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Always Right: Five Risks You Must Take With Your Customers

YoungUpstarts

by Tom Panaggio, author of “ The Risk Advantage: Embracing the Entrepreneur’s Unexpected Edge “ Here’s one of business’s dirty little secrets: Many business owners prefer to keep their customers at arm’s length. If you lose a customer due to price or other circumstances beyond your control, then fine.

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3 Reasons Why An Online Presence Remains Vital To Your Business’ Success

The Startup Magazine

Gain An All Important Insight Into What Your Customers Are Saying. To succeed in customer service, businesses need to gain insight into their online reputation and what their customers want. Then there is the rise of social media as a customer service channel. Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash.

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13 Of The Biggest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make (That May Not Seem Like Mistakes At All)

YoungUpstarts

Others are based on misconceptions about how the business world works, what motivates customers, and so forth. Sometimes that sabotage might cost you ‘only’ a customer or a sale… but over time, a few customers here and a few dollars there can lead to your closing your doors forever. Keeping it all business, all the time.

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Nine Risks You Must Take (And Keep On Taking) To Build A Sustainable Business

YoungUpstarts

What makes embracing change even more difficult is that a business must be willing to simultaneously change internally and externally to keep progressing and remain competitive. Internal change happens within the business walls and is not necessarily customer facing. Get up close and personal with customers. .

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

Accomplishments for 2020 have been daunting for anyone running a business. Transforming our clinic to render safe care and the confidence to instill in our customers that they are in a safe place can be a stressful situation. 9- Sticking up for other small businesses. Robert Applebaum. Thanks to Ivana Kurili?,

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3 Ways To Brand Your Startup Using Social Media

YoungUpstarts

It needs to charm and create relationships with customers to inspire spending. Customers want content that benefits them. Acknowledging the good work of other businesses, sharing and commenting on industry news, and asking your fans questions all create a sense of community. Think of Facebook as one of your sales employees.

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10 Tips To Be A Better Public Speaker

YoungUpstarts

by Topher Morrison, author of “ The Book on Public Speaking “ If you’re a small business owner or entrepreneur, chances are you have had to face the microphone and give a speech at one time or another. Do it well and you’ll have a line of potential new customers waiting to speak with you afterwards.

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