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7 Tips for Selling During a Tough Economy

Success

If the boss chooses to go to market as the low-price provider, your company better have every expense category cut to the bone, including sales commissions, or it will perish in short order! Can we provide customers with knock-your-socks-off service and experiences that are so memorable that they start telling their friends and colleagues?

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Avoiding the Price Trap: 3 Tips to Succeed as a Mission-Based Business

Success

If you want to free yourself from the competition on price trap, read on for my top three tips to succeed as a mission-based business. Furthermore, it is always significantly less expensive to sell to an existing customer than to attract new ones. However, they focus on the wrong thing: cost. Get clear on your mission.

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Why Big Business Has Customer Service All Wrong (and how small businesses can take advantage of it)

Tips From T. Marie

I’m a stickler about customer service. I have experience serving and helping others, so when it comes time for me to be the customer I have high expectations. This morning I read Seth Godin’s latest blog post entitled, Please Go Away in which he talks about the way most big businesses deal with customer service.

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Introduction to Procedures: Usage, Terminology, and Tips for Getting Started

All Things Admin

Ultimately, well-defined procedures save you and your team members time, provide clarity, and ensure consistency, compliance, and customer service across the board. Here are a few tips to help you get started: Use clear and simple language. Everything is right there in your procedures manual!

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

We got wide-ranging answers, anecdotes and tips. If you don’t know how, buy a book on starting a business and read it, or check the internet for tips. I want to evaluate my cost-of-living expenses and see where I can cut back. Review your expenses as a couple. Are you energized by this prospect? Reach my financial goals.

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Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve

The Small Business Blog

Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Five More Small Biz Sales Tips Recent Comments Marusya I too agree that a strong team is really vital for any task. Also success stories. marusya-serial.ru

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Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips

The Small Business Blog

Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Five More Small Biz Sales Tips Recent Comments Marusya I too agree that a strong team is really vital for any task. Also success stories. marusya-serial.ru

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