Timeout without going offline
Posted on September 30, 2007 - Filed Under PU, Timeout, Zzub - 3 Comments
You’ll be surprised at how listening to music can help relax you after long hours juggling your many hats. Have you tried it before?
In fact, I’m even considering installing a monster cable to get my computer for better sound production. My kids also use my computer quite a bit for music and movies.
Yep, apparently it [...]
How do you keep your business fresh?
Posted on September 29, 2007 - Filed Under Business Management, Lessons in Business, Marketing - Leave a Comment
One of the hardest, perhaps most challenging things about managing your business is how to constantly keep things moving. By things, I don’t just mean your products or services. You also need to find fresh, new ideas to give your customers a reason to keep coming back.
To do that, study your competition to see how [...]
The ‘never off’ syndrome
Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging - Leave a Comment
Is there such a thing as overkill when it comes to internet connectivity? I’m coming across more bloggers who are signed up to three internet services just to ensure that they’re “never” offline.
That’s all well and good provided the connections work to your expectations, otherwise I guess you’re wasting your money and you’re no better [...]
Where have all the smiles gone?
Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under Customer Service - Leave a Comment
I’m beginning to wonder, do customer service people (checkout clerks, waiters, tellers, etc) ever smile? Or are they never trained to smile?
I also wonder how often bosses observe how their customer service people, either through CCTV recordings or employ mystery shoppers, interact with the customers?
Such documentation would be priceless given how many customers, like me, [...]
Getting off to a smooth start in business
Posted on September 28, 2007 - Filed Under Business Resources, RM, Zzub - Leave a Comment
If you’re just starting out in business, you may find you have a lot of questions about the procedures involved in registering a company and so on.
It is also at this time that you’ll find you’re also busy thinking, planning and setting up the physical aspects of the business. With so many tasks on hand, [...]
