Tag Archives: reputation

Is your organisation anonymous?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Jon Stow

If anyone wants to stay in business and be successful, they must get out there, have a decent website, and learn to use social media so that.customers can find them. Continue reading →

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Kindness and indifference in the supermarket

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Jon Stow

Last week in our local Co-op I dropped my walking stick when paying at the check-out. The cheerful young lady rushed round to pick it up for me. I was a little embarrassed but thanked her. She was very considerate … Continue reading →

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Dilemmas and degrees of honesty

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Jon Stow

he was certainly dodging tax on any cash he took, and of course deceiving his accountant as well as defrauding HMRC. Continue reading →

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What counts is what we can do

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Jon Stow

We had a very interesting speaker at a meeting I went to the other week. He was very knowledgeable in his subject and sounded as though he could really help his clients through tough times and to achieve their best. … Continue reading →

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Bad professional vibes

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Jon Stow

We all pick up work we do not like. Usually we do not know we don’t like it until after we are committed to doing it, otherwise we might have declined it politely in the first place. The other day, … Continue reading →

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Are you in a hurry?

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Jon Stow

It is easy to spot when someone else is in a hurry. We notice the window cleaner misses a bit or leaves a smear, or a cleaner misses a cobweb or so, or the vegetables in the restaurant are not … Continue reading →

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Treating customers as doormats?

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Jon Stow

I have had a problem with a company that was hosting four of my websites. The business makes a point of promoting that it provides for its customers to use WordPress. That encourages those who believe they can manage the … Continue reading →

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Cancelling your goodwill credit

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Jon Stow

A while back we had the builders in and they threw away some fixings which they should have kept and put back up. I went into a local shop to enquire if they could sell me any replacements. They went … Continue reading →

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Brands, value and me

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Jon Stow

I would normally avoid medical matters in this blog, but it is relevant that I am allergic to pollen floating about from early spring to mid-summer. You see, I buy anti-allergy pills which I find very helpful. I needed some … Continue reading →

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If you build it, will they come?

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Jon Stow

I have mentioned before that my local village has largely become a collection of cafes and fast-food outlets. Within a couple of hundred yards we have two Indian takeaways, a Chinese takeaway, two pizza places and three cafes. One of … Continue reading →

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