Win By Turning Your Customers Into Heroes

Published

7 years ago

October 1, 2016

Dave Richardson

WHY IT IS TRUE: When a guy gets in trouble with his significant other, your job is to help make him a hero again!

PLAN OF ACTION: While many women may respectfully disagree, men should probably be excused for forgetting those special moments in their life. They come to you to be “rescued” from faulty memories, but also with genuine love and devotion. Carefully evaluate the challenge, and, most importantly, the opportunities going forward. Give male clients some creative ideas and suggestions they might “invest in” to overcome these transgressions. If you make him a hero, you become his hero as well.

This article originally appeared in the October 2016 edition of INSTORE.

When There’s No Succession Plan, Call Wilkerson

Bob Wesley, owner of Robert C. Wesley Jewelers in Scottsdale, Ariz., was a third-generation jeweler. When it was time to enjoy life on the other side of the counter, he weighed his options. His lease was nearing renewal time and with no succession plan, he decided it was time to call Wilkerson. There was plenty of inventory to sell and at first, says Wesley, he thought he might try to manage a sale himself. But he’s glad he didn’t. “There’s no way I could have done this as well as Wilkerson,” he says. Wilkerson took responsibility for the entire event, with every detail — from advertising to accounting — done, dusted and managed by the Wilkerson team. “It’s the complete package,” he says of the Wilkerson method of helping jewelers to easily go on to the next phase of their lives. “There’s no way any retailer can duplicate what they’ve done.”