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Look for the Pattern You Can't Ignore

Make or Break Moments

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. She was looking for patterns. We need to do the same thing with our customers.

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

Late one night in December of 2008, Amy received a message from a mutual friend that Deepa’s health had taken a serious downward turn. The person who answered the phone explained that Deepa had died that morning. “I Amy wanted to call her old friend. Amy put off calling her old friend. But drifts are more common. Full stop.”.

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Critical Considerations When Jumping to a Small Employer

On The Job

But hold the phone -- jumping from a "battleship to a fishing boat" as one small business owner put it may not be that easy. In interviewing small business owners for my Gannett ContentOne (formerly known as Gannett News Service)and USAToday.com column, I discovered that there is some trepidation about hiring "big company" employees.

Health 100
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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/01

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Many India SMBs are turning to SaaS CIOL News Reports : KOLKATA, INDIA: India SMBs (Small and medium business or companies with up to 999 employees) are on track to spend US$30 million on accounting software in 2009, showing a 5 per cent growth over 2008.

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

The Small Business Blog

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk This interview with one private lender tells what private lenders look for before investing and one way to find one. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved.

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Customer service representatives are heroes too

Service Untitled

Customer service representative Donna Petrosini was speaking with Karen Ford, a customer since 2008, when Ford began to slur her words and dropped the phone. “I was on the phone with one of our long-time customers, and suddenly she was unable to respond to my questions. Good service valued over good food?

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Wachovia delivers positive.

Service Untitled

In December, 2008 Wells Fargo stepped in after the government forced the sale to avoid the failure of Wachovia. When Wachovia and First Union merged, they became one of the largest personal and business banks in the US.