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Business

Having No Data And Records of Customer Preferences

Recently I was informed of an interesting situation where there was a phone company that didn’t seem to have much local employees in its support department to the point where even though they advertise 24/7 support they often don’t have workers that can speak basic English as an example. So for this example everytime the

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Business

Speaking Another Language Mildly For Marketing

Knowing a second language can be beneficial as it will open up opportunities in markets that normally wouldn’t be available to you which could be a competitive advantage. Even if it is a small market in your area as well it could be all yours if you are the only one within your professions who

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General Thoughts and Fun Topics

Learning Languages Really Slow If It Is Free

I was thinking today with the new year’s coming up what could I potentially do that’s different? One thing that has been a never ending journey was trying to find a way to learn a new language such as Mandarin that would suit my schedule while being reasonable price wise. I wouldn’t want to go

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Financial Management

Learning Languages Natively To Save Time And Money

I was thinking today as a few people have been telling me that if I wanted to become fluent in various languages that I should just spend a few months in countries where you pretty much have no choice but to speak its native tongue. This should force you to learn things fast. At first

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Business

The Risk of Not Using Native Language Speakers For Your Customer Support

I was thinking today as I was recently having a lot of funny issues with a company where it seemed like talking to their customer support would constantly lead to nowhere. Despite what you told them it seemed like they would only hear the words that they wanted to hear as opposed to everything in

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Business

Charging More But Still Surviving

I was a little dumbfounded today as I visited this market inside a small mall where there was about three different groceries. Two of them were literally beside each other where the product offerings and prices were virtually identical. On the other hand, there was another grocery store that was about two stores away and

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