{"id":1437,"date":"2009-08-18T13:57:23","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T18:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/37d57f8fa2.nxcli.io\/blog\/?p=1437"},"modified":"2009-09-01T14:10:53","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T19:10:53","slug":"how-to-make-your-small-business-more-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/customer-service\/how-to-make-your-small-business-more-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Leaving Customers Behind?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So often, small business owners and managers overlook the little things that mean so much to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/sales\/more-money-same-customers\/\">customers<\/a>. Running a small business is like running a marathon; yet, some people run it like it was a 50-yard dash. They are in such a hurry to&#8230;<!--more--> get to the finish line that the customer or client&#8217;s real needs and wants are overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Successful small business owners realize that they are running a race, and this race is 26 miles 386 yards long. They know that in order to be a winner, they must take care of the &#8220;little things&#8221; throughout the entire race. Like the saying goes, &#8220;Being successful should never be confused with remaining successful.&#8221; Successful business owners realize that they are in business for the long haul, not just the short ride. To apply this concept in your small business:<\/p>\n<p>1. Take note of all the little things that are important to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/sales\/3-steps-to-attracting-buyers-in-this-economy\/\">customers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2. Set up a system to make sure these expectations are met.<\/p>\n<p>Your customers and clients will thank you by doing business with you for a long, long time helping you make big profits with your small business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <em>Tom<\/em><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"450\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"450\" height=\"0\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#ececec\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/tom-borg\/\">About Tom Borg<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfsstore.com\"><strong><br \/>\nRelated Resources<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/author\/tborg\/\"><br \/>\nMore Posts by Tom Borg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To discover the easy and inexpensive ways <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">anyone can attract more clients and maximize their profits<\/span>, sign up for your<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">FREE <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Profit Now <\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/free8-s.html\">Report<\/a>. <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/957c15f3-0eb9-4389-9687-5c7a2641ac8d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=957c15f3-0eb9-4389-9687-5c7a2641ac8d\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So often, small business owners and managers overlook the little things that mean so much to their customers. Running a small business is like running a marathon; yet, some people run it like it was a 50-yard dash. They are in such a hurry to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,15],"tags":[377,217],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketingforsuccess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}