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Create a “wow” experience and customers will come

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Perhaps you may consider the following suggestions: Send your customers reminders by text, phone, or mail about store promotions , sales, new products, and special events. Have gift cards available for customers. Have a loyalty club where customers can earn points for rewards. Is it time for servicing of their product?

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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Buying the best insurance for your Business : It’s important to pay close attention to the kind of insurance you buy for your small business; otherwise you could face a shock when you file a claim. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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Work Frustrations and Meaningful Work

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. As an executive assistant, I knew I wasn't curing cancer or inventing anything, but that customer service role and making a difference in one executive's life was meaningful for me.

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Don't charge by the hour! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. Pricing by the hour can be great, but customers like to know what their final cost will be before commiting.

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Q & A: What questions should I ask my accountant before I start my.

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New Small Business Idea: Local Fast Food Portal » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Outsourcing , Question & Answer , Red-Tape , Start-Up , avoid growing pain , do a SWOT plan , do a reality check , do bookkeeping.

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Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. | THE SMALL.

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leaflet distribution service Said on January 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm I also recommend this service, I have used it for my leaflet distribution PR and the response wasn’t too bad actually. unique gift idea Said on June 15th, 2008 at 7:25 am winweb is good for small business,I run a gift store, may consider it.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Over time, however, the business failed and the professor had to file for bankruptcy and lost his credibility. The professor, who is also a gifted public speaker, is also well-received in the “lecture circuit.&# When I go to a website I don’t need to like the salesman, owner or customer service rep.

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