John Patterson

A powerful and inventive guide to creating irrationally loyal customers There are a mountain of books about customer service, but very few as provocative and innovative as Take Their Breath Away. This practical book shows how to create and implement cutting-edge, inspiring concepts that raise the bar for the customer experience and help make the customer the central focus of the organization. This ingenious, real-world guide explores a variety of exciting, creative customer experience ideas using examples from remarkable customer-centric organizations. The key to a successful enterprise is value-added service, but the secret to great customer service is surprising customers with a value-unique experience. Take Their Breath Away provides ideas and insights for all who want to create a stunning, mind-blowing customer experience. This is not about "wow;" it's about "whoa!"

Amid a wealth of products and services, customers hear one message again and again: "Your business isn't that important." How do companies send that message? By giving customers boring and uninspired service. An organization's commercial success is incumbent upon making customers feel valued. Customer Loyalty Guaranteed shows companies how to awaken the "spirit to serve" in every employee with: Seven customer service personalities that build unbreakable customer loyalty, Leadership practices your organization must embrace to be a service superstar, and Ideas for maintaining remarkable service to retain customers over the long-term. Customer service gurus Chip R. Bell and John R. Patterson provide fresh ways to infuse your company with the passion that customers will connect to.