Marketing company OneTouch Direct has begun construction of a new call center in western New York and says it will immediately begin hiring 150 people.
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Women Business Owners Focused on Technology
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More and more women business owners are turning to technology to improve their companies, new research shows. Their top priorities? Cash flow, efficiency and customer service.
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Why Flashy Product Launches Often Backfire
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US jobless aid applications fall to 14-year low
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The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid dropped to the lowest level in 14 years last week, the latest signal that companies are cutting few workers and hiring could remain healthy.
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6 Important Questions for Your Potential Investors
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Cash prize for the UK's most flexible small business
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A £1,000 prize is up for grabs in a competition launched to find the UK’s ‘most flexible’ small business.
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J.D. Power Reviews State Ambit Energy Comes Away As Overall Winner
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A recent study by J. D. Power and Associates has found that Ambit Energy, an electric and natural gas provider, receives consistently high marks in customer satisfaction. The study, based on a survey of energy consumers in nine different states, collected data for almost a year.
From September 2013 to June 2014, J. D. Power and Associates collected information from 25,757 customers for their 2014 Retail Electric Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. The results found that the Ambit Energy reviews were consistently at the top of the ranks.
The company, based in Dallas, Texas, was ranked “Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction among Retail Electric Providers in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.” In Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania, while not at the top of the list, Ambit Energy’s reviews were still on the rise, ranking well above average and staying competitive with the top names.
The J. D. Power and Associates study ranked energy providers on a scale from 0 to 1000, based on the responses they received from consumers. Texas was the state with the overall highest consumer satisfaction rating regarding their retail electricity providers. The overall satisfaction rating in Texas was 706, up 24 points from last year’s ranking of
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WorldVentures DreamTrips Vacation Club Wins WorldTravel Awards
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Worldventures, DreamTrips Vacation Club, one of the world’s leading travel and vacation club membership organizations, was named “Africa’s Leading Travel Club” for 2014.
DreamTrips was recognized as part of the World Travel Awards (WTA)—the second WTA regional award for the travel club this year. WTA acknowledges and celebrates excellence across all sectors of the global tourism industry. The World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony was held at Transcorp Hilton Abuja, Nigeria with hundreds of tourism professionals in attendance.
The award acknowledges DreamTrips exceptional travel club excellence in the Africa and Indian Ocean regions over the past year. DreamTrips were identified for exceptional services product offerings and went up against other nominees, including Four Seasons Hotels, Hilton, Kenya Airways and Royal Air Maroc.
“We are grateful to be recognized as Africa’s best travel club a month after DreamTrips was named Europe’s Leading Travel Club,” WorldVentures Co-Founder and CEO Mike Azcue said. “Together with Rovia, our travel agency partner, the team composes unforgettable travel experiences, which include a unique product offering and exceptional customer service for our worldwide membership. This is a warm handshake from the tourism industry’s leadership.”
DreamTrips delivers high-quality, uniquely curated travel and vacation experiences to its vacation club members.
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Herbalife Will Ban All USA Reps Websites
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Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) is already dealing with the allegations of running a pyramid scheme, and has once again become the topic of discussion due to its new policy. This time, however, it’s for something that can counter the allegations.
As a part of its strategy to prove the allegations wrong and make its business model more transparent and understandable, Herbalife has come up with a new policy that is expected to be enforced on November 15. According to the reports from New York Post, Herbalife will ban all the websites run by USA distributors and will take their business to a corporate controlled website. The company designed the website goherbalife.com for specifically this purpose.
This website not only helps the company take the distributors’ business into its own hands, but will serve several other purposes as well. Herbalife has recently started to focus on improving its brand image and the use of direct marketing strategies. It is now taking new initiatives for building a strong relationship with the community and giving its consumers a feel of connection with the Herbalife brand.
This is because the website will enable the nutrition-products manufacturer to provide a consistent image of its brands. While earlier each distributor was presenting
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4Life Holds First-Ever International Convention In Asia
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Over the weekend, thousands of 4Life distributors gathered at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 4Life Asia Convention 2014: Live Your Dreams. Attendees represented 21 countries around the world.
Event highlights included a state of the company address by President and CEO Steve Tew, the product launches of 4Life Transfer Factor® RioVida Stix® Tri-Factor® Formula and 4Life® Rice Brand Plus Capsules, recognition of new Platinum International Diamonds Dr. Jase and Jinsun Khyeam from South Korea and Sheri Din from Singapore, and business training from numerous 4Life entrepreneurs, including Platinum International Diamonds Dave and Gabriela Daughtrey from California, USA, Jeff and Michelle Altgilbers from Tennessee, USA, and Sadik Din and Hasnimah from Singapore.
In addition, attendees heard from keynote speaker Kyle Maynard, an ESPY (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly) award-winning mixed martial arts athlete known for becoming the first quadruple amputee to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro without the aid of prosthetics. Chief Scientific Officer Chris Lockwood, Ph.D., CSCS also presented an address and announced the availability of 4Life Transfer Factor Renuvo® in Singapore.
Steve Tew: “4Life’s first-ever Asia Convention was a great success. It’s amazing to see how the dream to improve lives that Founders David and Bianca Lisonbee launched the