
Songwriter Dave Carroll wasnt the first person abused by an airlines customer service. But he was the first to show how one person armed with creativity some friends $150 & the Internet could turn an entire industry upside down. United Airlines had broken Daves guitar after his luggage had been checked on one fateful day. After eight months of pestering the airline for compensation Dave turned to his best tool
- songwriting
- & vowed to create a You Tube video about the incident that he hoped would garner a million views in one year. Four days after launching the first million people had watched United Breaks Guitars". United stock went down 10 percent shedding $180 million in value; & Dave appeared on television to tell his story. United relented. & throughout the business world people began to realise that efficient but inhuman customer-service policies had an unseen cost
- brand destruction by frustrated creative & socially connected customers. " United Breaks Guitars" has become a textbook example of the new relationship between companies & their customers & has demonstrated the power of one voice in the age of social media. It has become a benchmark in the customer-service & music industries as well as branding & social media circles. Today more than 150 million people are familiar with this story. In this fascinating book Dave will tell you how he developed the just do it philosophy that made him the ideal man to take on a big company what it felt like to be in the center of the media frenzy & how hes taken his talents & become a sought
- after songwriter & public speaker. & businesspeople will also learn how companies should change their policies & address social-media uprisings. Since Daves story came to light nothing has been the same
- for consumers musicians or business. Whether you are a guitarist a baggage handler or a boardroom executive this book will entertain you & remind you that we are all connected.. .that each of us matters & that we all have a voice worth hearing."