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small business development

Call Center Services

Dialing Up Quality Customer Service and Sales with Call Center Services

In a perfect world, the phone would ring only when you were available to answer it, and your customers would buy your products or services without asking any questions and without complaining. But reality, as we all know, works differently: Calls come in bunches (if we’re lucky), and when customers want your undivided attention, it’s [...]

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Competition Benchmarking

Benchmarking the Competition

Whether you’re starting a new business or have been in business for a while, benchmarking your competition is an important means of ensuring that your business stays current with your pricing, products/services, promotion, and connection with your target market.
Knowing what your competitors are doing and how they are marketing and packaging their products or services [...]

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Business Website

Why You Need a Website: Let Us Count the Ways . . .

Can you think of any successful business that doesn’t have a website? There’s a reason why they all have one, just as there is a reason why they are successful. It’s not just large, successful businesses who have sites anymore; increasing numbers of small and medium-sized businesses are reaping the benefits of having an online [...]

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Small Business Development

What You Should Know When Starting a Business

A recent New York Times article by Tom Taulli provides several helpful insights that new business owners should consider when starting a business. In addition to getting expert small business online marketing guidance from companies such as Web.com, Taulli, a contributor to AOL’s Finance blog, www.bloggingstocks.com, recommends the following:

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