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Having to deal with complaining customers is a challenging proposition for a lot of professionals, but also remember that a complaint situation may also represent an opportunity; and not always a dilemma.


If you address and deal with a client’s concerns in a respectful and helpful manner, more often than not, your efforts and understanding will be appreciated, and former “complainers” would walk away feeling satisfied and valued. A happy customer will come back; and one of your goals is to have repeat customers.

By recognizing how you will be able to benefit from complaints expressed by client, you create an opportunity for improvement and growth.

Depending upon the severity and nature of the complaint, it would be best to get a good grasp of what the complaint is all about, what went wrong, and what can be done to solve it.

Meet with your staff or crew to review the complaint given; deliberate on approaches and solutions to see to it will not be repeated.

Complaints could be difficult to manage at times, but there is no reason to be afraid of them. Be thankful to the customer for bringing to your attention the problem that caused the complaint. Had they merely ignored their dissatisfaction and went somewhere else; he or she would have been a lost client. By calling your attention to this matter you are given the opportunity to rectify it and to make future efforts on not allowing the situation to happen again.

Complaints + resolution = company growth and customer satisfaction.

© 2/3/2011 Athena Goodlight at Bizcovering
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Are you trying to start a business, but you think you don’t have enough capital yet? Here are some tips to get you started. This may be your first step to wealth.
 
Find Transfer of Ownership Opportunities
Find a business whose proprietor, for one reason or another, is in dire need to sell out the business. Possibly because of disinterest or inadequate management factors it isn’t earning revenues. An example of such situation is with an inherited family business wherein the heir is not capable of managing the company operation. When an opportunity arises, offer to pay the book value from a portion of the profits. The owner may consider this proposition instead of seeing the business completely go down the drain. Get a lawyer to write the transfer of ownership documents and the other terms of the agreement.

You should, of course, only consider a business with a good earning potential based on your ability and projected endeavors. Should you need to expand your business later, you may seek the aid of a financing source to help you with your funds.
 

Use Other People’s Money
How often, after learning of a business venture success story, have you told yourself, I wish I got into that. What stopped you? If lack of money was the primary problem, it should not have been. Most financially rich individuals acquired wealth by utilizing others’ money to finance their business venture. Surprisingly, money is not impossible to acquire. For risky endeavors, venture capital companies are open to proposals with a viable revenue potential, even with its risk factor.
 

Make Money From Your Collections
With the online store trends now, it is easier to sell your items that have been lying around untouched for years. There are investors and collectors who are looking for items that they believe may multiply in monetary value in years to come. Some of the items that have risen in value through the years are treasures such as stamps, coins, old magazines and comic books, dolls and toys, baseball trading cards, rare books, art objects, sculptures, paintings, autographs, phonograph records, guns, antique furniture, etc. Be sure to check their current values and trends before finalizing. So, don t throw out everything your spouse, your mother, or grandmother considers trash. Your junk may just be someone else’s treasure.
 
You can be rich–if you really seek for wealth. You should take a positive step towards that goal. The earlier you start, the sooner you’ll be able to gain the financial rewards you desire for.


 © 2011 Athena Goodlight




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A lot of people nowadays would like to earn money quickly. This is one of the main reasons why a lot of people are getting scammed and often lose a great deal of money. It is sad to know that this "easy money" mindset has progressed to the stock market and has made many people unwisely invest on penny stocks that may oftentimes be too risky in the first place. Let us learn how these types of stocks can actually be problematic to investors...READ MORE>>>


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Work at home scams come in many forms. Almost all of these bogus companies do not assure regular compensation for the home based workers. They don't tell you how many hours you will need to work without salary. Others will require you to spend money on instruction manuals prior to getting the job. Some companies demand paid training. Therefore, thousands of dollars and as well as valuable time are literally robbed from victims of work at home scams.

To avoid becoming being duped by work at home scammers, you need to inspect the company prior to accepting any job. Legitimate companies furnish all the information in writing. Here is a list of tips to avoid being victimized by work at home scams: ...READ MORE>>>
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Giving your readers quality content that they connect to is what blogging is all about. Both your blog's popularity and page views suffer when it fails to help the readers in a meaningful way. Increasing the number of page views will lead to a higher impression rate so it's important, as a blogger, to focus on this factor. The following tips will help with this task.

Pointing out Posts that Deal with Similar Topics Highlighting related topics is a powerful strategy to get instant higher page views, it requires that you consistently work towards capturing the interest of casual visitors to your blog and transforming them in to a avid followers. A simple way to encourage your blog readers to read more pages on your blog is to highlight related posts at the end of each of your posts. This method has been successful because customers know that they are gaining more knowledge from the additional information. Although many readers appreciate being offered suggested links, beware not to go overboard with the linking; use no more than five links in each post. WordPress users have the advantage of automated linking using plugins, other platforms may mean linking manually. Every internet marketer knows about social networking and social media, and we have all heard about using Twitter. But there are other methods with Twitter if you care to learn them, and apparently they are effective. Avoid purposely devising viral posts at Twitter because they are nearly impossible to orchestrate. Be sure to mix up your tweets between social purposes and information related to business. As you know, Facebook is so huge and with tons of possibilities involving fan pages, etc. Then integrate the two into your blog, and that way you can tweet and update your Facebook status in one go.

Remove Unwanted Links: If you keep your blog focused, your readers will be more likely to stick around and read more of your content. The last thing you want is for your readers to get distracted. This is why it's a good idea to remove unnecessary links or to limit the number of links to other blogs.

By not giving your readers a chance to drift away, your readers will be more likely to stay on your blog. If you have a blog roll on your blog, don't make it too long.

Last but not the least; do everything you can to ensure that your readers are getting the best experience at your blog, without leaving it to check out an external resource, unless it's necessary.

© 2011 Athena Goodlight

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