Bankers Hug Your Customers

This book is a valuable possession not only for those in the service of Bank, but also for those in business in general. The author has brought into limelight the much needed aspect of banking which is often ignored in the present set up. Many simple and practical tips are given to the bankers which can result in rich dividends. Written in a personal narrative style, the book is easy and pleasurable to read and understand. Mr. S.V. Hussain has to be commended for illuminating the readers in the area of customer service of Banks. Dr. B.A. PRABHAKAR BABU, Professor in Phonetics & Spoken English (Retd) English & Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Revised and updated for the first time since original publication! Here is the 200,000-copy staple, praised by Warren Buffett as "a gem ... I wish everyone at Berkshire would follow [Jack Mitchell's] advice--we would own the world." If you want to put your arms around your business and bottom line, you'll want all the updated information and practices found in the landmark business bestseller, Hug Your Customers. The only way to stay in business is to have customers; the only way to increase your profit is to attract more customer visits by providing exceptional customer service. It's that simple says Jack Mitchell. Hug Your Customers shares the hands-on practical philosophy that has allowed Mitchell and his Family of Stores to thrive and excel in today's challenging retail marketplace. Filled with accessible advice, personal case studies and tips any businessperson can use, Hug Your Customers is an energizing blueprint for customer and employee retention, increased per capita spending, and groundbreaking success.

"Banks and Their Customers" is a book that focuses on the habit of bankers in dealing with their customers. It discusses the relationship which exists bankers (workers of financial institutions) and their users. He also, in his way, provided adequate guide customers should follow when dealing with banks.

In Hug Your Customers, Jack Mitchell showed business readers how to keep their customers happy--and their profits booming. In Hug Your People, he elaborates on his big secret: hiring, motivating, and keeping your biggest asset--great employees!

Banking's greatest opportunities are often overlooked and underdeveloped. In fact, a veritable gold mine is already in your bank - the customer! Have you made the most of your customers' potential? You have a full line of quality financial products and services to offer, but chances are even your best customers do business with the competition. This isn't necessarily because of pricing or product or trustworthiness. It's often due to a simple lack of effort. We all know that it is easier and more cost-effective to retain and cultivate an existing customer than it is to attract new ones. Yet, many customers are never exposed to the full range of products and services available to them. In most cases, all you have to do is ask! Relationship Banking is the key to realizing the potential of your bank's existing resources: your staff, your customers and your product line. By cross-selling products to your customers, you gain an advantage in market share, retention rates, fee income and, ultimately, profitability. Author Dwight Ritter offers workable solutions which can be put to immediate use. Inside Relationship Banking, you will find the components of a successful program, including: . Financial products and services: By identifying how your product line relates to customer needs, its appeal can skyrocket. This comprehensive analysis includes everything from savings accounts to mutual funds. Lead Product Selling: By identifying those products which customers automatically expect and linking them to related products, you create natural opportunities for effective and productive cross-selling. Lead Product Selling helps bankers meet the needs and raise the awareness of their customers.Improving communications: Good communications are essential to build, nurture and expand any customer relationship. By asking the right questions, opportunities quickly become apparent. By learning how to listen, needs can be fulfilled and relationships can be cemented. Measuring performance and productivity: Without proper tracking, no program can be at its most effective. Relationship Banking includes a tested plan for tracking the results of cross-selling efforts.

Bridges to the Customers Heart successfully captures the essence of what it takes to be customer-centric. The to-do-list approach reduces complex concepts to ideas that you can use right on a Monday morning to deliver superior service to the customer in whatever business situation you find yourself. After reading every Bridge you feel like jumping right into the service arena as a genuine apostle of service excellence to do whatever it takes to satisfy the customer. Bridges speaks directly to senior management, frontline people, and the owner manager alike, challenging orthodoxy, business as usual, and mediocrity wherever they raise their ugly heads.