Role-Play as a Training Tool

It’s no secret that most of us learn best by doing as opposed to merely watching, which is why so many trainers recommend using role-play to teach customer-service and sales techniques. As an article at Ready Training Online explains, “Think back to how you learned to drive a car and…
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Customer Service Never Goes Out of Style

The nature of time is that there aren’t many things that last. Trends come and go. New technologies replace old ones. Companies rise and fall. And whole industries sometimes transform into new ones altogether. If there is but one constant thread throughout all of this change and upheaval, however, is…
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Employee Retention and Customer Loyalty

All businesses should yearn for high customer loyalty. Loyalty, after all, means repeat-business and word-of-mouth. The sales that come from returning customers and referrals don’t come with the typical cost of customer acquisition that eats into the bottom line. In a sense, customer loyalty is a lot like free advertising.…
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A New Year

It surely goes without saying that 2020 was a difficult year for all of us. Pandemic. Social unrest. Lockdowns. Curfews. Questions about how to keep our businesses open or make ends meet haunted many of us. It’s no wonder that we’re so excited move into a new year. But we…
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