommended to combine this product with vitamins. Nutragia category contains of several mixtures of vitamins, for example, a liquid fruit formula, herbs or a blend of different fruits, berries and vegetables. To defy aging of the skin, GIA Wellness also offers a product with the formula of 17 different botanicals and i-glow concentrate.

GIA Wellness is the first company in the world to offer highly developed intervention technologies that diminish the effects of electro-pollution exposure. TerraGIA products offered are, for example, cell guards that can be used on mobile phones and blue tooth devices; universal guards that can be used on both wireless and wired devices and hands-free air tube headset. These affordable products protect from harmful radiation and have proved by users to reduce symptoms like headache and concentration disorders.

To its representatives, GIA Wellness offers a total Success Support System. This includes daily or weekly online alternatively teleconferencing training. It is possible to get personal “break through” tranings as well as advanced leadership trainings. Different inspirational live corporate events are also arranged throughout the year and material in form of video, audio, documents and worksheets are available.

When joining GIA Wellness one has the opportunity to choose between a fixed multitude business pack or to customize one’s own in order to get the business up running. When signing up as a consultant one receives a 30% discount on all product purchases as well as other advantages.