11,298 articles on "finance"

Customer Service Is Dying- and I'm Not Feeling So Good Myself

Customer Service Is Dying- and I'm Not Feeling So Good Myself by: Garrison Wynn Have you ever called a company and been greeted with the phrase “Hold, please”? How do they know you can hold? They don’t even know who you are. Maybe you...

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“The ‘Matrix’ Is Real: 5 Ways to Pull Yourself Free and Live More Prosperously”

“The ‘Matrix’ Is Real: 5 Ways to Pull Yourself Free and Live More Prosperously” by: Dan Klatt As millions of people flood cinemas to see the new “Matrix” movie, most of them will have no idea that in fact they’re plugged into a rea...

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A Remedial Course in Investing

medial Course in Investing by: ARA Content Or, How We Discovered the Real Y2K By Carol Clark (ARA) - Was it really just a year ago that we were all running around trying to prevent computers from coming to a grinding halt on the first of January...

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10 Customer Service Quality Statements to Measure up Against

Customer service is a fundamental quality that every business must have. The higher the standard, the higher the return on the investments you make. But just how do you measure your performance, in an easy-to-use way? It's really quite simple.....

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Your Baby's Ugly

Your Baby’s Ugly…and you’ve got bad breathBy Steve BakerI’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that 98% of businesses are small businesses. That bodes well for the entrepreneurial spirit that has made our nation great. The bad news...

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The Top 10 Mistakes Made in Business Plans

Top 10 Mistakes Made in Business PlansLenders and investors may see hundreds of business plans in a single day. Make your business plan stand out against the rest, and avoid these common mistakes.1.Not proving that you have the management expertiseto...

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Low Key Marketing

Email marketing, if done correctly, is one of the most effective network marketing tools available. Now I am not condoning "spam" which is a practice widely used today. Spam is the sending of information (usually an ad for a product, service or oppor...

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Do What You Always Do, and You'll Get What You Always Got

There used to be a computer game called 'Leisure SuitLarry - Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places.' Howappropriate that concept is to the vast majority ofbusinesses: they are looking for customers in all thewrong places.There is a famou...

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Finding Your Voice Truth-telling in the Workplace

I had to laugh when a friend told me recently that he’d never had trouble finding his shout, but the concept of finding his voice was really new to him. When my laughter subsided I was able to assure him that he’s by far not alone! Dynamic tensio...

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LARRY, MOE AND CURLEY INVESTMENT BROKERS

LARRY, MOE AND CURLEYby Al Thomas Larry, Moe and Curley were sitting in their favorite restaurant just off Wall Street having their usual 3 martini lunch and were discussing the day’s events and their client portfolios.Larry:”I had 12 calls this...

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