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4 Ways to Identify Your Ideal Client and Prime Your Business for Growth

Success

Advertising agencies and other professionally run businesses are notorious for recruiting big accounts, then staffing up to handle those accounts. This article was published in February 2008 and has been updated. As you mix the stability rating with the profitability rating, you can see that a picture is beginning to emerge.

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The importance of customer service in city government

Service Untitled

The City of Philadelphia initiated their 3-1-1 Contact Center in 2008 with the promise of becoming a national leader in customer service. By 2012, city records show the service has handled 4.5 photo by: Highways Agency. million contacts. How does your city compare?

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Age of Conversation 3: It Is In BookStores and Available On-Line

Make or Break Moments

McLellan, who heads McLellan Marketing Group, a Des Moines, Iowa advertising agency, has been writing DrewsMarketingMinute.com for several years. This year’s proceeds will be donated to an international children’s charity of our authors’ choosing.

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5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses

The Small Business Blog

Contact local development agencies – some may offer training programs Hire local teachers or consultants to run short training schedules. Julie Hodges Said on November 12th, 2009 at 9:38 pm Ask your local government agency if they conduct seminars or trainings for small businesses. Check their references first.

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Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The Small Business Blog

Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Age of Conversation 3 – coming SOON!!!

Make or Break Moments

Or…if you’re a consultant or agency, how do you introduce social media to the C-level at your client’s business? Corporate Conversations There is plenty of coverage of social media when the focus is on marketing or advertising. But what is happening in other parts of your business? Measurement Can you measure social media?

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

The Small Business Blog

Rewriting bank regulations will hurt small businesses : In the typical fashion, Congress is now attempting to solve a “crisis&# by creating a new government agency with an unlimited budget and almost unlimited regulatory powers. Private Lender :Where can entrepreneurs go when the bank says, “No&# ? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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