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

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. I do more than 700 phone calls, not emails, to clients on their birthdays each year.

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Embrace the Freedom: Overcoming Work-From-Home Guilt with Confidence

Tips From T. Marie

Whether it’s the absence of a stressful commute or the ability to work in comfortable attire, focus on the positives that remote work offers. Schedule virtual meetings, video conferences, or phone calls to stay connected and aligned. First, acknowledge the unique benefits of working from home.

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Answering Reader Mail: 7 Tips on Attire, Scheduling & Etiquette

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

I am learning time zones and currencies and every day I am shaking in my boots that it might be too much but I want it so dang bad! I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. My CEO is new.

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Ultimate travel itinerary

Practically Perfect PA

Because we checked the weather before they left the UK, they had the appropriate business attire and didn’t feel uncomfortable. If your Director has a smart phone or tablet then do make use of online city guide apps. A list of the hotel amenities, such as free Wi-Fi, a gym, a hair dryer. Book your place now. Powered by Eventbrite.

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Should City Governments and other Businesses look to Virtual Services to Save Money?

Tips From T. Marie

If your employee or employees are sitting at their computers all day, making and taking phone calls, working on documents, data input and other tasks that are computer based with little to no public interaction in person they are a good candidate for either choice. There are money saving pros to both. Feel free to contact me !

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USAA Customer-First Approach to Business » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

What lessons can we learn? I was especially intrigued by what the article refers to it as their Secret Sauce.

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3 More Tools for Self-Branding and Job Hunting

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

But amongst my circle of friends and colleagues, since I love learning they usually figure I've read something about it or maybe came across it. We swapped stories about interview attire. It has paid off where I got a phone call or an interview. I'm by no means an expert in social media at all. Hi, @AllyRae!