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source: Mandi Ehman

As I mentioned, we spent last week at Disney World, our first week-long family trip (we’ve done day trips before while visiting my grandmother).

While I love to watch my girls and experience the joy and wonder of it all through their eyes, the adults in our family also spent a lot of time marveling at Disney as a business. They set a bar for customer service that few other companies reach, and there’s no doubt that that is one of the reasons that people are willing to shell out the kind of money that they do.

I couldn’t help but look for ways that I could apply some of their customer service model to my own business, and I think these are things that every business — big or small — should consider.

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Stand Out with a Creative Graphic Résumé

August 30, 2011
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It’s been a while since I’ve updated or shared my résumé, but when I saw the creative résumé from designer Katie Briggs (#5), I was inspired to get to work on my portfolio site. It’s still not done, but I love the idea of putting a creative spin on otherwise boring information, and this is [...]

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Handling Detours On the Road to Success

August 25, 2011
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The following post is from Jeff of My Super-Charged Life: Several years ago, I found a job working for a small consulting company.  I was a young, enterprising fellow and I thought I’d found a gem of an opportunity.  I was getting in on the ground floor of what I believed was a company on [...]

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Get Your Business Ready for Fall

July 27, 2011
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At the beginning of the summer, I had tons of special projects I wanted to get done before fall, but summertime is so busy and full by itself that I didn’t get much of anything done in June or July besides spending time with friends and family — which was just what I needed! With [...]

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Giveaway: 50 Brochures from Uprinting (2 Winners!)

July 16, 2011
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This giveaway is now closed! The winners are Sam (samnkids@…) and Nancy (nrbird@…)! If you run a small business, promotion can often feel like a catch-22. On one hand you know that you need to promote your products and services, but on the other hand, it can be hard to invest money into promoting when [...]

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How to Work Smarter, Not Just Harder

November 9, 2010
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The following post is from Sherri of Serene Journey and Zen Family Habits: If there’s one thing successful people know how to do, it’s manage time. Successful people are driven, motivated and have an unquenchable thirst for getting what they want. Successful people also never shy away from work – easy, hard, mundane, whatever. I think [...]

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Question of the Day: Do You Have a Degree?

October 15, 2010
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Although I do have a bachelor’s degree, I know plenty of successful people who don’t have them, and I’m not convinced that they’re necessary for anyone to achieve success (especially given the continually rising costs of college!). However, I know a lot of people would disagree with me, so today I want to know… Do [...]

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More Than Resolutions: Start a New Business

January 26, 2010
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Join us all month for 31 Days of Organizing for a Better 2010! The thought of starting your own business — especially if you’re already balancing other commitments — can be overwhelming. Where do you start? How do you find the time? I’m something of a serial entrepreneur. I’m not afraid to fail or decide [...]

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More Than Resolutions: Find a New Job

January 13, 2010
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Join us all month for 31 Days of Organizing for a Better 2010! Although I know there’s been backlash with the whole, “You can be anything you want to be” phenomenon, with people pointing out that not everyone really can be an  NBA star or rocket scientist, I am a huge proponent of taking control [...]

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