Building a business family for lasting community ties
The guide urges focusing on filling customer needs, not selling. It promotes healthy competition, forming ties with complementary local businesses, and nurturing community through referrals. It advises slow, steady online growth, and keeping politics out of business to build trust.
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Companies who've gone above and beyond the call
Zappos helped a customer’s mother with numb feet by exchanging six shoes and sending a condolence bouquet. They upgraded the family to VIP status for free expedited shipping. A separate note recalls a Southwest Airlines pilot assisting a late-arriving traveler to reach his gate. Sainsbury’s offered to rename tiger bread giraffe bread after a child’s observation, with a gift card included.
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