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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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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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Best Travel Gadgets: Don’t Leave Home Without Them

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Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. It also has a few useful features such as the landmark and restaurant finder. Books can be purchased and downloaded off the internet for as much as 75% off the paperback price and then read for months at a time without ever recharging the batteries. Visit the original article at [link].

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Back to the basics for customer service

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Do people really boycott businesses and restaurants the first time we feel we are treated poorly? When I first graduated from college, and of course I was poor, I purchased what to me was a very expensive white shirt with navy blue trim from Macy’s. Is it really poor customer service or do we as consumers expect too much?

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Get Unstuck: Three Dozen Ways to Stir Up Fresh Ideas

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Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Go to a restaurant you’ve never been to before. Then donate your purchases to a homeless shelter. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post. A lbert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again. — expecting different results. Never camped out?

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

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One of the reasons I started Practically Perfect PA back in 2011 was because I wanted to create an online community for assistants. Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. Jump forward nearly five years – where the heck has that time gone!??! It is brilliant!

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

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In 2011, the Department of justice in the US indicted the two largest online poker websites for tax evasion, money laundering, and a whole whack of charges, and consequently made it illegal for the US. But they really appreciated the fact that they could go to a nice restaurant and have a bigger per diem and that sort of thing.

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