{"id":18167,"date":"2018-01-02T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lern.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=11576"},"modified":"2021-08-02T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:21:20","slug":"best-customer-ideas-for-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/best-customer-ideas-for-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Customer Ideas for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ice-sculpture-threeCrop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11577\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11577\" src=\"https:\/\/lern.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ice-sculpture-threeCrop-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"ice sculpture threeCrop\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>From the big LERN Annual Conference, your LERN Leaders submitted their best ideas of the year.\u00a0 Here are some of the best customer tips.\u00a0 Conference coverage continues in the LERN Club; check it out for more FREE great practical ideas.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Remain kind and professional.\u00a0 Always. <em>Submitted by Beth Pinargote, Glencoe, IL<\/em><\/li>\n<li>When meeting with clients, remember to ask about other types of programming initiatives and other ideas. \u00a0Use the client&#8217;s expertise to brainstorm other program ideas. <em>Submitted by Lynn Weiland, La Crosse, WI<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Get involved in local community organizations, boards, meetings, etc. \u00a0\u00a0Identify your goals and choose the organizations and events that most closely align with your goals. This can lead to new business opportunities<em>. Submitted by Marie Price, Post Falls, ID<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t abide jerks.\u00a0 If they are a customer, give them all their money back and wish them well.\u00a0 If they are vendors\/instructors, fire them, they are costing you far more than they generate.\u00a0 If they are employees, feedback\u2026improvement plans\u2026pink slips<em>. Submitted by Todd Freece, Orlando, FL<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Photo: natural ice sculptures form on this farm. Artesian wells, common in this coulee country of western Wisconsin, are fed by aquifers whose sources lie in porous rock formations at higher elevations. The pressure in these rock layers allows the wells to flow freely\u00a0when tapped into\u2014a pump less well.\u00a0 Photo by LERN staff<\/em><em>.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the big LERN Annual Conference, your LERN Leaders submitted their best ideas of the year.\u00a0 Here are some of the best customer tips.\u00a0 Conference coverage continues in the LERN Club; check it out for more FREE great practical ideas. Remain kind and professional.\u00a0 Always. Submitted by Beth Pinargote, Glencoe, IL When meeting with clients,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18799,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18167\/revisions\/18799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lern.com\/lern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}