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. July 2002 Written By Dieter Ammann, President Fulfillment Express, Inc.
. Issue9: Slap A Label On It And Die!

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Fulfillment Express, Inc. (FEI)

This company is located in Pico Rivera, CA. and is very close to the Long Beach port of call. FEI has been managing fulfillment services for over 13 years, and has built a very strong reputation as a continuity business managment service. Additionally, FEI has automated numerous services making it extrememly reponsive not only to your customers, but to you-the client.

The enclosed article is written by the company's President, and is based on real-life experiences in business building and creating wealth for FEI's client base. The basic maxim is "keep in touch with the customer and respond to the customer's needs."

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Dear Reader,

This is the classic mis-understanding about fulfilling or sending products to your clients, "just slap a label on it and send it!" Isn't that simple? Can't you just send it right away, and be done with it? Oh, we will handle the fulfillment, save money, it can't be that involved?

I say if you adopt these attitudes your business will die! The first order of business is to get the customer. Your marketing worked, and now you need to get the product in your customer's hands. Does it really stop there?

Do Your Wealth-Building Homework
Do you have plans to sell more product to this customer? If not, your business is a one-shot wonder, and its life will be short. Can you afford to gamble everything on one customer contact, or are there additional opportunities open to you?

If you have done your homework and have a line of products or offers you can continue to sell the customer over time, then this is where fulfillment becomes your business partner. Fulfillment is your gateway to building a long-term and extremely successful business-one that could find you on the beach-while your fulfillment partner continues selling thousands of your products month after month, and year after year.

Continuity-The Wonder Word


The fulfillment industry buzzword is-CONTINUITY. This wonderful word is your vein of gold, your personal goldmine that will run as deep and wide as your abilities can take you. Your fulfillment partner is the miner-the person who digs, pans, builds dams, and does whatever it takes to assure that all of the precious metal is captured, refined, and turned into capital.

Keep Your Eye On The Ball


In order to operate and manage a continuity program you need focus. First, what fulfillment and customer service systems are in place to make sure your product is being sent to the right person at the right time to fulfill the right need? Are your customers happy? What products do your customers demand? Can you sell them something new? Are you responding to their requests? Are you keeping customers, losing them, what is actually going on with your customer base each month? Who is mining the store?

Hold Hands With Your Customer


These and many other questions are answered by your fulfillment partner through a series of interactions with your customers. Customer service plays a big role in developing this relationship. It is your fulfillment partner who is on your frontlines, and it is this same partner who provides you with the information you need to build a strong and extremely lucrative business.

Slapping a label on a shipment is a very tiny part of managing customer relations, and if that is your focus be prepared to DIE a quick business death!

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