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Inc.:
Customer service is more important than low prices when it comes to luring and keeping loyal customers, according to a new survey by Accenture.
More than two thirds of over 4,000 consumers surveyed worldwide said they’ve switched businesses as the result of a poor customer service experience, the New York-based management consulting firm reported this week. […]
Gurnage.wordpress.com:
Here is a cool new tool from Hubspot, a Cambridge, Massachusetts company that helps small business build their online presence. Now you can have an expert double check your press release at no cost!
Cut and paste your press release into the window, complete the form and click on “Grade Press Release.”
In a few seconds, […]
Mashable:
In 2007, Microsoft acquired Jellyfish, a social search engine that ultimately became the Live Search Cashback program. The company’s founders – Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire – have since moved on, and are now working on a stealth startup called Alice.com that is announcing a $4.3 million financing round.
While the founders aren’t giving away too […]
Courier & Press:
Four years after starting her own business, garden marker manufacturer Chris Ingler has found her niche.
What started as a way to track her 3,000 day lilies has blossomed into a business that has 500 garden markers waiting to be engraved weekly.
“When I started getting so many day lilies, I needed a way to […]
Forbes:
Mom and pop shops didn’t need the nasty headlines of the last two months to tell them things were bad out there.
The National Small Business Association’s annual survey of small-business owners published in August found that 67% of small-business owners are directly affected by the credit crunch–more than double the number expressing those fears a […]
Work.com:
Have you ever had a dream, hobby or just plain crazy idea you wanted to turn into a business? Well you’re not alone - some 10 million American adults are involved in the process of starting nearly six million potential new businesses at any given time, according to a national study of entrepreneurship by the […]
CNNMoney.com:
Like many entrepreneurs, Jim Christy set out to boost revenues by reaching a bigger market. But the founder and CEO of Incredible Foods, a dessert delivery service in Gibsonia, Pa., soon found that bigger sales don’t necessarily equal better business.
Christy, 55, launched Incredible Foods to sell a San Diego bakery’s cheesecake to local food vendors […]
Web Worker Daily:
A web worker’s office is her most important tool. Arranging it should be given more care and importance than setting up one’s LinkedIn profile.
Here are some tips:
• Spend time looking for a great chair. One thing we have in common with office-bound workers is the need for a good chair.
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The New York Times:
Idaho may be best known for its potatoes — it produces, after all, a third of all the potatoes in the United States. But its economy is increasingly being driven by technology and green manufacturing companies, big and small.
Yet it was the potato, in a way, that started Boise on a path […]
TechRepublic:
You want to work from home, but your boss might not support the idea. Don’t blame your boss — it’s a lot of change.
Don’t make the mistake of telling your boss that you’ll be happier, and therefore more productive, working from home.
Your boss won’t care about your state of mind. Instead, spend a little time […]
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