Customers Rock!

MAY 4, 2012

As most travelers are aware, the customer experience is especially important when you are away from home; it becomes something we are truly living. It was on the wall of a restaurant, Max’s Cafe, at the San Francisco Airport. As customers, isn’t this what we are hoping to find in the businesses we frequent?

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 4, 2017

The article closes with a description of the move from fixed cost business models to variable cost ones: This is starting to look a lot like other outsourcing trajectories, whether it’s manufacturing, customer service, or IT.   Despite its importance, the shift to variable cost business models get little attention. . 

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Service Untitled

APRIL 8, 2011

There is a small Japanese restaurant in my area that used to have crowds upon crowds waiting outside its doors for the inexpensive, but most exquisite sushi and Japanese fare. When a customer didn’t follow the dictated regimentation, the store owner would say, “No soup for you! photo credit: Ambernectar 13.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 20, 2010

During his final year of baseball with the Cincinnati Reds I attended all of the home games, purchasing a bleacher ticket and sneaking my way down to the seats behind home plate. I once dated Johnny Bench. Now “dated&# is a relative term. I’d come early to watch the warm ups and stay for the game.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

So there’s a traditional model and traditionally businesses, larger businesses have leased a property or they’ve purchased it, so they have got much more longer commitment to that asset. So with the sort of defining the flexible workspace sector, it’s probably what it’s not, it’s good place to start.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 11, 2014

Now that is customer service! I’ve heard many hotels talk about this issue over the years but the Talbott does seem to have a real concern for the environment and can be seen in their extensive recycling programme, green technology and purchasing carbon offsetting. The dining options for guests at The Talbott are vast.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Most likely its performance, reliability, offering something different which is worthwhile to the customer, and providing service far above what is commonly expected. The son and his father are very successful businessmen; so successful they arrived at La Trattori Restaurant in Palm Beach Gardens in a bright red new Ferrari.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Since I have never been there, does that mean a diner leaves a tip after all is said and done, or do restaurants in Australia just pay the service staff higher wages thus eliminating the need for tipping? Supposedly Australian service and hospitality industries pay sufficient wages so that tipping has not become part of their culture.

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Service Untitled

JANUARY 12, 2011

Shopper Anonymous reports a 12 percent rise in customer satisfaction in a range of businesses whose staff wears name badges as opposed to companies with no name badges. When I go to a restaurant, if a server is not wearing a name badge, I always ask for their name.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

An impartial advice line for people purchasing consumer electronics. 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!

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Service Untitled

MARCH 17, 2011

Why should an organization strive for an emotional bond or a relationship that transcends the one way road when someone enters your company to purchase a product or a service? So here are my suggestions to help build long-term engagement: Be eager to serve : Be prompt and begin any customer relationship with eye-contact and a smile.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

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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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

My aunt had recently died and I had a small inheritance that we were going to invest in finding another line of work for my husband (Chef/Restaurant Mgr.). I knew I didn’t want to return to corporate life and the acquiring company didn’t purchase any of my office assets or my talents. Well, that was the thought anyway.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 9, 2010

The last time I went to a restaurant, I checked online for a menu before calling to make reservations. Reply Stacey Cornelius ( @thestudiosource ) March 10, 2010 at 7:53 am A well thought-out website can show your customers you’re tuned into their needs. People are seriously fed up with lousy customer service.

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