Laura K’s Style File 3/24/2011

The Hot and Happenin’ PR Buzz
Payment Plus, Inc of Paducah invites you to like their new facebook page.  For business owners especially, this page will serve as a great resource - an easy, informal way to keep up with the latest in payment processing news and information.  Take plastic?  Get valuable industry info that could save you money.  Use plastic?  Get consumer tips on using debit and credit cards wisely.  Plus, check out their fun “Ugly Duckling” contest based around the renovation and transformation of their new office space -  there’s a $500 home/business improvement prize package up for grabs!

The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce will present a customer service seminar on Tuesday, March 8, at the Courtyard by Marriott (3835 Technology Drive).  Customer Service Expert Bill Drury’s program “A Passion for Service …How to Win Customers and Reduce Lost Sales” will have both morning and afternoon sessions. Drury was the National Training Consultant for the Zig Ziglar Corporation from 1985 to 1990. He speaks, trains, and travels extensively and has proven to be one of the most effective and entertaining speakers in the industry.  Program subjects will include: Who really signs your paycheck; Stay motivated; Make a great first impression; Create a vision for service; Communicate respect to every customer; Personalize your service; Listen; Handle the irate customer; Overcome stress and burnout; Handle the ten most difficult customers.  The morning session is from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. and the afternoon session will run from 1 - 4 pm.  Fee is $89 per person with a $10 discount per person for 5 people or more. 

Competing with the Couch:  Oscar Night at Maiden Alley is going casual this year.  This Sunday night at 6 pm, it’s comfy clothes, good friends and a state of the art theater with surround sound and hi def.  What more could you ask for? Well,  included in the modestly priced $15 ticket will be a divine spread of finger foods, along with adult beverages. Prizes available to the lucky guy or girl with the most correct answers on the Oscar Ballots.  Save your black tie attire for August when they have their 20-10 Celebration (20 years of Paducah Film Society and 10 year of Maiden Alley Cinema).

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