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I’m telling my friends about the bad customer service

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We go out for a Saturday night dinner with our neighbors, our relatives or our co-workers and the conversation most likely centers around that last unhappy experience at the airport, the restaurant, or the mall. Still imagine all the damage this entire bad customer service experience has had on the business.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

The results: Increased productivity and creativity; improved recruitment and retention; less burnout for founders and leaders; and more balanced and sustainable lives for workers — all without cutting salaries or sacrificing customer service. As a result, companies didn’t cut salaries when they reduced hours.

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

One of the obstacles I came up against was that I had to order wine in serious ‘bulk’ I naively thought I could order a couple of cases from a few hand picked wine farms and start my ’small business’ by selling these cases to restaurants, gaining trust and loyalty and slowly building up a customer base.

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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

I just started my own business, and I want to evaluate my income versus my expenses to see where I am currently, with the ultimate goal of hitting the salary I want to make. Todd Duncan , sales expert and co-author of The 10 Golden Rules of Customer Service: The Story of the $6,000 Egg. Get a whole new hairstyle or haircut.

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