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One of my favorite answers to “Do you have an incentive program?” came in the early 90’s when I asked one of my former bosses. He said “Yeah, if you work here 10 years, you get a 12 ounce soda, if you work here 15 years, you get a 16 ounce.” (at least he was honest!)<\/p>\n

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What do you do to incentivize a small business? I’ll share some of the best ways to do this, as well as mine, later this week. As well, I will debut my first video blog on this site later this week.<\/div>\n
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Submit your thoughts to robert@galaconcierge.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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