By vanko on January 9, 2012
Let’s face it. Women do most of the buying for families. Yet the average woman is totally occupied between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and almost as busy on the weekends. When do businesses think that busy women will be able to buy what they want to sell?
In December [...]
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By vanko on January 7, 2012
Many people dream of writing a best-selling business book. Surely, the world is waiting for their unique wisdom . . . or so they think. The reality is far different. The average business book offered by a major publisher sells about 5,000 copies. Even if everyone who gets a copy reads it, that’s not a [...]
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By vanko on August 23, 2011
Many for-profit manufacturers and service providers concentrate only on influencing their own prices and costs. In the process they ignore or are insensitive to what customers and end users pay to use these offerings. While this narrow viewpoint may be profitable, much more profit is missed because demand is dampened due to soaring costs incurred [...]
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By vanko on August 19, 2011
You will only recognize one lender and can also lower your monthly payment. The first thing you would ask yourself when contemplating on a consolidate debt loans is, what is what does it mean? Consolidating some or all your debts is a finesse of combining all your debts in to a single out or one [...]
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By vanko on August 8, 2011
Did you know that getting into internet marketing can quickly raise the status of your business when you operate from home? Generating traffic is one of the main aspects of making a success of your business because without traffic being driven to your website it will be impossible for you to accomplish your goals. [...]
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By vanko on July 12, 2011
Have you ever needed to pick up your laundry but had no time to do so? It can get pretty frustrating wearing dirty clothes while you wait for a chance to pick up the clean ones.
One dry cleaner in our area provided a great solution by putting in a self-service kiosk where you could [...]
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By vanko on July 4, 2011
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait for the Lillian Vernon cataloges to arrive in the mail. Each page was chock full of items that had no real purpose other than they were fun to look at and buy.
As I thumbed through the pages, I wasn’t dreaming about what I wanted to purchase [...]
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By vanko on June 1, 2011
I once visited a food distribution warehouse for a charity. I was astonished at the food items they were offering that week. How could anyone make a meal out of those offerings?
When I asked about the thought process, the crew leader said that no one thought about that. Well, someone should have.
Profit-seeking [...]
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By vanko on May 24, 2011
Triple net leases are becoming more popular in the Houston area. Here, they are obviously less expensive for the property owner, and can allow a truly passive form of income for the property owner. With one of Houston’s triple net leases, a property owner can be hands off, which is exactly what more and more [...]
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By vanko on January 30, 2011
What does a typical cost reduction look like? Rather than assembling a full product, you may ship it in pieces for the customer to assemble. This means a smaller container and less shipping and assembly cost for you.
But consider the poor customers: They have to now assemble your offering and may not [...]
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