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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 For a small business, customer retention can prove as profitable as sourcing new customers. In fact, retaining current customers can be more cost-effective as no outgoings are necessary to market and sell to them. So, listen to them.

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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 16, 2009 Following on from my interview on CNBC, I came under fire with some criticism for suggesting the banks and the government is failing small business with access to affordable finance. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Top 5 Sales Tips for Small Business

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They all have to do their part by providing excellent customer service. Without exception, all of your staff need an in-depth knowledge of the product or service that you provide. Explaining it to potential customers should become second nature to them. Everyone in a small business is part of the selling team.

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Ideas - Small Business Quote of the Week

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Theodore Levitt (1925-2006) US management theorist, Inc (February 1981) To view previous quotes, click here « Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 Top 5 Website Design Tips » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 7:35 am and is filed under Business Quotations.

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Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers

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Make the necessary changes once you know exactly what your customers want. « Why Your Small Business Needs A SWOT Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under SME-Blog. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Customer Is Always Right!

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by Stefan Töpfer on May 19, 2010 While we all hope to make our customers 100% happy all of the time, and this must of course be what we strive for, there will be occasions where a customer is less than happy with the service you have provided. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

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One small business financing alternative is the private lender. Flaherty wants code of conduct for credit, debit cards : Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is proposing a voluntary code of conduct for credit- and debit-card companies that could mean savings for consumers and small businesses. 2010 may be no better. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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