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If Sending Christmas Cards Feels Like a Chore, Here’s How to Politely Opt Out

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At minimum, there’s the business of purchasing, signing, addressing and mailing our greetings before the holidays arrive. It’s a lot like social media in that way.” Finding new rituals If holiday cards aren’t your thing, rest assured that you’re not breaking any etiquette rules.

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Proper Business Dining Etiquette

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Thursday, June 17, 2010 Proper Business Dining Etiquette I have been to lunches and dinners where people inadvertently take the wrong glass, use the wrong utensil with the meal, or display improper dining etiquette, such as starting to eat before everyone is served or talking with their mouth full. Lets grow together!

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

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For instance, if you don’t want employees checking their social media during the workday, you can choose to restrict sites like Facebook and Instagram (you can also block sites containing inappropriate content). Others have special tracking features for social media sites, where you can view specific employee actions.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Use social CRM to improve.

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The expansion of the social media therefore requires companies to be aware of what is being said about them and who is saying what about them. For instance, I have a Keurig coffee maker which I find incredible, yet I was not the purchaser. Social Customer Service – A completely different animal? Networking.

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When customer service defines a business culture

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Culture is how an organization operates whether you chalk it up to customs, attitudes, or etiquette. With the emphasis on social media, it’s perhaps even more important that customers feel as if they count. And that was before the bride purchased even a garter. photo credit: Luna The Moon Gir. There are no.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer feedback gets personal

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Yesterday I purchased dog food from Petco ; hence a receipt offering me $2.00 off my next purchase in exchange for answering questions, and then onto Office Depot with another receipt offering a discount to log in and answer some questions.

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Choose Your Method of Communication Effectively – Email, Phone, In.

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Phone etiquette is important, remember to leave your name and phone number twice when leaving a voicemail- once at the beginning and then at the end of the call. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. DO NOT leave a voicemail longer than a 1 or 1 ½ min. Turn off the computer when you leave for the day.

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