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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference and Which Do I Need to Build?

Success

For the individual, superior personal skills provide advantages in job satisfaction and foster the likelihood of promotion. For instance, customer service, sales and human resources, while having technical aspects, are more likely to require emotional intelligence to succeed. Attend workshops and seminars.

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Once Upon a Time in Marketing: The Power of Storytelling

Success

A fabulous story like that shows what great customer service looks like, and it could be used for all kinds of reputation-building,” he says. We [heard] stories from our sales team in the field that veterinarians [said], ‘It’s not my responsibility to promote pet insurance,’” Tomsic said.

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Warm thoughts for customer service during the holidays

Service Untitled

You’re most likely sending out emails, brochures, and promotions with greetings of the season, but what happens after the lights are removed and the tree is packed away? Are you still showing your customers that you appreciate their business all year round? Don’t just promote your product, but give something valuable.

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Tips for Managing Incoming Emails from Customers

Andrea Kalli

Using Videos to Develop the Perception of a Personal Relationship With Target Audiences When pursued correctly, video marketing can be an extremely effective tool to promote your small business. Patty Dost said: RT @AndreaKalli New: Tips for Managing Incoming Emails from Customers [link] [.]

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

I’ve attended numerous seminars in leadership, time management, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, meeting planning, event planning, and disaster recovery planning (Joan Eisendot and her website are fantastic resources) as well as is Tyler Davidson at Meetings Focus magazine/website, and freely shared the knowledge with my peers and anyone who asked.

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

Men With Pens

How To Promote Your Business On A Budget Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) January 11, 2010 at 7:06 am @Michael – I’m tossed up about that. The professor also regularly shows up to attend conferences, seminars, and make paper presentations. Rob Fleming – Freelance Writer for Hire´s last blog. How could they not know?

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

Her true passion, however, was the personal growth and development workshops, seminars and programs that taught her to dream and opened new worlds of possibility for her life. She is also a national speaker focused on elevating customer service and has a multi-year partnership with the NBA as proud NBA sponsors of the Orlando Magic.

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