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The Trust Economy

Reputation is everything. It encompasses every aspect of your business, from the quality of your products to the care you show your customers. It’s word-of-mouth, and it’s the number of stars on Google Reviews, Yelp, or whatever else. Perhaps most of all, it’s a measure of your business’s trustworthiness to…
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How to Safely Reopen

Stay-at-home orders began on March 19, 2020 in America, more than 440 days ago at the time of this post. Since then, nearly every business has had to contend with closures, reduced staff, social distancing implementations, supply-chain interruptions, and much more. Many restaurants became to-go only, and even doctors switched…
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Why Employees Should Care About Net Profit

Anyone who has ever looked at a business’s financials will quickly understand the difference between gross and net profit. But for clarity sake, let’s define them. Gross profit equates to how much money is made on a sale after deducting its production costs, while net profit is what’s left over…
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The Make-or-Break Ratio

We’ve often discussed the importance of delivering exceptional customer experiences every time. The Customer Experience (or CX) encompasses thoughtful customer service, a detailed sales process, and great products and services. Your business must deliver on all three consistently, whether we’re talking about at the restaurant table or the hot-tub showroom.…
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Never Force a Customer to Call Twice

While it’s true that people’s attention spans are growing shorter every year with our on-demand, always-connected lifestyles, what’s also diminished is our patience. There’s hardly ever any need to wait for anything now. Think about it: Want a product? Your favorite online retailer can probably deliver it in under two…
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Is Mystery Shopping an MLM?

A question we sometimes get from potential mystery shoppers is whether the kind of work we do is actually multi-level marketing. Given that there have been scams associated with both industries, the question is fair. And the answer is straightforward: no, it’s not. But read on for a detailed explanation…
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Customer Experience Consistency

Famed customer-service expert Shep Hyken posted an article titled, Avoid Customer Confusion, wherein he details a confusing experience purchasing a ping-pong table from a nearby store. He had researched the price online at their website but was shocked to discover that the brick-and-mortar location had a much higher price—and worse…
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The High Cost of Cheap

Consider the age-old saying, “you get what you pay for,” and compare that to another that says, “a fool and his money are soon parted.” These are two extremes on the axis of value, where each of us has to judge whether something is worth the cost. But as we…
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Watching the Tape

When most business owners think about mystery shopping, they picture an average consumer entering a store to evaluate the customer experience. This includes everything from the impressions they form when approaching the store’s exterior to how the employees treat them once they’re inside. Additionally, they’ll usually have feedback regarding store…
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