Why Customer Reviews Are A Business’s Most Important PR Tool
In the three years it’s been open for business, Windy Hill Wedding & Event Barn in Simpsonville has received dozens of excellent reviews. “It makes us feel great when customers take the time to leave a review. What they experience on one of the biggest days of their lives is extremely important to us,” manager Lauren Burns said. For Burns, customer reviews are more than an acknowledgment of a job well done. They allow her to take her already-successful business to the next level. “One bride wrote, ‘They let us come in earlier than normal to set up.’ It’s helpful to us as a business to know what the customer wants,” Burns said. One study found that 97-percent of online shoppers check customer reviews before making a...
It’s Time For Companies To Start Planning Their Holiday Parties
Image via Pexels Stepping out into the world with your own lease, your own key, and your own set of mismatched kitchenware is exhilarating. It’s also, let’s be honest, financially terrifying. The first months of independence can teach more about money than a decade of school ever did. And while the personal finance world likes to preach in spreadsheets and sweeping generalizations, young people need something closer to the ground—advice that doesn’t talk down and doesn’t assume a six-figure salary at 23. Here’s a blueprint that starts where most of us do: with just enough, and not a dollar more. Budgeting Isn’t Restrictive—It’s the Map That Shows You Where You Actually Live A budget, in the early days of living alone, isn’t about...