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Merit Pay Raises: Why They're More Popular and How to Get One

On The Job

Any time money is discussed, whether it's how to bring in new business, budgeting for a new project or cutting inefficiencies to save money, you need to take part. It doesn't matter if you're part of a key development team or a customer-service representative, you grow in value the minute you can help your employer make money or save money.

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Announcing my first book: The Hidden Power of Your Customers

Customers Rock!

It is not a social media book (more on that in The Story below), but social media is woven throughout the book (as it should be woven throughout a company’s marketing and customer service strategies). It is also not a customer service book (but that is an important tenet). But customer service is not enough.

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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&# ?

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

The Small Business Blog

Darling pledges help for SMEs : The Chancellor announced proposals to help small businesses in his pre-Budget report.Alistair Darling committed £500 million for a capital growth fund to support small businesses and an extension to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme. — ST.

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

The Small Business Blog

Big trouble in small business : SMALL business advocates are worried that access to research and development tax incentives will be blocked rather than advanced under proposed changes designed to foster innovation. has improved in the wake of the economic revival, says a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

My customer base is built upon the trust i have earned by delivering quality work to my clients. With that trust, i can offer my professional opinion on a topic, or proposed course of action that is reinforced with the weight of the trust i have created with my customers. Did they like me afterwords? How could they not know?

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Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08

The Small Business Blog

Senate bill won’t change small biz premiums: The Congressional Budget Office predicts the Senate health care reform bill would provide better, but more expensive, coverage in the individual insurance market, while having little impact on premiums for employer-based coverage. — ST.

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