Showing posts with label CRM in Golf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CRM in Golf. Show all posts

04 January 2015

Hot Solution :: Quasar Spa, Golf & Club Software

from Hotelier Indonesia Magazine
December 2014

Spa, Club & Golf Management Software
Leisure Solutions for Indonesian Hoteliers

The Indonesian hospitality industry is fortunate to have a highly experienced, global software
Hotelier Indonesia Magazine
December 2014
developer placing a significant focus on Spa, Club & Golf systems within the country.  With offices and partners around Asia, Europe and the Americas, Quasar Group International is using it’s office in Bali as a distribution and support base for all of Indonesia.

With its corporate founders deeply committed to the leisure industry throughout the past 35+ years, Quasar has been able to leverage their experience to deliver a leading management solution.  The solutions have been scaled in a manner that allows properties of all sizes to benefit.

Special Introductory Pricing through June 2015

With the Q4 2014 release of their new browser-based solution, Quasar is offering Indonesian properties a very special pricing offer, well below the price they list in other countries.  This pricing is offered to spas, golf, membership clubs and golf clubs of all sizes and is valid for early adopters in the first six months of 2015.

Along with pricing considerations, a significant benefit to Indonesian users is the role they can play in the growth of the system.  Users will have an impact on the growing functionality of the system.  As your systems use grows, the software matures based on your direct input.

Special pricing will be provided to sites based on request.  Requests can be made to:  info@quasar-gi.com or info@quasargroupinternational.com

Multilingual

Recognizing the need to address system usability by both local staff and international managers, Quasar has provided the capability to use the system in more than 40 languages.   This includes both Bahasa Indonesia & English, along with other languages inclusive of Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Khmer, French, German, Russian, etc.

The use of the system becomes much easier for local staff when they can utilize the system in their native language.

Sizing for Any Screen

Quasar’s solutions are browser based, which provides access from any device ranging from smartphones to iPads and desktop computers.  The system’s design ensures the highest possible accessibility, allowing managers and directors access to data from anywhere in the world. 

Client Profiles

Quasar places your customer at the heart of the system.  Whether addressing the needs of your spa, golf course or membership club, the solution is customer-centric, where the needs of your guest come first.  It has been central to the system from its inception.

Quasar’s System allows extensive client profiles, with multiple addresses, membership types, phone & email contacts as well as social media details.  Additional details include education, professional details, spouse and children details.

The social media contacts can be customized by the user, where management can specify a client’s account with Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, WhatsApp, Weibo or other programs.  The system is flexible to allow you to change as the industry changes.

For properties with parking security, Quasar’s client profiles also maintain automobile information including brand, model and registration numbers.  The system will allow you to track which cars have valid permission to use the parking facilities.

System Feature - Lifestyle Preferences

Maintaining extensive data on client preferences and history will allow you to connect in a more manner with customers, and as a result, drive revenue.

What are your client’s lifestyle preferences and past history with the property?   Quasar’s Lifestyle Preferences module will allow you to customize data based on it’s value to operations and the bottom-line.

Interested in the client’s F&B preferences?  Travel preferences?    Therapist preferences?  Any details of interest can be tracked and used for future sales & marketing programs.   The system can also be used to track health and allergy information which is of value across all departments.

Spa Booking

Quasar’s spa booking system provides an at-a-glance overview of bookings by therapist and location.  These views display the status of each appointment, including which are checked-in, which are completed, and those that are due next.

Quasar’s Spa Booking module allows you to expand booking services throughout the property, providing an easy way to add guests, book treatments, and print itineraries from any workstation in the network.

Golf Bookings

Quasar’s Golf Booking system has been designed to meet the needs of resort, private and semi-private golf clubs around the world.   Recognizing that no two clubs operate the same way, Quasar’s system design allows a scalable tee sheet for use at clubs with any number of courses.

The system allows you to quickly create a player’s reservation along with the proper cart, caddy and greens fees.  The golfer’s check-in process is seamless, allowing golf reception to create individual or combined transactions and proceed directly through Point of Sale for payment.

Prepaid Services

Quasar’s Prepaid Services solution allows you to managing the advanced purchase of merchandise and services throughout the property.  Items and services can include anything from golf shop or spa merchandise to lessons, classes, rental items and spa treatments. Seamlessly integrated within Quasar’s full suite of products, the Prepaid Services solution ensures an accurate flow of information from purchase through redemption.

Client Prospecting (CRM)

Quasar’s CRM will help you attract and retain clients for your spa or sports club through the tracking of email campaigns, newsletters, membership fees and promotional events.

Designed as an integral part of the full Quasar management system, the CRM will allow you to easily run marketing campaigns to your members in order to increase sales through understanding your membership’s historical transactions and preferences.   This will also help increase cross selling by suggesting other club products and services.

Point of Sale

Allowing an unlimited number of items and services, Quasar’s Point Of Sale system is fully integrated to the full management solution.   The POS provides easy access to scheduled guest bookings from all departments including golf, spa and other activities.  Furthermore, the POS module connects to client preferences and Prepaid Services so that your staff can better service your valued guests.
  
Serving Indonesia and the World

Quasar Group International is a global leisure software company with a development base in Asia.  With a presence in Bali, the firm’s corporate directors have placed a significant focus on the Indonesian Spa & Golf market.

Hotelier Indonesia is very pleased to have had a lengthy relationship with the firm and it’s founders.   Contact them at info@quasar-gi.com or info@quasargroupinternational.com for further information on their management solutions for spa, golf and club.



09 October 2012

Quản lý Quan hệ Khách hàng - CRM in Golf Management

Published in Vietnam Golf Magazine
October 2012

Cũng ging như các ngành công nghip khác, tiếp th golf là lĩnh vc trong đó các giám đc và các nhà qun lý luôn phi n lc đ đt và tăng li nhun. H có th gii quyết nhng yêu cu này thông qua phn mm “Qun lý Quan h Khách hàng” (CRM), mt công c liên quan đến chiến lược kinh doanh được h tr bng công ngh. CRM không ch đơn gin là tng hp, làm các th tc và báo cáo thông tin khách hàng, nó còn dùng s liu đó đ phc v các khách hàng theo cách hiu qu nht khi cn thiết.

Vietnam Golf Magazine
October 2012
Tạp chí số 79
Trong thp niên qua, mt trong nhng cách tiếp th doanh nghip hàng đu thường ch tp trung vào “s hài lòng ca khách hàng” vi nim tin rng mc đ hài lòng ca khách hàng càng cao thì vic duy trì s lượng khách cũng s càng tăng lên. Tuy nhiên, nhng nhà qun lý đã nhm ln s hài lòng vi cht lượng và s trung thành.

Các nghiên cu gn đây cho thy hơn mt na s khách hàng tng khng đnh s hài lòng đã nhanh chóng chuyn sang mt liên minh khách mà không h do d. Báo cáo kinh doanh ca đi hc Harvard cũng ch ra hơn 60% khách hàng va chn nhà cung cp mi đ cp rng h đã hài lòng hoc rt hài lòng vi nhà cung cp cũ. Gi mt khách hàng hài lòng không có nghĩa là s đm bo vic h tiếp tc đến sân golf ca bn. Nhng nhà qun lý tiếp th thành công phi biết nhn ra các mô hình chuyn đi bng cách phân bit nhng thói quen ca khách hàng hướng ti môn chơi.

Tương tác khách hàng theo s kin

Có nhng s kin quan trng trong cuc đi ca mi người như sinh nht, đám cưới, l tt nghip, hay được thăng chc. Mi s kin s to cơ hi đ qung bá cho các dch v và sn phm ca CLB vào thi đim ý nghĩa nht ti khách hàng.

Mt email cá nhân chúc khách hàng sinh nht vui v hay mt dch v đc bit dành tng cho khách trong ngày l k nim s nhn li nhng thành qu ln hơn trong các sáng kiến kinh doanh. Do nhng s kin đó rt có nghĩa ý vi khách hàng, CLB s có cơ hi tăng cường mi quan h và m rng hot đng kinh doanh tương lai.

Sân golf cũng nên gi thông báo t đng v nhng s kin sp din ra và vic đt ch chơi nhm to thêm cơ hi làm ni bt các sn phm và dch v. Các chuyên gia đã ước tính nhng n lc tiếp th da trên các s kin to ra t l phn hi ln gp 5 ln so vi nhng chiến dch thông thường.

Qun lý khiếu ni ca khách hàng

CLB s có nhiu li nhun khi theo dõi tt c nhng ý kiến ca khách hàng, k c tích cc và tiêu cc. Trên thc tế, các chuyên gia tư vn kinh doanh hàng đu thường đ xut các nhà qun lý nên xem nhng phàn nàn ca khách hàng như mt món quà. Bi vì điu này s giúp bn có cơ hi gii quyết vn đ và thc hin nhng thay đi thích hp ti hot đng ca CLB.

Nhng ý kiến ca khách cũng to cho bn lý do đ liên lc vi h trong tương lai – có l ch đ thông báo mt dòng sn phm mi hay phn ng đi vi nhng li ch trích gn đây. Nó cho thy nhng quan tâm v qun lý đi vi s hài lòng ca khách hàng.

Xây dng các kênh tiếp th bên trong

Khi khách hàng to mt yêu cu dch v, sn phm hay đt ch, h đã sn sàng cung cp thi gian và kh năng tham d cũng như s cho phép đ thc hin cuc tho lun vi nhân viên golf. S tương tác này có th là gp trc tiếp ti CLB, qua đin thoi hay trên trang web. Điu này to cơ hi cn thiết giúp nhân viên có th thay đi cuc đi thoi nhm gii thiu nhng ưu đãi hin hành và các ưu tiên ca khách hàng. Đây là cách tiếp cn mang tính cá nhân cho phép nhân viên có th bán thêm hàng cũng như nhng sn phm có giá cao hơn ti thi đim tiếp xúc.

Các nghiên cu đã cho thy chiến lược “inbound marketing” (mt hình thc tiếp th tương tác hai chiu) to ra phn hi cao gp 10 ln so vi nhng chiến dch khác. Mt lý do na là khách hàng được quyết đnh khi nào s tương tác s din ra và được chun b đ cân nhc thông đip.

Ước tính khong 50% quá trình ra quyết đnh ca khách hàng được thc hin trong thi gian thc. Đó là khi mt nhân viên có khách hàng tham gia bui tho lun được khi xướng bi mt khách hàng khác. Đây là cơ hi tt đ có th đt được quyết đnh. Mt s nhân viên có th giúp khách hàng đưa ra quyết đnh trong khong 50% thi gian tiếp xúc, trong khi mt s khác li rút ngn được điu này. Mc đ thành công ph thuc vào 1) nhng thông tin mà khách hàng có sn cho nhân viên và 2) nhân viên đó được đào to bài bn ra sao đ bán thêm hàng và các sn phm có giá cao hơn.

Khi đi tượng liên quan đến người lao đng, cn lưu ý rng mt s công ty không đào to các nhân viên tuyến đu cách cư x vi khách hàng đúng cách. Mt chuyên gia tiếp th hiu qu s nhn ra mt nhân viên trung thành s to ra các khách hàng trung thành.

Chia s h thng d liu CRM toàn công ty

Trong hơn 20 năm qua, CRM đã tr thành mt t thông dng. Vic b sung các tính năng này vào phn mm qun lý golf không giúp các t chc thu được ngay nhng kết qu tt cho các chiến dch tiếp th. Mà nó đòi hi mt quá trình dài hơi và được thc hin chính xác bi tt c các cp qun lý CLB.

D liu khách hàng phi được chia s vi tt c các nhân viên làm vic trong sân golf và khu ngh dưỡng. Không mt cá nhân nào trong CLB b bt ng trước nhng yêu cu, các đòi hòi hay nhng s kin đc bit ca khách hàng. Ví d, mt cơ s d liu chung v khách hàng cn phi luôn có sn trong khu ngh đ khi khách hàng di chuyn t khách sn ti nhà hàng và lên sân golf, tt c các nhân viên đu nhn thc được nhng yêu cu đc bit cũng như ngày sinh nht ca khách hàng hay các s kin đc bit khác.

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Enhancing Golf Management - Dynamics in CRM

The golf market, like most other industries, is one in which directors and managers are in an ongoing struggle to achieve and increase profitability. The common methods to increased profitability are generally through 1) higher revenues achieved by an increased level of sales to existing clients, and 2) an increase in the size of the facility’s current client base.

Golf managers can meet these needs through Customer Relationship Management (CRM), a tool that must be about business strategy, supported by technology. CRM isn’t just about simply collecting, processing and reporting client information, it is about using that data to serve clients in an essentially enhanced way.

One of the leading corporate marketing mandates of from the past decade had been a focus on “customer satisfaction”. The belief was that an elevated level of client satisfaction would lead to a higher client retention level. Managers however, mistook satisfaction with quality and loyalty.

Studies have shown that more than half of the customers who have claimed to be satisfied have switched affiliations without hesitation. A Harvard Business Review report had indicated that over 65 percent of customers who chose a new supplier mentioned they were satisfied or very satisfied with their previous supplier. Simply maintaining a satisfied client is no guarantee that they’ll continue to visit your golf facility.

Successful marketing managers must recognize the shifting paradigm by differentiating their practices to stay ahead of the game. The proliferation of technology in marketing, and changing consumer habits has been driving a transformation in marketing, as we know it. Well-crafted CRM systems within golf operations can help achieve higher goals.

In an industry known for pampering and serving its clients, the golf market hadn’t been very successful in implementing CRM Systems. Generally the failures come from poor management and in difficulties collecting and standardizing data. Given enough resources however, these failures can be overcome.

Make it Personal :: Event-Driven Client Interaction

There are important dates in every person’s life, such as his or her birthday, anniversary, child’s birth, graduation or career advancement. Each of these events provides an opportunity to promote the facility’s services and products at a time meaningful to the client.

A personalized email wishing the client a happy birthday, or a special his & her service on their anniversary provides a much greater return on marketing initiatives. Since certain events are very significant to the client, the club has an opportunity to strengthen their relationship and increase future business.

The course should also send automatic confirmations for upcoming events and golf bookings, which provides yet another opportunity to highlight products and services in a message the client is more likely to open. These event-based outbound messages are seen as being less intrusive since they are based on recent interactions. Experts have estimated that event-driven marketing efforts produce response rates five times greater than general outbound campaigns.

Managing Customer Complaints

It is highly beneficial for the facility to track all guest comments, both positive and negative.  In fact, leading business consultants urge managers to view customer complaints as a gift.  These complaints provide you with the opportunity to address the issues and make appropriate changes to club operations.

Those guest comments can also provide a reason for future contact – perhaps announcing a new product line or as a response to recent criticism. It demonstrates that management cares about guest satisfaction.

Building Inbound Marketing Channels

A significant benefit to an inbound request is that the client initiates it, at a time that is most convenient to him or her. When the client makes a service request, product inquiry, and/or order placement, they are willing to provide their time and attention as well as their permission to engage in a discussion with golf staff.

These interactions can be face-to-face at the club, over the telephone or even over the web, and provide significant opportunity for staff to modify the dialogue to reflect the client’s current preferences and priorities. This more personalized approach allows the staff to cross-sell, up-sell, or make loyalty offers at the moment of contact.

Researchers have suggested that inbound marketing generates response rates 10 times higher than those associated with outbound batch campaigns. One reason for that is rather than being interrupted, the client decides when the interaction takes place and is prepared to consider the message.

Some have estimated that up to 50 percent of a client’s decision-making happens in real-time.  That is, when the staff member has a client engaged in a discussion initiated by the client, there is a very good chance a decision can be reached at that time. Some staff will bring clients to a decision more than 50 percent of the time; other staff will be well short of that. The level of success will depend on 1) what client information is readily available to the staff member, and 2) how well the staff is coached on cross-selling and up-selling.

While on the subject of employees, it should be noted that some companies just are not training their front line employee to treat customer properly. Effective marketers recognize that loyal employees create loyal customers. There is high correlation between employee satisfaction and client satisfaction.

Enterprise-wide CRM data system

CRM has been a buzzword through the past twenty years. The simple addition of these features into Golf Management Software doesn’t provide the organization a better return on marketing campaigns.  It requires proper management and execution by all levels of club management.

Customer data must be shared with staff throughout the golf and resort facility. No staff person within the club should be surprised by client requests, demands or special events. For instance, a common client database should exist throughout the resort so that when a client moves from the hotel to the restaurant and to the golf course, all staff members are aware of special requests as well as the guest’s birthday or other special events.

The marketing paradigm has been rapidly shifting through this young millennium. Successful organizations will continue to monitor and modify their marketing techniques, utilizing all tools available to them. Properly managed, Customer Relationship Management is a valuable tool golf clubs can use to, 1) increase return on marketing campaigns, 2) increase client satisfaction and the total guest experience and, 3) increase revenues and profitability.

Proper CRM is as much to do with business philosophy and management as it is about the software system. It is also about giving the client more than an expected level of service -- giving unanticipated value that a well-implemented and managed CRM system can deliver.