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Customers for Life by Carl Sewell and Paul B. Brown — WisdomDeck honest review
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Customers for Life

by Carl Sewell and Paul B. Brown

A Dallas car dealer's philosophy: a customer is worth hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, so systems, courtesy and fixing things right the first time pay. Practical and folksy.

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you run a local business and want customer-retention basics from a master.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Think lifetime value.
  2. Systems, not smiles.
  3. Do it right the first time.

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Calculate the lifetime value of one customer and share it with your staff.

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Retention basics from a dealer.

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