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FREE ADVICE TO GROW YOUR RETAIL BUSINESS

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	Try offering a useful free gift item for everyone who enters your store. Simply drop the item into the shopping bag. Novelty items work just fine and your customers will appreciate your caring about them. Click this link to learn how free gifts generate goodwill and word of mouth referral business.
	Always drop a sales or discount flyer offer into the shopping bag. This is low cost advertising and helps to generate repeat sales. Consider a coupon that offers a 10% discount on their next purchase. You will be pleasantly surprised to see how much business that will create for you.
	Advertising is expensive and fiercely competitive. Don't forget to distribute handbill flyers door to door. You can hire responsible kids to do the job, but make sure you obtain a legal release or contact a homeless shelter as sometimes they can get the job done too. Anytime you can position your flyer/offer into consumers hands without the competition trying to beat or compete with you, you have won a strong marketing edge. Direct mail is expensive today to be cost effective, but on certain big-ticket items it certainly will pay off handsomely. Remember, the competing soap companies you see dominating the supermarket shelves today used the house-to-house free sample method in the 1950's and 1960's worked perfectly. That includes toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.

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RETAILER CUSTOMER QUESTIONNAIRE

What did you feel when you first walked into our business? ____________________________.

Was the music volume too loud? _______________________________.

Did you recieve courteous help to find what you wanted? ________________________________.

How was your experience shopping here? _______________________________.

Was the establishment orderly and clean? _________________________.

Did the prices meet to your quality standards? ____________________.

Were you greeted in a friendly manner and did you feel welcome? _______________.

Please name the employee you believe deserves recognition for a job well done? ____________________.

Was the restrooms clean and well supplied? __________________________.

Did you find it easy to negotiate our store to locate items? _____________________________.

Tell us in your own words what we need to do to make your shopping experience better: ________________________.

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Optional: Write your Name, Address, Phone, E-mail if you want us to contact you.

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Note: If you want to entice customers to submit your survey you could offer a discount coupon or a free gift you will send to them in the mail when they mail in the questionnaire. Of course you can add items to your questionnaire, but will it enhance customer comfort and satisfaction? Keep it simple, get a handle on this survey first before you attempt deeper surveys in the future. You will be surprised to see the results of this survey. Your customers know your business more than you do.

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