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Why Traditional Employment Limits Flexibility

Small Business Labs

The proposed ballot measure would be similar to California's Prop 22, which passed last year. Allowing customer-facing workers complete schedule flexibility would result in constant misallocation of resources.   This would result in bad customer service, unprofitable operations, and business failure.

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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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Is 2012 The Year You Propose A Business Offer?

Small Business CEO

As the clock winds down on 2011, you may be considering the idea of crafting a business proposal going into the New Year. In the event that the coming year is the time for you to throw a business proposal or two out there on a regular basis, keep several factors in mind. What can you do for them that someone else cannot?

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Small Business Failure – Reason: Funding | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Unless you propose to only allow start-ups who can demonstrate that they have enough resources and reserves? We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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What legal entity is right for your business? | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

The Small Business Blog

A limited company must obtain approval from Companies House to use its proposed name. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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

Men With Pens

It didn’t work at all as described and I emailed him to ask “did you actually use this or are you just selling it for the affiliate income?&# My customer base is built upon the trust i have earned by delivering quality work to my clients. It also means I don’t have to pitch, propose, or do gratis consulting.

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45 Professional Development Books to Level Up Your Career and Your Life

Success

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By Greg McKeown You won’t fulfill your dreams, change the world or make an impact if you’re simply reacting to everyone else’s expectations and requests through a bombardment of emails, meetings, calls and commitments. In The Future of Happiness , Amy Blankson says there’s good news.

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