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The Red Velvet Rope Policy demands tough decisions about customers, but it can also create more customer value and satisfaction, and build a foundation of more loyal and profitable customers.  More...
Surveying your customer is a business necessity, however, asking your customers to complete a survey that takes 28 minutes and requires them to answer every single question is just absurd. Read these tips to make sure your surveys are customer-focused and customer friendly!  More...
In a weak economy, it’s especially important to get closer to your most loyal and profitable customers. Allocating dollars to research is one of the best ways to uncover what your customers want and what they really think about your business. Too often, though, companies go about customer satisfaction research the wrong way or pooh-pooh results th  More...
While it's still pretty much the norm for American workers to mold their lives around their bosses' schedules, many small business owners are giving employees flexible work hours, allowing them to take part in outside activities such as grad school, charitable work or second jobs.  More...
CITIES have long offered tax incentives to encourage companies to stay and newcomers to relocate. But another option is gaining currency in old manufacturing cities looking to prop up their struggling economies — homegrown nonprofit groups that nurture new businesses from the ground up. Skip to next paragraph One of the more innovative of thes  More...
Many projects and products make promises that rely on faith and finger crossing, and when they fail they destroy customer trust. But making different promises, the way Apple and Google do, can wow your customers and increase their trust, loyalty, and satisfaction.  More...
New research shows that plants really do make your employees feel better and work more productively.  More...
Learn the secret of selling that improves your sales success and increases customer satisfaction.  More...
The key factor in causing or preventing malpractice suits also affects your customers and clients (and employees) in the business world. Are you building happy customers or cruising for a lawsuit?  More...
According to Opinion Research, what annoys employees more than anything else is poor communication. And unhappy employees can do more damage to your business than you might imagine.  More...
Sites that are designed to sell products and/or services must go the extra mile to enhance the visitor's engagement with the website. Shopping cart abandonment (shoppers abandoning their carts before deciding to pay for the "items" they've added to their cart) can result in a significant loss in potential sales. But much of that can be reduced  More...
An October survey found only 11 percent of small-business owners say they want to retire at all. Nine in 10 say they are happy with what they do -- with 58 percent saying they are very or extremely satisfied with their work. "In other words, small-business owners overwhelmingly like what they do," Gallup said.  More...
Some people believe that earning the most money will make them incredibly happy. What they probably don't know is that being incredibly happy may not earn them the most money. A new study finds that when it comes to financial success, you're better off being a moderately happy person rather than someone who's chronically ecstatic.  More...
While telecommuting has grown in popularity--about 37 percent of companies worldwide offer telecommuting as a option-- a new study says it hurts those who still travel to the office to work. The study included 240 professional employees from a medium-sized company and found that the greater the number of telecommuters at an organization, the l  More...
Evan Williams is one of those many entrepreneurs that I admire. Well, he is one of the team behind two hugely successful web applications - Blogger and Twitter. Here, I’m going to re-phrase and re-think over one of his recent articles - Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product Idea. Evan goes deep with the following points: Tractability  More...