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Mortgage advice to make mortgages a really smooth ride - Andrew Baker
Mortgages are easy as long as you understand them well. But how many borrowers can be confident of their knowledge of mortgages. With the list of terms and terminologies related to mortgages growing fastly, it is difficult to keep pace with it....
Why Great Companies Survey: Martian Logic! - Harald Anderson
If an alien civilization from Mars was planning a friendly takeover of our planet they would seek to make sure they understood our way of life and our way of thought. The only way they could accomplish their objective would be by asking...
How Managers Can Help Retain Their Best Employees - Susan Cullen
A major problem for employers today is attracting the best talent, and then retaining key employees. Research shows that the key ingredient for retention lies within the manager’s ability to understand what employees really want. The survey...
Are you trying to succeed online without the tools you must have? - Jeffrey Lant
Would you bake a cherry pie without cherries? Would you try to mow your grass without a lawn mower? Of course not! Yet every day millions of people confront the business of trying to create a profitable online business without the essential tools...
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Getting A Handle On Your Telephone Time
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Sue and Chuck DeFiore
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Keep in mind that the phone will likely derail your schedule if you let it. Put the answering machine on during working hours. When you do choose to answer the phone (and remember, it's a choice, not a requirement), limit the time you spend on each call. That's easier said than done, which is why you should keep an egg timer near your office phone. Set it for five minutes to help put a limit on calls that might otherwise make your day spin out of control.
1. Return calls. Schedule at least 1 to 1-1/2 hours for return calls. Return most calls within 24 hours.
2. Follow-up calls. These include everything from post-consultation calls to - continued below ...
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following up with prospective clients.
3. Networking calls. These cover everything from staying in touch with existing contacts to initiating new connections.
4. Research calls. These involve gathering information for a variety of projects.
Copyright 2004 DeFiore Enterprises
About the Author
Interested in having your own successful, home based creative real estate investing business? Chuck and Sue have been helping folks start successful home based businesses for over 19 years,and we can help you too! To see how, visit http://www.homebusinesssolutions.com
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Is Your Company Safe From Attack? - Arthur Cooper
Yesterday I read an article in the daily paper that contained some rather alarming figures. A survey of British businesses found that fraud, money laundering, and embezzlement cost them over £40 billion ( $72 billion) a year. The average loss of...
Home Based Business Success - A Predictor of Success Why do Many People Fail While Others Succeed. - Nick A James
The following was taken from a conversation I had with a very successful individual in the Network Marketing business, and this also echoes my own personal observations. I have been involved in this business for a number of years and I have seen...
Has Everyone in Your Office Been Grafted, So There’s No More Evolving? - Susan Dunn MA Clinical Psychology The EQ Coache
Has everyone in your office been grafted so there’s no more evolving? Let’s say the “party line” is demanded of everyone, like a graft on a plant, so eventually everyone’s thinking the same way. New people are hired, chosen to be as similar to the...
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