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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

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Mastering the components of emotional intelligence makes relationship-building easier, both personally and professionally, and is critical to developing effective leadership skills. Emotional intelligence is a skill. Consider, for instance, an entrepreneur who has a great relationship with an essential supplier.

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 24, 2010 For a small business, customer retention can prove as profitable as sourcing new customers. In fact, retaining current customers can be more cost-effective as no outgoings are necessary to market and sell to them. So, listen to them.

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How Telecommuting Beats the Recession

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Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. Businesses can now stay connected with customers and suppliers via the Internet as well as telephone so that business centres have become more dispersed. He is also a Technology Writer and Product Tester for satellite internet provider Bentley-Walker. Rise Of The Satellite Office.

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Turbocharge Your Sales

The Small Business Blog

Turbocharge Your Sales by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 03, 2010 With better economic conditions coming soon, there couldn’t be a better time to brush up on your sales skills. The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. Perhaps to your firm?

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

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 You may speak more languages and have market segment knowledge about a certain product or service. You could offer your services for a particular country and become their Virtual Export Assistant for that country.

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5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses

The Small Business Blog

Ask corporations – often they have training courses or accreditation for their products. For speech and presentation skills, there are quite a number of individuals in organizations like Toastmasters and the Rotary club that are looking to increase their teaching and leadership skills. Check their references first.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea – Sign-Making Service | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Even if you are not creative enough to design your own signs, if you possess the right skills you will be able to manufacture them to order. Skills needed: If you plan on designing signs for others then you will need some skill in graphic design and computer aided design. for wooden signs you will need to know how to carve).

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