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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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The airline emergency and customer service numbers. A small list of good restaurants close to the hotel or office. Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particuarly when it comes to business travel. The telephone number and address for the local embassy office. Why should you attend Assist Travel?

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

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Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

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One of the obstacles I came up against was that I had to order wine in serious ‘bulk’ I naively thought I could order a couple of cases from a few hand picked wine farms and start my ’small business’ by selling these cases to restaurants, gaining trust and loyalty and slowly building up a customer base.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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A YouTube channel reviewing local restaurants. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! A clothes-sharing website for high-value items such as shoes.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01

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The Latest Entrepreneurial Fantasy Is Selling Cupcakes : Move over restaurants and bed-and-breakfasts. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

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I’ve got 26 restaurants within a mile of me, and many are on the same three streets! (in do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!