Make or Break Moments

JULY 1, 2010

I learned a great deal from her regarding social media marketing, organizing my time better and walked away with a lot of tools. June 20, 2010 Sheila Clover English , Social Network Committee Chair , International Thriller Writer’s Organization I didn’t know Sheila. She is engaging and fun as well!”

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 9, 2010

So what does it take to be a computer business and stay a vibrant and valuable resource for 35 years in an industry that has had more changes than “Carter has liver pills?&# Putting himself in the shoes of his customers. is celebrating their 35th year in business. is celebrating their 35th year in business.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 14, 2010

Will people forget that his ego seemed to shine brighter than his gifts to the industry? Make or break moments are those times when we have the opportunity to build a relationship with our customers or times when we do something that harms that relationship forever.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 13, 2010

In Alan Alda’s book “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed… and other things I’ve learned,&# he talks about saying yes no matter what just to keep active in your industry. His example is saying yes to keep food on the table.

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Make or Break Moments

MARCH 15, 2010

We provided a great service at a good price-the best in out industry. Our service cost us more to provide and soon fewer people could afford it. ’s new book Peaks and Valleys. ’s new book Peaks and Valleys. Then our costs rose and the economy took a turn for the worse.

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Make or Break Moments

JULY 14, 2010

I belong to several; local groups with a variety of business types and industry specific groups for speakers, writers, customer service and HR professionals. We talk about CUSTOMER SERVICE but I didn’t see a group that dealt with the “relationships&# we have with customers.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 7, 2010

Further investigation from CustServ’s blog led me to the article from Genesys that shares the details of the customer service survey of 16 countries. The article details the survey particulars (about 500 people per country surveyed), the worst hit industries, what ticked customers off and what set businesses apart.

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Make or Break Moments

JANUARY 13, 2010

How often are we ungrateful of: Our customers when they have demands Our employees when they do something wrong Our boss when they ask too much Our industry when it doesn’t respond like we’d hoped The little things in life The economy is tough and we can find ourselves wallowing in the land of the ungrateful. Ungrateful.

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Loosely Speaking

OCTOBER 29, 2008

That means that you can: jump in anywhere, and talk about anything share links to sites and photos and your social media identities elsewhere ask questions directly to others in the conversation What to say? I think of you as a one woman dynamo and industrial captain and am quite amazed at what all you have been able to accomplish.

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Make or Break Moments

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

This helps to ensure the customer thoroughly understands what you’ve said before tackling another issue. We can get wrapped up in our industry and forget that most normal people don’t live and breathe our world and as such – probably aren’t familiar with our abbreviations or jargon. Avoid jargon.

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Make or Break Moments

MAY 11, 2010

I am a customer service trainer, and in training I reiterate the importance of the customer relationship. In this day and age, customer service falls by the wayside, but I like how you focus on the whole relationship, instead of just a customer transaction. People loved that.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 10, 2006

Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations.

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