With all the news about gas prices and food prices soaring, I was wondering how such increases are effecting entrepreneurs.
For me, since I run a virtual PR firm, the increases haven’t hurt my business. But I can imagine a restaurant or someone who travels a lot for business could really be in a pinch.
Is it the price for doing business in today’s economy?  Do you swallow the costs, feeling it’s what the market can stand? Or are you passing the cost onto your consumers?
I’d love to hear from you to get an idea of what’s going on…
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I was reading an article in BusinessWeek on Consumer Vigilantes.  And it seems my pals over at HomeBizNotes.com is concerned with this too.
Mary Emma talks about now that any consumer can blog, if one is not happy, they can almost instantaneously start harming your reputation.
Customers are now putting up websites, videos and blogs to show their dissatisfaction.
I’ve also seen it happen with editors. Wired Magazines editor posted a list of bad PR people who had, in his opinion, spammed him with unsolicited press releases.
The moral if the story: customer service is key.
What do you think?  Can you prevent this from …read more