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 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 canimprove • Borrow, borrow, borrow: Sewell, for example, learned about hospitality from Japanese culture, cleanliness from Disney, and politeness from his mother.Author Biography: Carl Sewell is the owner of one of the largest car dealerships in
^ (2014). Customers for Life: How to Turn That One-Time Buyer into a Lifetime Customer , Crown Business. ISBN 9780385504454 (revised Jul 2025)
^Paul B. Brown, Carl SewellCustomers for Life : How to Turn That One-Time Buyer into a Lifetime Customer by Carl Sewell and Paul B. Brown (2002, Paperback, Reprint)ISBN 9780385504454 (revised Aug 2015)
^Carl Sewell (2002). Customers for Life: How to Turn That One-Time Buyer Into a Lifetime Customer, Crown Business. Amazon. ISBN 9780385504454 (revised Feb 2017)
This was required reading for one of my MBA classes years ago. I still recall many of the observations and recommendations concerning customer service that are applicable to any business situation. I bought this book as a gift for a young friend of mine who just started a job as a car salesman. I thought it was perfect for hims as this book was written by the third generation owner of one of the most successful car dealerships in the Fort Worth/Dallas area.Sewel..
I personally choose this 5-Star rating because it all the notes and plays ALL the right cords. It's BETTER to under promise and OVER-DELIVER is a message that I immediately took away from the outset. AND, yes... EVERY employee needs to be empowered and in a position to resolve customer complaints. It makes the customer feel cared about and attended to without all the drama and hassle generally associated with satisfying their concerns. The most important messag..
