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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

Beyond that, droves of companies that were inexperienced with remote work were creating monitoring policies for the first time. For instance, if you don’t want employees checking their social media during the workday, you can choose to restrict sites like Facebook and Instagram (you can also block sites containing inappropriate content).

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Grow Your Business With These Eight Processes Every Business Should Have

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Co-mingling is when your personal and business finances are mixed--either through a bank account or credit card.    An employee policy manual and job descriptions are a great place to start.   When you create your policies, make sure that you include active listening skills. 5 - Technology.

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The 'Bcc'- Friend or Foe

The Office Professionals Place

Never send vital information such as account numbers, social security numbers, or credit card information in an email. Join Me on My Social Media Networks " target="_blank" class="fb_share_link" onclick="return fbs_click()">Share on Facebook Simple template by Josh Peterson. Template images by luoman. Powered by Blogger.

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Getting back to the basics of effective customer service

Service Untitled

Customer service has always been a top priority for American Express as compared to the endless prompts and procedures of other credit card companies. It’s interesting to note that more credit card companies have recently been reaching out to the public stating that real people are now readily available when a customer calls.

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

The Small Business Blog

Help Small Businesses Hire Again : In order to ensure that the economic recovery becomes a lasting expansion, the government must enact policy to deal with employment, particularly for small businesses.

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Do you ask for permission or forgiveness? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I get snail mail from credit card companies who could not possibly have my new mailing address unless they scammed it off some list. It’s like saying, “Hey, so, sorry we stole your information without your knowledge from Facebook, but we’ll make it up to you by offering you 0% APR on a credit card!

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Three Reasons You Need to Convince Newbies They Need a Website.

Men With Pens

It might be as simple as a Facebook fan page, a Google Places page, a simple blog (a la tumblr), a Twitter account (some businesses have had success with this), or a (forgive me) Yellow Pages profile page. Blogs, Facebook fan pages, Youtube channels, a Twitter presence… these are the platforms that garner attention and participation.

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