Yelp Names Sandy Springs Most Customer Friendly Town

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- Yelp, the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, is rolling out a new initiative designed to celebrate the most-customer friendly small businesses and communities in the United States.

The inaugural Bizzie Awarde "recognize the best of the best, including local towns and the top 25 local businesses who go above and beyond to serve their customers on Yelp," the company said.

“For 12 years, consumers have been coming to Yelp to find outstanding local businesses,” said Jeremy Stoppelman, co-founder and CEO of Yelp. "For business owners, we know that engaging with Yelp is a great way to delight past and future customers. The Bizzie Awards recognize those businesses that make the most of Yelp and its free tools to connect with clients on and offline."

To determine award winners, Yelp assessed businesses of all types and measured them based on their proactive approach to customer engagement online with Yelp, including sharing information with customers about their business history, specialties and service offerings.

Yelp also measured engagement with customers on its site through review responses, messaging and other tools that help business owners directly connect with customers.

It also explored its trove of data to highlight the cities with the highest concentration of businesses that meet the same criteria in providing outstanding customer service.

Sandy Springs leads the pack of the top 10 American cities where local businesses go above and beyond to serve customers online and off:

1. Sandy Springs, GA
2. Fargo, ND
3. Scottsdale, AZ
4. Overland Park, KS
5. Centennial, CO
6. Naperville, IL
7. Irvine, CA
8. Stamford, CT
9. Broken Arrow, OK
10. Huntsville, AL

Individual businesses winning 2016 Bizzie Awards across the country are: Backstreet Grill in Albuquerque, NM; P&M Orange Street Market in New Haven, CT; California Smog Center in Los Alamitos, CA; Jefe’s Taco Shop in Las Vegas, NV; Beverly Hills Cardiology in Los Angeles, CA; The Clubhouse in New Hyde Park, NY
Great American Cleaners in El Cerrito, CA; Hidden Grounds Coffee in New Brunswick, NJ; Head Candy in Cherry Hill, NJ; Innovative Express Care in Chicago, IL; Allen’s Flower Market in Reseda, CA; Industry Tavern in Atlanta, GA; Jesamondo in Natick, MA; M Hurt, body art & adornment in Garden Grove, CA; Sukho Thai in Bellevue, WA; Benny’s Tacos & Chicken Rotisserie - Westchester in Los Angeles, CA
Z Optical in Staten Island, NY; Georgetown Valet in Washington, DC; Shenaniganz in Rockwall, TX
Wharf Master’s Inn in Point Arena, CA; Golden Optometric Group in West Covina, CA; Ovation Bistro & Bar in Davenport, FL; Tom’s Thumb Fresh Market in Scottsdale, AZ; Firm Body Evolution in West Hollywood, CA; and Nichols Pizza-N-Grill in Los Osos, CA.

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