--- title: Speak by Olark | Making Business Human (6) description: Making Business Human | Tips on live chat sales, customer service, and building human connections from one of the Internet’s top live chat providers. (6) --- - [Interested in live chat? Check out Olark.](https://www.olark.com/) [![Speak: A Blog by Olark](https://blog.olark.com/hubfs/speak-logo-300-01.png "Speak: A Blog by Olark")](https://blog.olark.com) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/another-banner.png?width=840&height=460&name=another-banner.png)](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-recognize-someone) ## [Making Business Human: Bennett Awards + Recognize Someone](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-recognize-someone) By [Kate Urban](https://blog.olark.com/author/kate-urban) *This story is part of our Making Business Human series. For more on the series and our mission, [check out this post](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-join-the-conversation)!* [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-recognize-someone) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/alex-knight-199368.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=alex-knight-199368.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-join-the-conversation) ## [Making Business Human: Join the Conversation](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-join-the-conversation) By [Kate Urban](https://blog.olark.com/author/kate-urban) Creating connections between customers and businesses is at the core of Olark. Since day one, the heart of our product has been about humanizing websites through chat. Our mission can really be boiled down to  a single, short statement: **Make Business Human**. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/making-business-human-join-the-conversation) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/Mom%20and%20Customer%20Support/barb_and_kids.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=barb_and_kids.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/customer-services-lessons-from-mom) ## [What being a Mom has taught me about customer service](https://blog.olark.com/customer-services-lessons-from-mom) By [Barbara Maniar](https://blog.olark.com/author/barbara-maniar) Hi! I’m Barbara. I’ve been chatting at [Olark](https://www.olark.com) for over four years now, and I’ve been in various forms of customer service for almost 20. In addition to that I’m a wife, a mom and a human with my own interesting life. Just kidding - my family and work make up most of (and the best parts of) my interesting life. When I first started working at Olark I wanted to chat. All work day, all chat. My boss wasn't sure that was such a good idea. [Read More](https://blog.olark.com/customer-services-lessons-from-mom) [![featured image](https://blog.olark.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Images/2017/Highrise%20Article%20(8.9.2017)/highrise_article_image2.jpg?width=840&height=460&name=highrise_article_image2.jpg)](https://blog.olark.com/make-your-business-human-shared-intimacy) ## [Make Your Business Human: Shared Intimacy](https://blog.olark.com/make-your-business-human-shared-intimacy) By [Nathan Kontny](https://blog.olark.com/author/nathan-kontny) *You may have noticed [the new Olark homepage](https://www.olark.com/) with the credo, "Make your business human." As part of this new look and feel, we've asked our friends to share how they make their business human. Today we hear from [Nathan Kontny](https://twitter.com/natekontny) of [Highrise](https://highrisehq.com).* I'm sure you've heard: It's never been easier to start a business. But with all that ease, there's even more and more competition. 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