Customer Service

The #1 Critical Component to Success in Every Business: Do You Have It?

Wars are won or lost based on this. Relationships will bloom or fade based on this. Your business will succeed or fail based on this. It is one simple concept that is all too often forgotten and when it is, your failure is guaranteed. It’s called FOLLOW UP. It isn’t in your client’s best interest…

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When Policies Prevent Profits: Are You Stalling Your Success?

This is a lesson in how your policies and procedures may be preventing your profitability.  Read closely not as a business owner but instead as a customer or client. Too often we get caught up in our operations, and forget that we are in business to serve our customer and clients.  We must see it…

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Are you more focused on conflict or cash?

Don’t Sugar Coat This was a valuable lesson to be reminded of.  I let go of a service provider on a project recently due to unsatisfactory performance and unreasonable rates. I erred in that I only let them know it was unreasonable rates, I didn’t want to belabor the dissatisfaction with their performance. When I’d…

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