- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Crown Business; Revised edition (Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385504454
- ISBN-13: 978-0385504454
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 20.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 352,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this completely revised and updated edition of the customer service classic (more than 600,000 copies sold), Carl Sewell enhances his time-tested advice with fresh ideas and new examples and explains how the groundbreaking “Ten Commandments of Customer Service” apply to today’s world.
Drawing on his incredible success in transforming his Dallas Cadillac dealership into the second largest in America, Carl Sewell revealed the secret of getting customers to return again and again in the original Customers for Life. A lively, down-to-earth narrative, it set the standard for customer service excellence and became a perennial bestseller. Building on that solid foundation, this expanded edition features five completely new chapters, as well as significant additions to the original material, based on the lessons Sewell has learned over the last ten years.
Sewell focuses on the expectations and demands of contemporary consumers and employees, showing that businesses can remain committed to quality service in the fast-paced new millennium by sticking to his time-proven approach: Figure out what customers want and make sure they get it. His “Ten Commandants” provide the essential guidelines, including:
• Underpromise, overdeliver: Never disappoint your customers by charging them more than they planned. Always beat your
estimate or throw in an extra service free of charge
• No complaints? Something’s wrong: If you never ask your customers what else they want, how are you going to give it to them?
• Measure everything: Telling your employees to do their best won’t work if you don’t know how they can improve
• Borrow, borrow, borrow: Sewell, for example, learned about hospitality from Japanese culture, cleanliness from Disney, and
politeness from his mother.
Drawing on his incredible success in transforming his Dallas Cadillac dealership into the second largest in America, Carl Sewell revealed the secret of getting customers to return again and again in the original Customers for Life. A lively, down-to-earth narrative, it set the standard for customer service excellence and became a perennial bestseller. Building on that solid foundation, this expanded edition features five completely new chapters, as well as significant additions to the original material, based on the lessons Sewell has learned over the last ten years.
Sewell focuses on the expectations and demands of contemporary consumers and employees, showing that businesses can remain committed to quality service in the fast-paced new millennium by sticking to his time-proven approach: Figure out what customers want and make sure they get it. His “Ten Commandants” provide the essential guidelines, including:
• Underpromise, overdeliver: Never disappoint your customers by charging them more than they planned. Always beat your
estimate or throw in an extra service free of charge
• No complaints? Something’s wrong: If you never ask your customers what else they want, how are you going to give it to them?
• Measure everything: Telling your employees to do their best won’t work if you don’t know how they can improve
• Borrow, borrow, borrow: Sewell, for example, learned about hospitality from Japanese culture, cleanliness from Disney, and
politeness from his mother.
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Thanks to you, here's the new version.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Carl and I could not imagine your reaction to Customers for Life. The book has now sold 800,000 copies worldwide. (Let me know if you need to read the book in Norwegian.) So, in reponse we would like to say two things: 1. Thank you--and thanks to the people at Amazon.com for (in large part) making this possible. 2. We (finally) have an answer to all those people who said: "When are you going to update the book?" We have. This is thenew edition that has just beenpublished by Pocket Books. Thank you, again. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Carl and I could not imagine your reaction to Customers for Life. The book has now sold 800,000 copies worldwide. (Let me know if you need to read the book in Norwegian.) So, in reponse we would like to say two things: 1. Thank you--and thanks to the people at Amazon.com for (in large part) making this possible. 2. We (finally) have an answer to all those people who said: "When are you going to update the book?" We have. This is thenew edition that has just beenpublished by Pocket Books. Thank you, again. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A must read for every business owner,
By A Customer
This review is from: Customers for Life (Paperback)
None of the ideas in this book are ground breaking, but the author does a great job of explaining how they translate into loyal customers for your business. There is no abstract psychological babbling lots of similar books have. The author clearly shows the reader what his points are, then uses case studies from both his business and others to reinforce the concepts. Every business owner should have this book, and I'd recommend buying copies for all the employees as well. It will pay off in the long run.
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The "Bible" of my Business,
By A Customer
This review is from: Customers for Life (Paperback)
My wife gave me her copy of "Customers For Life" that she had received a corporate retreat. When I first considered opening a gentlemen's club I pulled it off the shelf hoping to find a few useful "tidbits." This book completely changed my concept of customers and business success. In 3 short months of operation I have put a substantial dent into a highly competeitive market using Mr. Sewell's approach to servicing his customers. As a condition of employment with my company, everyone from waitresses and doorman to my general managers must read this book and attend weekly meetings to discuss how to apply it's principals at my place of business. The only business book I can honestly say is worth its wait in gold.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Readable, a success story, with application to your business,
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This review is from: Customers for Life (Paperback)
Sewell Cadillac is a world class organization visited annually by Japanese Businesses to evaluate his style of management. This is the most readable book on business since the One Minute Manager. Pracital business experiences which can be applied to any business not just a car dealership. Example: 'Threat a customer as you would your best friend Don't charge for the small stuff.' I bought 34 copies for all my managers. You'll pick it up read it in a few hours and then read it again.
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