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UK/Ireland small Business News Round-up – 11/04/2008 | THE SMALL.

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Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Late Payment, Headache For SMEs : A Survey carried out by Barclays in Wales found that 48% of Welsh SMEs experience problems with late payment. — ST.

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The Potential Customer just Walked – How Much did it cost you.

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Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on January 7, 2010 under Connecting Moments , Customer Moments , making a difference | Read the First Comment What is the cost of a lost customer? I have often theorized the importance of building relationships with customers and now a recent survey puts dollars to the sense of that theory.

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Shrug Off Apathy: Employee's Indifference a Business Killer

Make or Break Moments

How can we ever hope to build relationships with our customers if our front-line employees shower them with a full dose of indifference? Steve goes on to say: In one survey, 68 percent of customers said they quit doing business with a company because of perceived indifference towards them as customers.

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Look for the Pattern You Can't Ignore

Make or Break Moments

We need to do the same thing with our customers. Of course that means we have to engage them in conversation – exit interviews – follow up surveys or phone calls to ask about the service and experience and then listen for patterns. Customer complaints are another great place to look for patterns.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? You want the whole tree." " 1 week ago Be a likeable person to be successful at being self employed or a freelancer. 1 week ago More updates.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01

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Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? You want the whole tree." " 1 week ago Be a likeable person to be successful at being self employed or a freelancer. 1 week ago More updates.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

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Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? has improved in the wake of the economic revival, says a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). You want the whole tree."

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