In fact, it is impossible to track a causal link from options to corporate performance, which in any case probably go mainly to bosses whose firms are doing well.

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From my experience, there are a few good ways to do that: make online self-service links prominent on your website and always offer them anywhere you provide your customer support number, integrate online help throughout key processes, promote Web and self-service resources in telephone hold messages, let call center agents notify customers of self-service options, and reply to email questions with the link to self-service content to re-enforce self-service availability.

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Remember, from the middle 1980s to the early 1990s, many companies replaced restricted-stock and long-term performance bonus plans with stock options in the belief that they were a better way to link shareholder and executive interests.

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The cameras also offer further options for capturing and displaying images via other devices, including the ability to link to a Samsung smartphone and use as a remote viewfinder, and - with the Samsung Mobile Link function - to display images on devices such as tablets or internet-enabled TV.

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