Business Connections: Building Rapport with Vendors

Posted on: 13 January 2015

If you are setting up an around-the-clock answering service for a business, take a look at how you can anticipate problems and design the answering service to be more effective and more efficient. It's in the best interest of the business to really put some design work into an answering service, to make sure it works well and operations run smoothly on off-hours. Here are some key ways to do this that will save time and effort, and lead to better customer service and customer satisfaction, by fine-tuning the processes that can be in place when in-house staffers aren't around to answer the phone.
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Posted on: 16 December 2014

Poverty is a growing problem across the globe. Approximately 50 percent of the world's total population lives on less than $2.50 per day. Humanitarian efforts all around the world continually try to raise money to help underdeveloped countries get the resources that they need to rise to the top. However, the progress is slow because of political issues, economic issues, and even the climate and culture of certain areas. Therefore, individuals need a way to lift themselves out of poverty when they aren't able to access other tools.
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Posted on: 12 December 2014

Wine has long been a hobby for many, and a business for a lucky few. However, the emergence of direct-sales wine companies has created opportunities for wine-lovers to go into business for themselves. It's easy to get started, and you don't need to be a wine expert to succeed. The direct sales model puts you directly in front of your buyers. You pay a modest fee to join a company as a sales rep, and then purchase some sample bottles as well as marketing materials and product literature.
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Posted on: 12 December 2014

When life-changing events occur and you are left reeling emotionally, it can be difficult to make good decisions for the future. As a homeowner, you want to make sure that you are prepared for the unexpected so that you don't lose what you have worked so hard to own.  The use of self storage is a growing trend in the U.S., with the number of self-storage facilities having grown more than twofold to 15,000 locations as of 2012.
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