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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 For a small business, customer retention can prove as profitable as sourcing new customers. But, what makes good customer service? keep it up.

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Raise your hand if you like automated phone message systems…

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I know that they ask for this information—account numbers, PINS, last 4 digits of your social security number—so that the representative has your account or profile pulled up when they take your call but based on my experience 98% of the time, I have to repeat that information to them anyway… just ridiculous.

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Getting Fired Up!

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Getting Fired Up! So, now it’s more important than ever to get your team fired up. If you want your staff to work harder then step it up a notch yourself. How to be successful by focusing on your core business. It is the only means.”

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Rebecca Minkoff: ‘I Never Set Out to Be a Rule Breaker’

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In actuality, I had been living in New York, in a tiny walk-up shoebox advertised as an apartment, and working long hours for little more than minimum wage in the fashion industry for two years before this moment. Take them or break them; it’s up to you. They come up with ideas, build them and test them out. Purpose Over Payout.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/10

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Organizations are working to help them size up. Ideas – Small Business Quote of the Week » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under SME News Round-up. Starting a Small Business?

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under SME News Round-up. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes.

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

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Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. 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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