CRM Update – Mar 16 : 12:36 pm

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is once again first in line for the new iPad, but this time at a different location than usual, Shira Lazar reports.
Wozniak and his wife are currently waiting in line for the iPad at Westfield Mall in Century City, Los Angeles.
“My wife was actually the first in line, I’m the second. We came about noon. We’re used to Northern California stores, where the lines start that early. I have a keynote speech coming up (in LA) this morning, right after I get the iPad,” explains Wozniak…

PayPal on Thursday introduced PayPal Here, a mobile payment solution that attaches to your smartphone. If the idea sounds familiar, that’s because Square, a similar technology, has been around for about two years.
But those two aren’t the only options for small businesses looking to process credit card payments on the go. In fact, there are now four such payment solutions if you include VeriFone’s Payware Mobile and Intuit’s GoPayment.
Which one is best for you? We took a look at the various features for each offering to help you make the decision:

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After receiving a flood of sarcastic Facebook messages — a seemingly coordinated action that one site described as a “sarcasm bombing” — Kansas Governor Sam Brownback decided to clear the comments from his wall Thursday.
The posts have been flooding Brownback’s page for the past couple of days in response to an anti-abortion bill introduced into the Kansas legislature. Brownback said he has not read the 69-page bill, but has said he would sign it.
It’s not clear if the surge of comments on his Facebook page was simply a result of the controversial legislation making headlines, or if it was an organized campaign…

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Seeking to build his credit and be all responsible and stuff, Matt got a secured credit card from Capital One. If you’re not familiar with the concept, that’s a type of credit card where the creditor is… well, you. You deposit, say, $500 with the credit card issuer, and that gives you a spending limit of $500 or a little more. A good repayment history with this card will help build or rebuild your credit when you’re not able to get another card. And when you have good enough credit to move on and shut down the card, you get that deposit back…

Use these 5 simple steps to win back a customer who has jumped ship to another vendor.Coping with customer defections can be traumatic. But while it feels like a disaster at the time, the loss of a big customer is actually a signal that you need to realign your sales and support efforts–and lay the groundwork to win the customer back.Here’s a step-by-step plan.1. Get Out of DenialYou probably think you know why your customer left–but you probably think wrong. According to an oft-cited study by the research firm CRMGuru, most people believe the primary reason a customer left is that the customer found a lower price elsewhere or the customer’s needs changed…

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You have likely heard the buzz about Google+ for some time.Perhaps you’re wondering why so many marketing professionals are focusing heavily on the new social network.In this article, I sit down with Guy Kawasaki, the original Macintosh evangelist. You’ll discover why 99% of his efforts are now focused on Google+.Guy reveals his Google+ strategy and talks about his new book, What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us. And it’s very different than his other books. It reveals extensive details about how to benefit from Google+…

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