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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

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Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. In its 2011 Oracle Customer Experience Impact Report , Harris Research found that 86 percent of U.S.

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Green Gift Giving: Great Eco-Office Gift Ideas

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With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it means one thing: gift-giving season is just around the corner. Below is a list of great green gift ideas that will help you shine at this year’s office Christmas party. Help coffee or tea lovers ditch Styrofoam cups with this perfect gift idea. Gift Basket. Cost: $11.95.

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The Right Conversation About Sustainable Living

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Idiom dissection wasn’t how I had planned to begin this story before my phone interview with Daron Babcock. Babcock visited Bonton for the first time in 2011. I was blessed with the gift of things that could never be taken away.”. It’s a problem that’s too close to home, so it’s not a conversation we like to have.

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How Happy Are You?

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Some time before I was a happy person, on Fourth of July weekend in 2011, I moved out of my home and first marriage—and then my laptop quit. For my own experiment, I used a fairly basic spreadsheet and phone alerts. We had a few last-minute gifts to buy. This is a problem for a writer. How I tracked my happy moods.

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Holiday Messages Made Easy

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If you are a job seeker, send a greeting to every person you talked with about your career search this year, whether that talk was in person, by phone, or by email. As we give and receive gifts this holiday season, I think of the gift of knowing you. Thanks to supporters like you, 2011 was a successful year.

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A day in the life: Saba Ali, Royal Academy of Dance

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I also get a lot of phone calls from an array of people about all sorts of things. I have been very lucky to be involved with Dance Proms since its launch in 2011. Since 2011 we have built up a great working relationship, and for this year’s event I conducted a Q&A session with him which was great fun.

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Last Minute Tips to Generate Business During the Holidays

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But, your business doesn’t have to lose momentum because folks are sipping eggnog and opening gifts. Share with them your excitement about your new offerings and goals in 2011, and ask for them to help you spread the word. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is generally accepted as “down time&#.

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