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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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Use Due Diligence to Make Investing Easier

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Most of us do at least a little due diligence in our everyday lives: checking restaurant reviews or comparing prices on an item we’re considering for purchase with various websites and stores to find the best deal. Managing a lot of information is a form of avoidance, and we often use it because we’re scared to make a decision.

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7 Examples of Good Customer Service to Build Customer Loyalty

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After making a purchase from its site, reward program members are requested to leave a review. Similar to customer feedback forms, it also allows you to learn about your clients’ unmet needs. Although social listening examples abound, Wendy’s Restaurants has become renowned for taking social listening to the next level.

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Experts Weigh in on 17 Investments for a Rich Life

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Whether the gift is a $10 Starbucks card or a $100 restaurant certificate doesn’t really matter much: The result is a happier workplace with better morale and better teamwork.”. Purchase memories, not mementos. Purchase items of multiple serving sizes for about the same price as cooking comparable meals on your own.

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Open competition launched to find design team for new museum of architecture and design in Helsinki

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Spaces for events, conferences, workshops, a library and a water-front café-restaurant are also a key requirement of the brief. At the end of the competition the Jury will award prizes of €50,000, €35,000 and €25,000 for first, second and third place, with purchase options of €20,000 for the remaining two designs.

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Business finance: The ultimate guide for non-finance people

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In fact, ROBS is currently the most popular form of business financing in 2023. Businesses have to incur lots of expenditures just to operate, including payroll , acquiring assets like vehicles & real estate, and day-to-day expenses (like a restaurant maintaining their inventory of condiments, food ingredients, and beverages).

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More resources for assistants

Practically Perfect PA

In my last blog I wrote about the resources that are available for assistants and administrators in the form of magazines and websites. The PA Club is a large network made up of senior and executive assistants invited to join based on their seniority and ability to influence purchasing decisions. The Association of Personal Assistants.