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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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Shaq Insists He’s Not a Celebrity

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He was on the set of Inside the NBA, where he’s been an analyst since 2011, the year he retired from his playing career. When he eats at restaurants, he leaves famously humongous tips. A few years ago, Shaq shared his idea for how to save gas with a national TV audience. Making people smile , he tells me, is his biggest goal in life.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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In the mirror, he sees a man who started self-medicating with cocaine and alcohol after losing his wife to cancer. Babcock visited Bonton for the first time in 2011. The food they produce is sold to both Bonton residents and local Dallas restaurants. And that’s exactly what Bonton Farms is trying to prove.

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Are Your Friends Sabotaging Your Business?

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By the time I expensed medical, insurance, retirement etc, I barely broke even. I accepted a PR invitation to be quoted as a restaurant marketing expert in an upcoming print book. Copyright 2006 – 2011, All Rights Reserved. Very soon, I began to see traction for my efforts. Clearly, I made the right decision.