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

Success

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. According to the Echo 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer , only 7 percent of U.S.

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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

In 2012 I wrote about my mother-in-law, Helen Johnson, and I think this question defined her life. I admit it, I’m pretty addicted to my phone. But I did answer the pressing email! I am trying to lessen my phone dependence for Lent. Send an email. Don’t sleep with your phone. I’m working on it. Enjoy them!

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4 Easy Ways to Make Your Career Better in 2012

On The Job

But I do know that the resolution I made to pick up the phone and call one family member a week is something that feels right in my gut. So does the resolution I made to stop using my lunch hour to read the newspaper or catch up on emails while eating. Here's some ideas to make 2012 better: 1. Join a professional organization.

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5-Step Checklist for Sending Out Email Broadcasts

Office Organization Success

Everything you do in your business, from responding to emails to working with clients, needs to be systemized and documented, so that it’s very easy to create a repeatable process in your business. Just some of the mistakes that can happen are: Bad links in emails – they go to the wrong page, or they don’t work. c) 2012 Tracey Lawton.

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Tips for Taming Distractions at Work

Clutter Coach

They don’t particularly like doing it, but they do like the quiet and the lack of interruptions from phone, email and coworkers. ” Over at 43Folders , there were several good ideas for managing emails and meetings, such as “filter any email that contains the string “ to unsubscribe.”.

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Tips for Taming Distractions at Work

Clutter Coach

They don’t particularly like doing it, but they do like the quiet and the lack of interruptions from phone, email and coworkers. ” Over at 43Folders , there were several good ideas for managing emails and meetings, such as “filter any email that contains the string “ to unsubscribe.”.

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Authentically Gen Z: The Values, Aspirations & Drivers That Will Re-Define The Future Of Work

Allwork

As Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—begins to enter the workforce, companies are realizing their current office spaces, operational policies, and company norms do not resonate as strongly with this emerging employee base as they did with those of decades past.

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