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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S. Here’s an example: Over the years, my company has probably purchased steaks as gifts for key clients from 10 suppliers that never did anything to land a second sale. Two additional studies give us a whopping seven seconds.

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The Stunning Growth of Small Business Globalization

Small Business Labs

 percent of all identified US importers in 2011. Key quote: Small businesses worldwide are becoming “micro-multinationals” by using digital platforms such as eBay, Amazon, Facebook, and Alibaba to connect with customers and suppliers in other countries. Companies with fewer than 500 employees accounted for 97.8 percent

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3 Reasons To Spend More Time Around The Water Cooler

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. N o matter what your boss thinks, standing around the water cooler isn’t a waste of time. Getting away from your desk won’t take more than a couple of minutes and could make a big difference to the amount and quality of work you are able to do for the rest of the day. A mental break.

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Top Four Reasons Why The Coffee Break Rocks!

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. Believe it or not, a mid-morning coffee break can be the start of creating strong connections within your business, so don’t ignore its potential. 1 water cooler supplier, who now supply office coffee machines. Visit the original article at [link]. Guest Post.

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How Telecommuting Beats the Recession

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. T he global economy has experienced several recessions since the industrial revolution, however, the current recession is unique in many respects. Businesses can now stay connected with customers and suppliers via the Internet as well as telephone so that business centres have become more dispersed.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

One of the reasons I started Practically Perfect PA back in 2011 was because I wanted to create an online community for assistants. Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. Jump forward nearly five years – where the heck has that time gone!??! It is brilliant!

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The Biggest Secret of Stellar Copywriting

Men With Pens

Do they know something we don’t know? Once upon a time, I wasn’t on the inside. I didn’t get the secret memos. Sure, I could tell the difference between average copy and stellar copy, but I didn’t really see what that difference was. What was the secret I wasn’t seeing ? Yes, they do.