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

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In a study published in Psychological Science , Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov reveal that it takes only a tenth of a second to form an impression of someone when you first meet. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S.

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

The average Indian factory worker was paid about 90 cents an hour in 2011, among the lowest rates in the world. percent between 2006 and 2011. million India-based members and hosts more Indian suppliers than suppliers from any other country outside of China. South Korea and Taiwan. Small businesses in the U.S.

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The Bribery Act – what do assistants need to know?

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The Act came into force in July 2011 and states that it is a crime to commit bribery, be bribed and bribe a foreign public official. A commercial organisation can be found guilty of this offence if the bribery is carried out by an employee or a third person, this could include a contractor, a supplier, an agent or a subsidiary.

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How Telecommuting Beats the Recession

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Businesses can now stay connected with customers and suppliers via the Internet as well as telephone so that business centres have become more dispersed. This form of working from home and using computers and the Internet has been coined telecommuting. Visit the original article at [link].

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How To Build Your Brand Through Your Blog

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Guest Author. That is, the brand has to leave a mark, a clear remembrance, which could be in the form of a jingle, a song, a joke or an ad. running 18 dedicated ecommerce sites arcoss Europe their aim is to be one of Europe’s leading suppliers of the Motorola MC9090 and Motorola Es400. Guest Post.

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

From April 2011, HMRC will no longer accept paper form tax returns and accounts from companies. Paper accounts will still need to be prepared for shareholders in proper form, but government will require them to be tagged to comply with their iXBRL standards. It will also result in significant risk of error.

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