photo credit: alancleaver_2000 Many business owners today are wondering how they are suppose to make money when the majority of their client base is spending less money. It seems like a catch 22 situation to most. Some experts tell you not to cut your prices as that will cause your customers to expect low prices […]
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The New York Times: When Brian Gordon and his partners started ebeanstalk.com, which sells children’s learning toys online, they expected most of business to come from younger consumers starting families. But a recent customer survey found that up to 40 percent were actually older, mainly grandparents. “If you’d asked me if 4 out of 10
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photo credit: lepiaf.geo Remember the day’s of free products? When you could use Microsoft office for free, free intranets, free version’s of messengers and internet browser’s. The past few year’s everything has gone from free version’s to fee based version’s. However, it does seem like were merging back into the free era again. BlogsOpenForum.com posted
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photo credit: Jacob Bøtter Small business’ today face a lot of challenges such as staying in good terms with your bank, finding new customers, healthcare issues, possibly having to cut staff and more, so it’s very important to stay on top of your current customer base. Keeping your customers satisfied and happy at all costs
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Time: Turns out “Don’t squeeze the Charmin” might have been the worst marketing message of all time. According to a new study to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who touch products in the aisles will pay more money for them than those who keep their hands off
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photo credit: gcoldironjr2003 In your company when it comes time to promote sales people to the next level, it is not always necessarily true that a great sales person will automatically make for a great sales manager. Some people have managerial skill’s while other’s do not and prefer to remain on the sales floor where
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photo credit: Martin Kingsley In business our number one goal is to keep our customers happy at all times. The timeless classic of “the customer is always’ right” comes into play here. But there are going to be time’s when there is more then one customer on the phone-one of them will have to hold.
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photo credit: PinkMoose Business around the world are searching for new and improved ways of selling their products and services. With the changing times and technology out there, there are many different ways to market your company and produce more sales. More effective ads and customers as sales people are a couple sales tips. Word
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photo credit: crazytales562 Here’s a thought. If you are in the retail sector and you’re concerned about dwindling sales, you may want to consider reviving a payment option we don’t hear much about anymore – layaways. In today’s economy, instant gratification that a customer receives from instantly purchasing a product or item isn’t exactly always
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photo credit: antwerpenR Once people believe others are coming in to sell them, they recoil, put up defenses and begin to rehearse reasons they don’t need whatever it is you’re selling. They may disguise this or do it under the surface, but it’s there. Chalk it up to a basic human emotion: We don’t want
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