Business Solutions

Loosecubes.com recently launched, and is offering a new service for aspiring entrepreneurs.  Loosecubes is a website where businesses with spare work space can meet people who need a place to work.  The idea is to help established businesses with spare office space rent desks and rooms to early-stage startups.  Formal workspace, rather than a kitchen table or spot at the local Starbucks, can dramatically improve productivity for entrepreneurs trying to get the ball rolling.This from the...Read Full Story

A lot of businesses and individuals every single day have a problem with keeping up with all of the different projects and activities that they have to complete. When we have too busy of lives, they frequently end up forgetting certain tasks that should be done. They become frustrated then promise themselves which they won’t forget ever again. Unfortunately, they end up forgetting more tasks soon after. Without correct equipment, these people who may include you will keep forgetting projects...Read Full Story

Recently my family dined at a new restaurant in our neighborhood. We were greeted by the hostess and we asked for a table for four. There were three of us there and my husband was parking the car. She informed us she wouldn't seat us until all of our party arrived. I laughed as I looked at the empty restaurant and said "You are joking, right?" She informed me that she was serious. I said "No, really you WON'T seat us until my husband finishes parking? REALLY?" She then said the absolute worst...Read Full Story

I was just having lunch with my best childhood friend, Eileen. I was telling her that I am working on a booklet on How to Greet Your Customer. She mentioned that when she was 16 she worked for her father who was a CPA. She told me how when she started her job she was given rigorous training in customer service and phone skills. Apparently at the time, Michigan Bell, trained people on the appropriate way to use their switchboards and talk to customers.Here are some of the things she learned:1...Read Full Story

Here is a question for all of you. How many of you, as a customer, have had a bad sales experience? Hmmmm. Looks like that's all of you. So think about it, if all of you have had a bad experience, that means that all of your customers have had one too.What does this have to do with greeting your customer? Well if all of your customers have had a bad experience, then they probably consciously or unconsciously have a chip on their shoulder or a wall up. Have you ever noticed that some customers...Read Full Story