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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

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Consider, for instance, an entrepreneur who has a great relationship with an essential supplier. The product, price and speed of delivery are each excellent, yet their customer service could use some improvement. After a stressful day for this entrepreneur, one particular customer service representative behaves rudely.

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

The Small Business Blog

6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." 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.

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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

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Many times, I have worked with clients who routinely tweaked and updated mission statements to reflect changing staff or fleeting goals. For instance, a pet food supplier would be a candidate for Emma to avoid as she may one day expand into pet foods. That scalability is critical here. Systematize, standardize and automate.

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The Evolution of CRM

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These are generally focused on sales activities, but also encompass other critical business functions such as customer service, marketing and technical support. Now the fresher approach is: “what exactly do our customers need and how can we fulfill that need?” Photo Courtesy Of Hayley Vallejo.

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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

The Small Business Blog

6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days.

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." Firstly there is the extended payment term, of 60, 90 and 180 days – see if your supplier will allow any of those terms. This is like a 24% p.a.

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

6 days ago RT @ WinWeb Focus on Your Small Business Goals - [link] 6 days ago Perluondo: "They're exactly the demographics I'm looking for." Firstly there is the extended payment term, of 60, 90 and 180 days – see if your supplier will allow any of those terms. This is like a 24% p.a.

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