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    OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

    I am not just his new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later,

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    Recently, I had my carpets cleaned by a new company I had never used before. This is a new company and the owner himself showed up to clean my carpets. It took him 3 hours to do the stairs, hallway, family room, living and dining rooms. But, when he was done, they looked TERRIFIC and I was “sold” on his company.

    When we hold a workshop, make a sale from our site, create a custom album, etc. we hope that the customer will come back and buy from us again because they had a good experience. We want loyal customers who appreciate our work. But, loyalty isn’t the highest level of satisfaction you can you can achieve from a customer, ADVOCACY is. That’s what will help your business grow.

    One definition of an ADVOCATE is: To speak, plead, or argue in favor of something. Do your customers do that? When the carpet man left yesterday, I told three neighbors about him and said they’d be THRILLED if they used him. I don’t get any perks for this—just the satisfaction of helping a new company with a great service and a fantastic owner grow. As he left the other day, he asked me for a “testimonial” for his site. He’s new and needs comments from customers in his area. I agreed that I would email him something (NOTE: He ASKED for it). He also gave me a handful of cards (NOTE: HAND OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

    I am not just his new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later, I

    Fundamentals For Financial Success
    Not Rocket ScienceBecoming financially independent is more a matter of common sense and long term discipline than anything else.The great Cambridge economist and investor John May nard Keynes, placed his funds in no more than two companies at any one time. This simplistic approach was later adopted by Warren Buffet.Invest Before You SpendThe most basic of all rules is to make sure you allocate funds into your investments first, only then spending what is left over. A good rule of thumb is to invest 3
    e hold a workshop, make a sale from our site, create a custom album, etc. we hope that the customer will come back and buy from us again because they had a good experience. We want loyal customers who appreciate our work. But, loyalty isn’t the highest level of satisfaction you can you can achieve from a customer, ADVOCACY is. That’s what will help your business grow.

    One definition of an ADVOCATE is: To speak, plead, or argue in favor of something. Do your customers do that? When the carpet man left yesterday, I told three neighbors about him and said they’d be THRILLED if they used him. I don’t get any perks for this—just the satisfaction of helping a new company with a great service and a fantastic owner grow. As he left the other day, he asked me for a “testimonial” for his site. He’s new and needs comments from customers in his area. I agreed that I would email him something (NOTE: He ASKED for it). He also gave me a handful of cards (NOTE: HAND OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

    I am not just his new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later,

    Medical Billing - DME Software Overview
    In this installment, we are going to be starting a series on DME software for medical billing. This is probably the most popular software on the market because it is responsible for billing more claims than probably any other branch of the medical billing industry.DME stands for Durable Medical Equipment. This is equipment that is either sold or rented to various Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Cross, Blue Shield and many private insurance companies including Prudential and Web MD. This equipment ranges from wheelchairs to co
    OCACY is. That’s what will help your business grow.

    One definition of an ADVOCATE is: To speak, plead, or argue in favor of something. Do your customers do that? When the carpet man left yesterday, I told three neighbors about him and said they’d be THRILLED if they used him. I don’t get any perks for this—just the satisfaction of helping a new company with a great service and a fantastic owner grow. As he left the other day, he asked me for a “testimonial” for his site. He’s new and needs comments from customers in his area. I agreed that I would email him something (NOTE: He ASKED for it). He also gave me a handful of cards (NOTE: HAND OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

    I am not just his new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later,

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    tisfaction of helping a new company with a great service and a fantastic owner grow. As he left the other day, he asked me for a “testimonial” for his site. He’s new and needs comments from customers in his area. I agreed that I would email him something (NOTE: He ASKED for it). He also gave me a handful of cards (NOTE: HAND OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

    I am not just his new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later,

    Are You Tired of Hiring Other People's Rejects? - 12 Mistakes Recruiters Make and How To Avoid Them
    When John applied for a job at Oakland Company, his resume looked fabulous, showing tremendous talent and advancement. His qualifications were beyond question and he built immediate rapport with everyone in the interview process. Every one of his references checked out. Six months later, you were wondering why you hired this clown.Today’s hiring professionals seem to prefer recruiting candidates from the ranks of the employed. It is a logical approach assuming others have recognized their talent and retained them whil
    OUT YOUR CARDS!!!). Then he said, “If you see that in a couple of days that it doesn’t look right, call me and I’ll be glad to come back and get the spots.”

    I am not just his new customer, I am his new advocate and will tell me neighbors what a great experience I had with his carpet cleaning company. A few weeks later, I got a coupon book in the mail from one of those ad companies and in it was a coupon for this carpet cleaning company and there was my testimonial. He not only asked for it, but he jumped on it and used it.

    So, how does a person go from “customer” to “advocate”? Well, first, they fall in love with you through your service and then they keep getting “courted” by you with special treatment. You have to set out to make them your advocate – not in a contrived way, but just by giving them your best efforts to make them happy. Not every customer will become your advocate, but if you pay attention to the loyal ones who keep coming back, you can lead them down the path of advocacy with a few suggestions:

    • Give your best customers advance notice of EVERYTHING. If you get new products in, let them know a day ahead and let them know that they are getting SPECIAL ADVANCE NOTICE.
    • Give them a perk such as free shipping on a lower dollar amount or 13 custom pages for the price of 12, or an extra embellishment in their kit. Make sure they know that this perk is ONLY for your BEST customers.
    • Invite them to offer you input on new products - make them feel special and connected to your business.
    • Send them free gifts or samples at unannounced times. Don’t just send t

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