1,367 articles on "customer"

COMPLAINING CUSTOMERS ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS

Remember the Coca Cola marketing disaster a few years ago? They tried to switch Coke drinkers to New Coke. It didn't work. Fortunately, the company quickly recognized the problem and had the resources to recover fast. Their follow up research re...

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How to get more sales from your website NOW!

The fundamentals of business are the same online as they are offline. Making income and profit is vital to the success of any business. How are income and profits generated? By SELLING products.Is your site selling your products?If you answered no, w...

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The New Frontier of Profits

I recently participated as a judge for Inc. magazine's Web site competition. I expected the experience to demonstrate just how sophisticated Web sites have become among the small businesses that make up Inc.'s readership. I didn't see ...

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Customer Service And The Human Experience

Historically, customer service was delivered over the phone or in person. Customers didn’t have many choices, and switching to competitors was cumbersome. Today, these methods are but two of the many possible touch points of entry for any given int...

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Businesses Need to 'Rehumanise'

Big companies and corporations have lost the human touch. The question is, when will humanity catch on, or like robotic sheep will we do whatever the business shepherds tell us, no matter how bad we are treated? I am talking from firsthand interactio...

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Customer Service: Stop Sabotaging Your Customer Relationships

Customer Service: Stop Sabotaging Your Customer Relationships by: Lora J Adrianse If you've called for customer service recently you're familiar with this recorded message "This call may be recorded or monitored for quality purposes." ...

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Nourishing Your Network

Nourishing Your Network by: Sara K. Collins It takes less effort to keep an existing customer than to gain a new customer. This is Business 101. Corporations focus on acquisition, but they must also focus on customer service and retention in or...

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Why I Need a Website?

Why I Need a Website? by: Alan Cole Cost Effective Advertising. Online selling. Increased geopgraphic range. Wider customer base Efficient marketing. Improved customer support. Succesful market research. Customer feedback. Just a few of the rea...

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Customer Focus - Just Simple 5 Things You Need to Think About

In all the businesses we conduct, there are customers. And they are the life-blood to us. It's TRUE! Despite all the million and one things we are doing - we've got to have paying customers! Nevertheless, just five things will dictate succe...

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Communicating Value

Communicating Value by: Terence R. Traut Abstract: People buy for their reasons, not yours. This article covers the key elements that prospects want to hear you talk about. Always, but especially during lean times, effective sales professionals...

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