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8 Tactics To Make Service Your Competitive Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Train and coach continuously. Know your customers intimately.

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6 Keys To Competitive Advantage By Memorable Service

Startup Professionals Musings

In this context, even “satisfied” is only a “meets-minimum,” and does not put you ahead of your competition. With pervasive access to social media, customers no longer differentiate poor product repair and replacement from a poor shopping experience or customer usage satisfaction. This results in more profits and growth for you.

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8 Initiatives To Heighten Your Customer’s Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

Train them fully, give them authority, make them accountable, and tie their pay to customer satisfaction. It must be understandable, written down, and verifiable, with regular measurements and metrics to make it real, benchmarked against the competition. Train and coach continuously. Know your customers intimately.

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8 Strategies For Early Growth As A New Business Owner

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. In this highly competitive world, no growth means falling behind, as a business or in your career.

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10 Ways To Make Your Own Luck Driving Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

As with most investors and advisors, I always look first at some key personal characteristics and leadership strategies that I find often make you a more likely survivor and winner in the highly competitive world of businesses, both new and mature. Surround yourself with a competent team and advisors.

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8 Priorities For Venture Founders Who Aim For The Top

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. In this highly competitive world, no growth means falling behind, as a business or in your career.

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How Smart Entrepreneurs Don’t Hesitate To Seek Help

Startup Professionals Musings

I found some good guidance on this subject in a new book, “ The Leader You Want To Be ,” by Amy Jen Su, a managing partner in an executive coaching and leadership development firm. I get much more satisfaction, and can provide more realistic help, in steering you through specific pricing, organizational, or competitive challenges you face.

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