Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

That includes during the sale, during service and as a follow-up. Depending upon your business style and structure, follow-ups may involve a personal visit, phone call, email, text or an online survey. Even a single survey question can help you learn if your clients’ needs are satisfactorily met.

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Workplace Insight

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A different Statistica survey found that 31 percent of UK social media users aged between 16 and 24 years reported spending between 1-2 hours per day using TikTok, while 25 percent reported spending between 3-4 hours per day on the social video app. It’s time for us to look up, and it’s time to reset. It’s time to put the devices down.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

An investment in building up the community around your workspace can incentivize and motivate employees to want to spend and invest their time there, making their commute worth the journey. Focus area featuring workspace and private phone booths for confidential tech client. Image courtesy of DLR Group. Image courtesy of DLR Group.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 26, 2021

The New York Times article More phone calls, less shopping: how the pandemic changed American lives, down to the minute examines data from the American Time Use survey to show the changes in how Americans spent their time last year.   This is up from 8 hours in 2019.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

That data aligns with a new report by Citrix based on a global survey of 900 business leaders and 1,800 knowledge workers — those who can do their job remotely. That’s based on Musk’s belief that remote workers are “phoning it in” and only “ pretend to work.” .

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Workplace Insight

MAY 7, 2024

Any survey that sets out to establish what people believe cuts their productivity and annoys them most about their workplace invariably throws up the same result; the noise and distractions generated by other people. Some of the solutions they have come up with have been great, some a little less so.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

They speak up in meetings and they’re good at bouncing ideas and scribbling on whiteboards in front of large groups of people. .  Workplaces are often set up in a way that benefits those people. . The way the wider working world is currently set up isn’t attuned to the complexity and diversity of the human mind.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Despite hybrid working set ups, there is still some reluctance to return to the office. We’ve seen employers introduce hybrid working set ups to embrace the evolution of the workforce imposed during the pandemic, yet there is still some reluctance to return to the office. A reluctant workforce. The impact on the office.

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MARCH 10, 2024

The workplace may have up to five generations of talent for the foreseeable future. Mentoring in the workplace makes it easier to ask “just-in-time” questions rather than scheduling a video meeting or phone call. A Pew survey noted that 36% of respondents claimed teleworking reduced their opportunities for mentorship.

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Success

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We all know expenses exist, but the numbers keep adding up—rent, water, trash, electricity, cable, Internet, car insurance, renter’s insurance, gas, cell phone. According to a Gallup survey , only one in three Americans prepares a detailed household budget. The cost of building a life isn’t. It all feels a bit much.

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Allwork

MARCH 3, 2024

According to Gensler’s 2021 Workplace Survey , younger generations are most likely to prefer a hybrid work model and least likely to prefer to work full-time remote. However, when employees were required to work from home, they also learned the comforts that come with it, which can be difficult to give up when going to the office.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I switch off my phone and stash it out of sight. According to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center, “44% of 18- to 49-year-olds say they go online almost constantly.”. I’m going to give up and lie to my family, friends and new boss so I can see what someone ate for dinner? I end up reading six before the week is out.

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Success

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

So even if ChatGPT is the equivalent of a not-smart flip phone in a few years, an innovative and progressive AI consultant will be there to help with that transition into the future. According to the McKinsey Global Survey , roughly 55% of their respondents have adopted some level of AI in their business. “He

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Small Business Labs

MAY 10, 2011

You many have noticed that different surveys show very different small business social media usage rates. For example, the Wall Street Journal article Facebook Tops for Small Business reported on a survey that found small businesses quite positive about social media.    Another point of view comes from Citibank.

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Success

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

So if you take a spill, don’t try to stand up. Stand up, man.”. Just stand up.”. I stood up, looked around, and sank under the laughs from the group. My goal is to conquer it today, camp at Naked Ground, then hook up with another trail that takes a less-strenuous 8.5-mile No worries.”. But you said…”.

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Success

MARCH 14, 2023

Don’t get caught up in thinking about objects, just be aware of them as you pass by. Perhaps it’s the feeling of warm sunshine, the soles of your feet touching the ground or your bad knee flaring up again. Pay attention to feelings that come up. And when the light turns green, do you speed up to pass that man on your left?

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 20, 2024

Older readers may remember a phenomenon called Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) which marked the point at which employers gave up worrying about people using their own phones at work and instead made it look like it was their idea anyway. Other employees are free to use AI tools, with their employers encouraging using it (15 percent).

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Success

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As my workshop ends, all hands go up at once. Up until this point, I mistakenly labeled my career habits as a bored, “Jacklyn of all, mistress of nothing” type. Guillebeau’s podcast assists in his mission through its focus on sharing how people came up with their ideas, and the mistakes and money they have made.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Surveys used to calculate your net promoter score can help you address pressing customer service issues you didn’t know existed. Instill and nurture these mission values at every level of your company—not just on the phone line or customer service desk, but in sales, management, and in yourself. And yes, prickly customers exist.

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Success

JUNE 30, 2021

Surveyed customers have only one question to answer. “On You may even use the survey as an opportunity for further direct engagement such as with follow-up direct calls, emails or product offerings. For many managers and entrepreneurs, a negative NPS serves as a major wake-up call to rethink overall quality. Too obvious?

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JULY 26, 2022

In a 2022 survey conducted by Proximity , an industry-leading workspace management platform, over half of respondents said digital door access is the most valuable feature to them. . The pain points: Workspace managers are struggling to allocate space and understand when, where, and what employees are actually showing up to an office. .

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Digital nomads travel the world, often packing lightly so that they can easily move on to a new city or country and set up a new base there. This Ergonofis height-adjustable wooden laptop stand is foldable and easily transportable, which means it can be packed up and easily transported or popped into a bag. Travel adaptor .

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Success

JULY 20, 2021

A survey by Insider and Morning Consult from 2019 showed that millennials were more likely to put off buying houses, making career moves, undergoing medical procedures and even getting hitched—all because of cash-related reasons. That’s because when we delay organizing our finances, it causes us to delay a lot of other things, too.

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Success

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Coming up with corporate gifts your associates will love is easier than you think. Finding out your team’s preference is as simple as a quick, digital survey like you’d use for a luncheon event. Consider office supplies such as pens, notebooks and phone cases from agood company or similar sources committed to reduction of plastics.

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Conduct an employee engagement survey and do nothing with the results. Attend a trade show to network with customers but spend your time on the phone. You can also pick up a copy of my Word Trippers eBook or my 18 Days to Become a Better Writer eBook. Hire people to do a job but don’t take the time training them to do that job.

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On The Job

MARCH 27, 2019

According to an Accountemps survey , one in three candidates are removed from job consideration after checking with their references. Whatever the reason, not preparing your references for that important phone call from a potential employer can upend all your hard work. Or, you asked so long ago that they have forgotten.

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MAY 31, 2022

An email preview pops up in the corner of your screen. The truth is, the distractions coming from our phones, computers and other electronic devices are far from being the whole problem when it comes to our getting derailed from the things that matter most to us and the world around us. Flash sale—take advantage now! Celebrity gossip.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 16, 2024

The survey found that the average Brit will spend up to two-and-a-half hours working while technically having a day off on holiday or leave. The study also showed that nearly a quarter of people (23 percent) take their work phone or laptop with them on holiday in case they have to work while travelling.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Well, here's a depressing statistic: people on average spend more than five hours a day checking their email, according to an Adobe survey. You might not be forced to work nights or weekends just to catch up on your work. Or, could you set up a second email account that will only be for personal emails and stop checking them at work?

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On The Job

JANUARY 25, 2021

As the job market opens up, the competition for jobs is going to be pretty tough. Clean up your social media. Clean up your social media. What turns up? Put your shoulders back, hold your head up and look the employer in the eye (or camera). So how can you stand out to employers and beat the competition?

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Success

MARCH 8, 2023

The women surveyed in Guidant’s “ 2023 Small Business Trends ” report were primarily motivated to become entrepreneurs due to being “ready to be their own boss” (28%) and “[dissatisfied] with corporate America” (23%), with only 13% seeking to pursue their passions. The desire to stand up for “invisible” women inspired Sharon Hadary, D.B.A.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

   - Pew's Generations and Their Gadgets report shows that 85% of adult Americans have a cell phone and 90% of all U.S. households have at least one cell phone.  .  If you only want to read one article, scan this one.    I think we can call this ubiquity.      . 

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MAY 30, 2022

I needed something to do—a hobby—that would force me to put my phone down and redirect my attention and my thumbs. In fact, a 2020 LendingTree survey found that half of millennials have a side hustle, and most rely on it for income. They were thrilled by the “youthful crowd” taking up the hobby. Generation Zen.

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Success

JUNE 22, 2021

Machine learning programs can help you mine behavioral data and touch points such as emails, phone calls and meetings. Case in point: One survey found that sellers spend around 65% of their time on activities that don’t generate revenue. Surprisingly, this is not good selling behavior.

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MARCH 13, 2022

The agent pays to put them up in a luxury condo overnight, covers the change fees on their flights, and sells them a home the next day. I do more than 700 phone calls, not emails, to clients on their birthdays each year. During any transaction, survey your customer regularly. Keep them coming back. Nail the last impression!

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 22, 2023

American employees are wasting hundreds of contracted work hours a year using their work equipment for personal tasks and activities, according to a new survey from ExpressVPN. The survey, conducted by the consumer privacy and security company, found that some people are spending only 33 percent of annual contracted hours on work tasks.

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Success

JANUARY 7, 2023

You complete one task, only for five more to pop up. The big picture of success, the glamorous snapshot that everyone sees from the outside looking in, is actually made up of small daily actions. When you left your bus pass on the kitchen counter and hold up the line frantically looking for spare change. Start Sunday.

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