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Is the Customer Always Right?

July 21st, 2009

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Is the Customer Always Right?
Here’s my quick answer – “hell no”
Let me start by giving you some back story to this post. I read and pointed out on twitter an article from …

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Podcast #58 – Conversation with Mike Larson – Building Customer Relationships

July 15th, 2009

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Kerry and David talk to Mike about building client relationships and how important this is to building your business. Mike knows a thing or two about this since he is getting 100% of his work from referrals these days.
Books Mentioned:

The …

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What’s Your Signature Response to Problems?

July 6th, 2009

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What’s Your Signature Response to Problems?
I’ve written often that one of the ways to create goodwill, positive buzz and happy customers is to exceed expectations. Responding proactively to problems offers, in my opinion, one …

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How to Price Assignments: Price High and Give Your Clients an Experience

July 5th, 2009

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Unlike my usual posts, this is an off-the-cuff post spurred by a recent experience with some clients. We did a shoot with a young lady, an equestrian, along with her horse. We worked hard to make it not just a photo shoot, but an experience. They loved it, and loved …

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5 Ways to Spend Less Time at Work

July 2nd, 2009

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Editor’s note: This is a guest post from workplace expert Alexandra Levit, a Wall Street Journal writer and published author. Follow her on Twitter.
Technology is supposed to increase our productivity and reduce our work hours, yet many of us find the opposite to be …

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Newsletter #738: The “Turn a Negative Into a Positive” Issue

July 2nd, 2009

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{Welcome back to the Damn, I Wish I Thought of That Email Newsletter. This is text of the great issue all of our email subscribers just received. Sign yourself up using the handy form on the left.}If you can look at your negatives — the blemishes, the …

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Why Your Email Inbox Is NOT a Good To-do List

July 1st, 2009

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Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
New York Times techonology writer David Pogue, a writer I admire, recently listed some of his best productivity tips — and it’s a good list. One thing I noted with interest is that he uses his …

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How to Kill Your Excuses

June 24th, 2009

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Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow me on Twitter.
We all make excuses.
But the successful ones are those who can kill the excuses like the miserable maggots they are.
I’m too tired. I don’t have the time. I don’t feel motivated. I’d rather do nothing. I …

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Weekly Favs June Thirteen

June 13th, 2009

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Weekly Favs June Thirteen
I’ve added a weekend post routine that I hope you enjoy. Each weekend I write a post that features 3-4 things I read during the week that I found interesting. Generally speaking it won’t …

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