Most of us work quite hard to get new customers. We do a lot of marketing geared toward growing our market share. It’s expensive (at times) to gain new clients. At least, it’s more expensive to obtain a new customer than it is to work to keep a current customer. That’s a given in many industries.
So if you want to maximize your return, you want to make sure current customers are happy enough to stay. You want to limit attrition. But you also want to increase your earnings, which means selling more products or services. One of the ideal ways …read more

If you already have a job, why in the world would you be looking for another one? Why put yourself in the front of hiring managers, interviewing and discussing your skills and abilities when you already have a job? Actually, I think it is a good thing to keep yourself sharp. If you are looking for advancement and your organization is not promoting right now, interviewing for another position may help you get the money, or the promotion that you may be looking for. Today, I got a question from a reader.
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How would I justify to the employer …read more

Degree or no degree, that is a question? Do you have an MBA? Are you pursuing and MBA? Should you pursue an MBA? Recently I found a post on BizLevity, one of our newer blogs here at the Business Channel, MBA No Guarantee of Success, Pace University Says. I am not attempting to discredit this survey done by Pace University, but it boggles my mind when I hear things like this. Ok, so many of the successful CEO’s don’t have an MBA. Is that the reason you shouldn’t get one? My life experience has taught me that education opens doors. …read more