Comments on: How Do You Separate Yourself From the Competition? http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/how-do-you-separate-yourself-from-the-competition/ Be a Chief Extraordinary Officer in Business & in Life Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:52:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Catherine L http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/how-do-you-separate-yourself-from-the-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-160754 Catherine L Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:34:09 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/01/30/how-do-you-separate-yourself-from-the-competition/#comment-160754 Hi - Great post. I have tried many things to stand out - some of them have worked and some have been a flop. We did send customers sweets, just small items in orange envelopes. But we stopped doing that because one month, we didn't realise the Royal Mail had changed the postage rules. And our customers wound up having to pay the extra. So, we wound up sending everyone stamps to compensate. We've tried so many things - eg, giving gingerbread or chocolates after we've finished a job, mailing snippets out of newspapers that our customers may be interested in etc. Instead of sending thank you cards, we send a postcard thanking our customer for being "Customer of the Week." We try to come up with new things all the time, but usually a number of small things seem to work best, rather than one huge thing. <em>Catherine L's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SuccessPasscode/~3/227099440/' rel="nofollow">Are Criminals Better Entrepreneurs?</a></em> Hi – Great post. I have tried many things to stand out – some of them have worked and some have been a flop.

We did send customers sweets, just small items in orange envelopes. But we stopped doing that because one month, we didn’t realise the Royal Mail had changed the postage rules. And our customers wound up having to pay the extra. So, we wound up sending everyone stamps to compensate.

We’ve tried so many things – eg, giving gingerbread or chocolates after we’ve finished a job, mailing snippets out of newspapers that our customers may be interested in etc.

Instead of sending thank you cards, we send a postcard thanking our customer for being “Customer of the Week.”

We try to come up with new things all the time, but usually a number of small things seem to work best, rather than one huge thing.

Catherine L’s last blog post..Are Criminals Better Entrepreneurs?

]]> By: Cory Huff http://www.sparkplugging.com/sparkplug-ceo/how-do-you-separate-yourself-from-the-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-159119 Cory Huff Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:56:29 +0000 http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/2008/01/30/how-do-you-separate-yourself-from-the-competition/#comment-159119 Great post Dawud. I'm not much of a business guy, but I definitely set goals and try to run my artistic endeavors as though they were a business. Most importantly, I think it's important to set goals in relationships (especially with spouses). I think these often get overlooked, and it's just a plain old fact that the better our personal relationships are, the better our work and business runs. Great post! <em>Cory Huff's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyLifeArtLoveAndGod/~3/221996287/unlearning-part-3-experimenting.html' rel="nofollow">Unlearning Part 3: Experimenting</a></em> Great post Dawud. I’m not much of a business guy, but I definitely set goals and try to run my artistic endeavors as though they were a business.

Most importantly, I think it’s important to set goals in relationships (especially with spouses). I think these often get overlooked, and it’s just a plain old fact that the better our personal relationships are, the better our work and business runs.

Great post!

Cory Huff’s last blog post..Unlearning Part 3: Experimenting

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