We know that positive customer word of mouth (in person or electronically) can have a dramatic impact on firm performance.
Here is a nice infographic by Forewards, a specialist in customer referrals for small firms:
“If your business is like most other retailers, online or bricks-and-mortar, you probably rely on the holiday rush to play a huge part of your success every year. This year, in particular, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is forecasting that in the United States retail sales as a whole will be well over $600B this holiday season. That’s a pretty huge opportunity. No doubt, a good portion of those sales will happen online as well. This begs the question. Is your online store ready for the holiday rush? We’ve provided a number of actionable tips and techniques in this blog which we hope was helpful. if you haven’t yet acted on some of these suggestions the time is now.”
