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Tips for Keeping Your Brain in Top Form
I have been catching up on my reading lately and have come across some great articles. Today’s blog is all about. “Why the Modern World Is Bad for Your Brain” which is an article by neuroscientist, Dr...
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Warmth, An Important Skill for Leaders
I found a great article in the Guardian online with information from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. The article is all about how showing warmth to co-workers, employees, etc. is an important...
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Update Your Competitive Analysis
We all know that part of a good business survival plan is a well-researched competitive analysis. Before you start a business, investigating your competition, their products, prices, marketing and public...
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How Effective Is Your Interaction with Customers?
Important points that many businesses fail to consider when they are sending out information to customers, whether that information is through social media, emails, text or even through the mail is: Will...
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What Makes Your Business Different?
To be successful, your customers and prospective customers have to know (and be constantly reminded of) how your business is different from other businesses in your area that are selling similar products.  Without...
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Stop Before You Start
Julie Pedroncelli St. John from Pedroncelli Winery sent me a great article by Barry Stuckey who has spent much of his career in hospitality. The article was about a waitress he encountered in a eatery...
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Social Media - External and Internal
Are your employees following the company on social media? If not they should be. Social media is a great place for employees to get reminders of the information or offers that you are broadcasting to customers. In...
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Assessing Customer Experiences
Last week this blog delved into statistics regarding customers who may have had a less than stellar experience when they visited your business. We discovered that the percentage of customers that you think...
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You May Not Get Many Complaints, But That Doesn't Mean Your Customers Are Happy
I have been researching customer service lately and have found some interesting statistics from a number of different sources. The main thing that came through in virtually all the sites I researched was:...
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Create a Stronger Company Culture by Celebrating the Small Victories
As many of you know I am on the injured list at present. Unfortunately, I have two things going on at the same time. A broken femur is keeping me wheelchair bound, probably through September, and I am...
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