lifelong customersThe lifeblood of any business is customers. Without customers, businesses don’t last very long. While all customers are valuable, the most valuable are lifelong customers. The question for owners, leaders, and salespeople is how can we predictably create those lifelong customers? A new book – The Come Back Culture: 10 Business Practices the Create Lifelong Customers helps answer that question.

We’ve established that the topic is important. The question is does the book deliver on the promise of the title?

100%

The book is full of specific examples from a variety of businesses, and the ten practices themselves make sense and are actionable even before you read the book:

  • Focus on the feeling as much as the function.
  • Create a culture not a job title.
  • Know the guest.
  • Be fully present.
  • Think scene by scene.
  • Recover quickly.
  • Observe details, because everything communicates.
  • Reject “just okay.”
  • Choose values over policies.
  • Build a hospitable team.

This isn’t an academic book, but a practical one useful for individuals, teams, and leaders. I believe it can stimulate great conversation and new actions to help you keep your customers – new and old – coming back.

You can join on my conversation with co-author Jason Young live on June 6 at noon ET. Join us on LinkedIn or YouTube to ask your questions and learn more about this important topic. If you haven’t purchased a copy by then, I am sure you will want to after this interactive conversation!

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Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent over 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more.

Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the Top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference. The American Management Association named him a “Leaders to Watch” and he has been twice named as one of the World's Top 30 Leadership Professionals by Global Gurus. Top Sales World has named him a Top Sales & Marketing Influencer several times, and his blog has been named on many “best of” lists. LeadersHum has named him one of the 200 Biggest Voices in Leadership in 2023.

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