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The Rise of Coworking and the Variable Cost Economy

Small Business Labs

Coworking turned a fixed cost (long term lease) into a variable cost (month to month membership).    We've long considered the shift to variable costs to be a key megatrend of the new economy. The shift to variable costs continues to be a megatrend.   Consumers are also avoiding fixed costs

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3 Tricks to Scoring That Sale

Success

The product, service or solution you’re selling improves the performance of a customer’s company as a whole but makes tasks more difficult for some stakeholders. It might lack the budget for training customer service reps to use the new software. Here’s a common example. And the HR department?

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Karen Condi – Founder of Workspace Strategies | How Property Owners Can Tap into the Coworking Boom.

Allwork

Myth 3: The upfront costs of setting up a co-working space are too high. Karen Condi [ 00:15:46 ]: Gosh, we look at restaurants, lunch spots. So I would imagine the access to a facility would have a huge impact on your own customer lifecycle within a center, right, along with the restaurants and everything else.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

Success

To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. My dad told me: ‘Rick, if you want the restaurant to run well, be in the restaurant.’ Great advice.”

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Ep 232: Eryn Anitavi on Relationship Management and the Trending Transition from Executive Assistant to Chief of Staff

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast with Jeremy Burrows, Eryn talks about the real cost of an executive’s time, the trending transition from EA to chief of staff, and how relationship management is an under-utilized skill for executive support.

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Customer service at “stake” at Morton’s Steakhouse?

Service Untitled

Peter Shankman is an author and frequent customer service blogger who has an impressive 100.000 Twitter followers, so the other day he used an experience to allegedly show how companies treat their good clients. I don’t eat meat.).

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Tips for the Tourist in All of Us: The Savvy Admin’s Guide to Travel!

Office Dynamics

Taxi: Your choice should depend on the city you are traveling to, the distance you will be going from the airport to the hotel, and any other local traveling you will be doing—such as going from a hotel to a restaurant; plus the time of your arrival (are you arriving after dark and traveling alone?). It takes being proactive and organized.

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