What Makes a Great Restaurant Host
Front-of-house hiring tips from Marea's Michael White, Comme Ca's David Myers, and Blue Ribbons' Eric and Bruce Bromberg. Read more
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How to Expand Without Losing Your Indie Culture
When your company is growing fast, keeping it true to its roots is tricky. How can you expand without selling out? Read more
Paul Spiegelman, Founder of the Beryl Cos. 
Founder of the Dallas-based health care call center business, Paul Spiegelman shares his tips on building a corporate culture that delivers exceptional custo... Watch video
Will Elaine's Still be Elaine's?
The de facto living room for luminaries might never be the same without the colorful front-of-house personality. Read more
Move Over, Snuggie
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ... Read more
More Than a Moving Company
Larry O'Toole says Gentle Giant Moving is a people and leadership development company providing high-end customer service. Read more
A Textbook Case of Great Service
A carafe of musty Syrah gave the staff at Bouchon, Thomas Keller's popular Napa Valley bistro, a chance to show our blogger how the pros deliver exceptional ... Read more
The Pirate's Life for You
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today:
Meet the "Mr. October" of Customer Service
At AT&T Park, the San Francisco Giants are using dynamic pricing and other customer-friendly techniques to build a loyal fan base. Read more
How to Design a Great "About Us" Page on Your Website
Whether you're starting from scratch or revisiting an About Us page in need of a little TLC, you can take yours from forgettable to memorable by incorporatin... Read more
How to Set Up a Mystery Shopping Program
Implementing the right tools to measure customer experience can help your business improve sales, operations, and profits. Read more
How to Deliver Great Customer Service
Follow these 10 tips, and your customers will be very, very happy. Read more
How to Start a Customer Rewards Program
Giving something back to your best customers has become a competitive necessity in certain industries. Here's how to keep your best buyers loyal. Read more
Social CRM versus Real Customer Service
Gartner analyst Michael ... Read more
10 Ways to Support Your Best Customers
Every company is in the service industry, right? Expert pointers for how to best perform for your best accounts. Read more
How to Coach Employees
Larry O'Toole of Gentle Giant Moving Company talks about how to give employees feedback. Read more
Review: Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit
Authors Leonardo Inghilleri and Micah Solomon take a look at the fundamentals of exceptional customer service. Read more
How to Handle Customer Complaints
With the Internet as the disgruntled customer's oyster, there are new rules for responding to rants and customer complaints. Read more
When Customer Advice Goes Wrong
Yelp unveils major product changes to address extortion allegations . A number of small business have Read more
How to Improve Your Company's Customer Service
In a tough economy, improving your customer service can be the key to survival. Read more
How to Lose Customers and Alienate People
A cinema-chain employee responds with a rude e-mail to a customer complaint, and a Facebook boycott is born. Read more
How to Make Money on Foursquare
This new social broadcast application can help your business promote deals, get the attention of savvy early adopters of technology, or simply to increase fo... Read more
Lessons From a Blue-Collar Millionaire
When Nick Sarillo launched his pizza business, he had one goal in mind: to create a corporate culture unlike any he had seen. Read more
The Way I Work: Paul English of Kayak
Kayak.com co-founder Paul English is obsessed with customer service. That's why he bought the most annoying phone he could find. Read more
Hiring Tips from the Inc. 5000 Conference
Tips on how to recruit great workers from BET founder Robert L. Johnson, Method co-founder Eric Ryan, and other successful CEOs. Watch video
Customer Service Tips from the Inc. 5000 Conference
Advice on how to build customer loyalty from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh (pictured), JetBlue founder David Neeleman, and other successful CEOs at the 2009 Inc. 500... Watch video
Business Owners Warm Up to Online Reviews
Small-business owners are more active than consumers on sites such as Yelp, according to a recent survey. Read more
There's No Substitute for Great Customer Service
Small businesses should keep good, old-fashioned customer service in mind when implementing new technology. Read more
Back to Basics for the Back-to-School Push
As retailers struggle this season, smaller businesses may have a slight advantage. Read more
Offering Personalized Customer Service with CRM Software
Jack Mitchell offers advice on using CRM software to provide personalized customer service Read more
How Businesses Can Respond to Criticism on Yelp
Three business owners give their views on when it makes sense to respond to critics posting negative reviews on Yelp Read more
Tell Us What You Really Think
Have you ever wanted to read your customers' minds? Thanks to the Web, it's getting easier. Senior editor Bobbie Gossage explains. Watch video
How I Did It: Barbara Lynch
They say it can be the hardest business in the world. So what does it take to really succeed in the restaurant industry? Senior editor Rick Schine explain... Watch video
Think Rich and Never Give Up
Flat broke at the age of 21, Joe Cirulli made a list of 10 things he wanted to accomplish in life. One by one, he pulled them off -- and built a health and... Read more
Helping Customers Help Each Other Online
A growing number of companies are creating online community forums, or other ways for customers to interact. This not only improves customer satisfaction, bu... Read more
