The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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APRIL 20, 2010

This time the focus is on Social Media. One of the authors, Rick Liebling Global Director, Client Management, for Taylor and author of the Periodic Table of Social Media Elements , graciously invited each of the over 170 contributors to share a little about their chapter in the upcoming book. You should.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Paul Stockford, president of Saddletree Research, an organization that gauges industry change trends, notes that the changes of customer experience management will continue an upward movement in social channels. Interestingly enough, the social trends since 2008 have grown exponentially. photo credit: MoritzBarcelona.

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JANUARY 1, 2010

Just like the Italian alleyway pictured above, I need to ensure that my focus is narrow, razor sharp, niched to a specific client/a specific service. How will you manage the resolutions you’ve established for this new year? If customer communication or social media is on your list, I hope you’ll give me a call.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Join a Group Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on April 15, 2010 under Connecting Moments , social media | Be the First to Comment If I were a betting woman I would say that you have joined LinkedIn. Mashable offers several tips for effectivley management your group.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

I am presenting a series of four workshops on Social Media scheduled to begin February 10 and follow for three additional Wednesdays. Using the social media I so strongly believe in – I set up registration for all four classes on Events Bot. It included another customer service address to contact.

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JULY 20, 2010

It is also true with our customers. If we put them first in all we do – the customer service experience improves. Word circulates that your business is the customer-friendly business. A great gift for a new business owner or store manager, Put Customers First is just $9.95.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Companies need to quickly get on board with reading what is being said about them on line – hopefully it is ALL GOOD – but on the off chance it isn’t, Twitter will become the fastest, easiest, most visible way for companies to “nip it in the bud&# and show consumers they are on top of their customer service.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

In the first episode an executive from Waste Management works on the front line, picking up trash, cleaning toilets and may even end up getting fired! The premise is a good one, my hope is that in future weeks we’ll see executives meeting their actual customer face-to-face.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Glenn Ross at All Business published a post called How to Lose Customers and Fail at Business which consists of a 20 question true/false quiz. Our senior managers seldom interact with customers. Our policies and procedures were designed with the organization’s needs in mind, not the customer’s. But it isn’t easy.

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MARCH 17, 2010

In the book 30 Reasons Employees Hate Their Managers by Bruce Katcher I found that a number of the reasons employees hate their boss has to do with communication.

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APRIL 14, 2010

I put the question out there: “Has there been a time when you hated your customer – if so, what did you do to overcome the situation? &# Here’s one story from Claire: When I was younger, just starting out in a customer service/training role with an animal clinic, a very crabby couple would come in regularly with their dog.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Do you have a crisis management plan for your organization? With Real Time Reviews a number one trend for 2010, you need to be ready to respond to online comments and concerns from customers. Customer-focused communication, like Toyota is using in their ads is the best. Communication is key.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Just like the One Minute Manager and Who Moved My Cheese , the book is set up in a story format to share the great insights of the author. Our service cost us more to provide and soon fewer people could afford it. Sales fell, but due to our fame, management believed they could simply ride out the bad time.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Some blame the economy or a lack of training or a lack of motivation or hiring the wrong people or bottom line management but the general consensus is that there is a growing problem with the attitude of our nation’s employees and how they treat customers. The discussions have talked more about the root of the problem.

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

But we still manage to create MAGIC together. Our customers feel the same way. Remember when your business was young and you had that same sense of excitement and innocence about the possibilities? We continually look for ways to make it FUN. I have found that it is the simpliest pleasures that bring the most joy.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

In a recent article in Advertising Age entitled Banks Turn Message Back to What Consumers Want , reporter Beth Snyder Bulik spotlights the fact that banks are listening the consumers and changing their message to one that includes the answer to ‘how can you help me manage my finances?&#

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MARCH 17, 2010

It started with a bad experience and when he called to complain and went up the chain of command he had his first encounter with John Fleming. After explaining the situation John offered Jay (my new friend) a free night during his next trip.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

We are working on a project together and it was the first time I’d visited his shop. Expecting a typical auto repair store with worn carpet, car and truck magazines and ugly metal chairs I was pleased to walk into an inviting waiting area; warm, clean, comfortable.

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JUNE 30, 2010

So if we keep that in mind – it should help us in a variety of ways: Putting ourselves in our customer’s shoes all of a sudden has new value If the competition is thinking about themselves and their success and you think about the customer – how will that change the experience from the customer’s point of view?

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 30, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Planning how to manage your time is not a waste of time!

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Bekah greeted every customer with more than just a smile and a warm hello – she KNEW her customers. Oh, management might have felt she talked to customers too long, but it was her friendship and genuine interest that kept us coming back between 8-4pm Monday-Friday. We didn’t grow up together. Week after week.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (September 9, 2009). I’d like to share a book that I love, love, love – as it helps me keep centered and grounded. The post Hearing the Message appeared first on Office Dynamics.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Several years ago I was a field manager with Pearle Vision in New England. How many managers are out there beating their dented heads against the wall when all along the answer is right there in front of them…at Sam’s Club! When I was a kid I would pretend they were cigarettes (hey it was before the Surgeon General).

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JUNE 15, 2010

What the customer wanted was irrelevant. As a new store manager at Pearle Vision, I was familiar with that selling tactic and didn’t approve, however, I did believe in rewarding my associates.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 21, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 4, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 18, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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MAY 11, 2010

I am a customer service trainer, and in training I reiterate the importance of the customer relationship. In this day and age, customer service falls by the wayside, but I like how you focus on the whole relationship, instead of just a customer transaction. So few people do that. People loved that.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 28, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

Management 100

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 18, 2010

WinWeb – Your Office Online Simply the best way to manage your small business! Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk You want the whole tree."

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