Risa Sacks Search Beyond the Web: When to Pick Up the Phone [ABSTRACT]
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5th July 2008

By Risa Sacks

Abstract

Online search has come to dominate the information world, but there's one 19th century tool no researcher should be without - the telephone. Risa Banks reminds us of ten situations in which picking up a phone and talking to someone in person is far more effective than any other search tool.

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Online search has come to dominate the information world, but there's one 19th century tool no researcher should be without - the telephone. Risa Banks reminds us of ten situations in which picking up a phone and talking to someone in person is far more effective than any other search tool.

What's Inside:

In doing due diligence, for example, if all the customers provide very guardedly neutral to negative responses, that's at least a warning sign to dig deeper. And if their voices go from warm and friendly to icy and disdainful in a heartbeat, red flags start waving!

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