The Small Business Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 26, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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Small Business CEO

AUGUST 19, 2010

Technology companies are, unfortunately, almost as well known for having poor customer service as they are for their actual products. Small business expert Anita Campbell cited poor customer service for web apps as one of three key issues that needs to be overcome before cloud apps can become ubiquitous in small businesses.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Do you think lawyers conduct surveys about customer satisfaction ? Actually, most attorneys I have spoken with in the last few days maintain that client relationships don’t fall under the topic of customer service. Why else would anyone travel to Las Vegas? Customer service applies to lawyers too.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Be Mindful of Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns All new technology runs the risk of opening us up to new privacy and confidentiality concerns. This includes personal identification information (like phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, etc.) All too often, we end up working on autopilot.

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Practically Perfect PA

JANUARY 17, 2014

Hairdryer and make-up mirror. The hotel has everything that a business traveller requires with access to a 24 hour business centre and faultless wifi throughout the building. The location is fantastic as is the customer service and the hotel amenities. Bose CD music system with assorted CDs with i-Pod connecters.

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Professional Assistant Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Providing excellent customer service is crucial. Passing the buck to another co-worker or department can result in customer frustration and might end in a spin off of negative results. They most likely will stop using your product/service, but also, they would end up telling their friends.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 19, 2014

After a few hours of sightseeing I got the phone call and headed back to the hotel to check out my room. The hotel had invited me up to their new roof top terrace – the 5 lounge bar-restaurant – to sample their cocktails and new bar menu. I really was impressed with the room, one of the nicest I have ever stayed in.

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

OCTOBER 29, 2023

CONNECT WITH NICOLE Nicole on LinkedIn Bosun Solutions Mic’d Up Booking ABOUT NICOLE Nicole Grinnell is the CEO of a multi million dollar company and has a passion for helping other business owners find affordable solutions to help grow their business. And favorite hobby for sure has to be travel. Jeremy Burrows 1:56 Nice.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

If you schedule your appointment directly before or after my conference, I'll waive my travel fees.    I'll contact you via phone (no charge) and we'll talk about what your current challenges are.  Have a system in place to help you remember important follow-up at the appropriate time.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JANUARY 8, 2010

Handbook topics include Linking Time Management To Results, Linking Customer Service To Results, and others. Network with Stephanie or Connect with Your Smart Phone Become a Fan Follow this blog Categories News & Updates! Productive & Organized Home Contribute to P&O! Archive Network with Steph Is This You?

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Small Business CEO

AUGUST 5, 2013

Your business location and your choice of phone service provider can determine whether you have a reliable signal or are struggling to make coherent phone calls. Increased availability to customers. This is also why businesses can rely on mobile-friendly service features to gain a competitive edge against peers.

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Recruit CRM

JUNE 17, 2021

Construct marketing programs to hold up specific marketing objectives across different channels and segments in support of our overall strategic marketing plan. Ability to travel as necessary. Internal sales reps sell stocks over the phone and online, while external sales reps sell products through face-to-face meetings.

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The input came from reporters and editors and covered shopping, travel, hospitality, and telecommunications, and identifies some good and some frowned upon shopping policies of 20 popular organizations. Their website does not offer a customer service phone number.

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Service Untitled

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Are the customer care professionals who work with Centurion card members hired for that position or do they need a certain amount of years’ experience before they can move up to a role like that?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Supposedly the story centered around a flight attendant who told Billie Jo to lift up his pants. The attendant asked him again, and then kicked Billie Joe and his traveling companion off of that flight. And of course Southwest had to think fast and reply since Smith has 1.6

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk « Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel Is Your Small Business Worth Shouting About? OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Professional Assistant Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The good news is that I now have free time to start my own business (if I don't end up finding something permanent) and hope that this new venture will take off like a rocket! I would do e-mails, phone calls, updating clients' calendars, word processing, etc. Having said that, I am starting a Virtual Assistant business.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MAY 7, 2013

While customer service is Japan is very good and attentive, when it comes to restaurants, it’s not often that they check on you through out the meal. Trains stop running around 11pm or midnight and start up again around 6am or 7am. Free travel size tissues are handed out as a form of advertisement too.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Still trying to keep up with my blog and column to answer your great questions and comments! It is never their life goal to grow up to be an executive assistant. Hello New and Returning Readers, I have a column at jobstr.com under Hollywood Executive Assistant. The latest 2 questions I answered over there are below. To get you started.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 12, 2010

► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle - Best Overall Company of the Year: Apple Inc. " Warning! Incoming text message. I look like that!! The importance of having someone to talk to Psst! (for

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 22, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk I was lucky enough to catch up with Shama this week, and spoke to her about why she wrote the book, and what’s in it for small businesses. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. As an executive assistant, I knew I wasn't curing cancer or inventing anything, but that customer service role and making a difference in one executive's life was meaningful for me.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Brian Scudamore dropped out of high school in 1989 with $700 (£400) and a beat-up old pick-up truck to start his company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. External Links External Links SynergyOne.co.uk

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 16, 2008

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Today I travel around the world and speak with all kinds of people about micro-business, like home-business. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player. Copyright © 1994-2010 Winweb® · All rights reserved. — ST.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk To many work is the central activity in their lives and the stresses and pressures of todays workplace are enormous, overtime, project pressure, sales targets, travel to and from the place of work, to name but a few. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 8, 2013

For example, I set up a sales dial-in call with about 40 people from every continent on the call. I sat at my kitchen table watching my phone blow up while people were emailing and IM’ing me all at the same time wanting to know why they couldn’t get on the call. Any books or reading up on this would be helpful too please.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 17, 2006

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk It took following long written instructions and about 20 minutes on the phone to Sage before it was sorted out (credit where credit is due, Daniel on the helpline was very helpful and knew his stuff). Then I had to remember to load the service pack as well.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 27, 2017

For example, they should have time in the morning to review their schedule, this could be on the train into work or it could be over coffee in their office with a do not disturb sign up. External meetings should be blocked together (one morning per week perhaps) with time added for travelling. The Doctor’s waiting room.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

AUGUST 16, 2010

If you’re afraid you’ll only be picking up dry cleaning all day, you can state what you are looking for by saying, “My background has been as an executive assistant, where 90% of my workload related to the office and 10% was personal business handling x, y, z.” This means when you show up for the interview you are courteous to everyone.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk Will you help me with setting up my cash-flow forecast ? Will you work online with me, so we both can be up-to-date with my business progress? If you feel intimidated, or misunderstood, get up and walk. Read about bootstrapping first!)

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 27, 2017

For example, they should have time in the morning to review their schedule, this could be on the train into work or it could be over coffee in their office with a do not disturb sign up. External meetings should be blocked together (one morning per week perhaps) with time added for travelling. The Doctor’s waiting room.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JUNE 5, 2019

We didn’t get an update from the assistant and when the executive showed up, they didn’t acknowledge how late they were, nor that they were even late. We learned this was the norm for the executive to show up 30 min or more late without notice every single time. They either didn’t show up at all or were an hour late.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Yes, NVQ’s in Customer Services and Business Administration. Yes, interpersonal comms, IT related courses to keep up with the changes from when I started 30 years ago on an manual typewriter! I did an NVQ to level 3 and have attended several PA courses to keep my skills up to date. NVQ in Business Administration.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 When you sign up to WinWeb’s free LiveNet – still in public beta – you can also use our useful and FREE RSS Press Release service. OnlineOffice: Overview Get the Flash Player to see this player.

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Office Dynamics

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Get your proofreading and editing skills revved up with Proofread With Perfection: Proofreading and Editing Techniques for Flawless Communication. Sign up for the Proofread With Perfection: Proofreading and Editing Techniques for Flawless Communication webinar and we’ll send you Business Writing That Gets Results. HR professionals.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Business Telephone Systems & Phone Lines For Your Business techdepot.co.uk In 1999 I was still office based, traveled from one of our offices around the world to the next and was rarely home. So I saw little of my family and especially my son who is now grown-up and ready to go to university. What do you think?

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