That’s a phrase you don’t want to hear about a project you have done or a dinner for which you just shelled out hundreds of bucks. It screams mediocrity. In some ways, it is worse than “it stunk,” as ...

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Securing customers is only one challenging part of being a small business owner. The other part is keeping them–all with the help of a solid customer service strategy. It’s clear that solid customer ...

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Which factors contribute most to great and terrible experiences when customers contact businesses? To find out, Oracle and Ascend2 surveyed 5,053 people around the world between the ages of 18 and 80 ...