Killing the Conversation

Over the past couple of days, I’ve participated—at a distance—in an interesting conversation. Let me clarify, the conversation was interesting, but the dynamic of the conversation and what destroyed it was more interesting. To provide some background, the conversation was on LinkedIn, I had gotten involved because it was about an article I had written…

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Get a Call Back with the Alien Message

Over the past few weeks we have posted several articles on why you should return to using the your Smartphone’s calling feature to actually make a phone call rather than only texting or reaching out on Facebook. There was one article on leaving a great voicemail message so that you get a call back and overcoming phone phobia as well. So…

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Become a Consumer Customer Service Expert

​Customer service failures have captured the headlines in 2017. As such, companies are becoming ever more aware of how their brand reputation is linked to individual customer service encounters! As a consumer, how can you take advantage of this customer focus? Here are 5 ways to become a customer service expert consumer: Know your rights.…

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Your Legitimate Business Reason?

Do you have a legitimate business reason for reaching out to your lead? If you do not, then you are spamming! What Is Your Legitimate Business Reason? When you have a legitimate business reason to make a cold call, a marketing email or a business text then you have a much better chance of success…

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Leadership Skills: 5 Expectations Your Team Has for You as a Leader

Leaders help create powerful, cohesive teams that enable organizations to achieve their targets. Part of being a great leader is understanding what the members of your team expect from you. By understanding their expectations you become a better leader and help them become an even stronger team that can achieve anything. Here are 5 important expectations…

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Make a Phone Call! Expect Return Calls!

With the Smartphone and texting revolution, many distributors do not want to make an actual phone call. A real live talking phone call seems almost totally a thing of the past. Make A Phone Call! Reaching out to your client using every available resource including a phone call will ensure that your relationship continues and hopefully…

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How the Right Technology Facilitates Working from Home

Working from home might seem like a luxury, but in fact, it has serious benefits for both employees and employers. Plus, working from home is simple these days with cloud solutions that foster communication across cities, states, and the entire country. TTI’s cloud software mobile app gives you this kind of ease in communication. No longer do you have…

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10 Leadership Communication Tips to Build Employee Engagement

According to a fairly recent study conducted by the Gallup Business Journal, only a mere 30% of employees in the US are actively engaged in their jobs. Now, with this in mind, it’s no wonder that retention as well as enhanced productivity strategies are currently becoming a quintessential consideration for different organizations in the US…

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5 Tech Tools Your Business Needs to Be Using

I’ve been working in technology and web-related businesses for about 10 years now, and it still shocks me how many small businesses don’t take advantage of all the amazing tools out there to make their lives easier. Anyone with home repair skills would feel the same if they saw the awful mess that is my…

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