| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (191 pages) |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Customer Service -- Do Business with a Personal Touch -- When Working with Clients, Devote Yourself to Them 100 Percent -- Promote Your Clients' Business -- Stay Out of Your Clients' Territory -- Pay Attention to What Your Customers Want -- Make It Easy for People to Do Business with You -- Don't Promise What You Can't Deliver and Don't Deliver Late -- Work to Communicate at Every Level -- Look for Other Ways to Serve Existing Clients -- Be a Resource to Your Clients -- Guard Your Reputation: You Lose It Only Once -- Make People Feel Good -- Don't Let Your Hair All the Way Down -- Keep Personal Information Private -- Always Provide Something Extra -- Managing Your Office -- Buying a Computer Is Like Shooting at a Moving Target -- When You Receive Your First Payment From a Client, Copy the Check -- Don't Eat What You Kill -- Don't Hire Friends -- Kick Your Staff Out of Your Office -- Be Willing to Pay for Quality Assistance -- Treat Your Home Office As a Corporate Office, While Staying in Contact with Your Family -- Don't Skimp on Quality -- Create a Buffer Between Work and Home -- Don't Do Business with Friends and Relatives -- Marketing -- Make One Promotional Piece Do More -- Make All of Your Marketing Materials First Class -- Give Speeches to Promote Your Business -- Create a Web Site -- Teach Classes -- Send Memorable Holiday Cards -- Give People the Opportunity to Sample Your Product Properly -- Publish a Traditional Newsletter or One Online -- Practice Relationship Marketing -- Send a Business Anniversary Card. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Annotation This book delivers what it promises: 101 secrets to making a home office a success. The author pulls from her experiences as a home-based entrepreneur to give readers an inside look at improving their businesses, marketing, increasing their bottom line, and more. |
| Subject |
Office management.
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Home-based businesses -- Management.
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Success in business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Home-Based Businesses.
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Home-based businesses -- Management.
(OCoLC)fst00959408
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Office management. (OCoLC)fst01044164
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Success in business. (OCoLC)fst01137062
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
One hundred one home office success secrets |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kanarek, Lisa. 101 home office success secrets. 2nd ed. Franklin Lakes, N.J. : Career Press, 2000 1564144550 (DLC) 00036003 (OCoLC)43684692 |
| ISBN |
0585323178 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585323176 (electronic bk.) |
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