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How a Local Coffee Shop Used a Pay-It-Forward Board to Beat the Chains
In this episode of Small Business Success with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into how a local coffee shop in Portland, Oregon, used a simple pay-it-forward board to build customer loyalty and community buzz. The shop, called Brew & Gather, struggled to compete with Starbucks and Dutch Bros until they introduced a corkboard where customers could prepay for a stranger's drink. The result? A 40 percent increase in repeat customers and a 25 percent boost in average transaction size within six months. Lucas breaks down why the psychology of reciprocity and social proof made this low-cost…
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