photo credit: juanma. We all want to sell more, I mean, that’s what all this marketing stuff is about. There is a secret to selling more of just about anything to just about anyone, but it’s not really about your product or service – the secret to selling anything to anyone is to help them […]
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The Wall Street Journal: Now Procter & Gamble wants to wash your car. The giant manufacturer of household staples including Pampers diapers, Crest toothpaste and Gillette razors is forging a new business model: franchising car washes. To jump-start plans for a nationwide chain of Mr. Clean Car Wash franchises, P&G in December acquired the franchise
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What is the difference between an idea and a business? Action. If you don’t take any action on your idea, it remains just an idea. If you do take action, you have the potential of growing a business. Chip Grueter, the President of DealerRater.com is a doer. Car shopping can be a tricky business, and
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AbsolutelyNew: You see the latest from the “cheap chic” folks at Target — a digital camera gift card? That’s right, they’ve introduced a Target gift card that can be loaded with $50 to $1,000 of store credit… that also features a basic digital camera about as good as the one on your cell phone. Like
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The Wall Street Journal: When Summer Mills visited her local CVS drugstore recently, to save a few dollars she bought the store-brand facial scrub rather than the Olay version she normally uses. “I thought I’d be able to tell the difference, but I couldn’t — I looked at the ingredients and they seemed almost the
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USA TODAY: Financial insecurity is forcing Wal-Mart shoppers to change buying habits, cut credit card use and live more paycheck-to-paycheck, the CEO of the U.S. division of the world’s largest retailer said. Economic pain is leading to what Eduardo Castro-Wright termed “disturbing behaviors” among shoppers over the past few months. For instance, more families are
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