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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

Transactional milestones are any events that move the customer through the purchasing experience. Here’s an example: Over the years, my company has probably purchased steaks as gifts for key clients from 10 suppliers that never did anything to land a second sale. She loads the packages into the car, which the valet reparks.

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Which tasks should assistants manage?

Practically Perfect PA

Administration of documents. Assistants should manage the administration of documents on behalf of their manager. Assistants should also ensure that all confidential documents are securely locked away or shredded. Purchase orders, invoices and expenses. The same applies for board papers and board level reports.

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What does it take to be a successful office manager?

Page Personnel

They coordinate schedules, handle employee issues, negotiate with suppliers and work hard to ensure everyone gets along within the company culture. Those in an office manager role need to know how to manage processes, procedures, documentation, project management and communications.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

That comes in handy when most of the work done at your organization is completed through files, such as Word documents or spreadsheets on a shared drive. As an organization, it’s crucial for employees to follow your policies for document handling and retention. File tracking has other benefits as well. Keystroke logging. What’s that?

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The Evolution of CRM

Productivity Bits

A CRM system can create, record and effectively manage order fulfillment data such as transaction documents, sales orders, invoices, purchase orders and credit notes. This article was written by Workbooks, leading supplier of web-based CRM software. Order Fulfillment. Customer Support. Photo Courtesy Of Hayley Vallejo.

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Pandora's Office May Have Been Worse than Her Box

The Office Professionals Place

If possible, “Go Green,&# eliminate the paper clutter and file documents electronically. Recycle Papers Continue with the Go Green Initiative and recycle documents that are no longer necessary. In an effort to eliminate paper, you may want to scan the document, save it as a PDF, and file it in an electronic file.

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Reduce The Risk Of Employee Fraud

Small Business CEO

For example, when ordering office supplies, an employee goes online to purchase office supplies, then prints out the screen shot of the shopping cart but never actually places the shopping cart order. Require original receipts - not itineraries, copy of receipts, shopping cart screen shots, packing slips, or similar types of documentation.