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Positioning Your Business Globally For 21st Century Success
The U. S. Department of Defense (DOD) owns and operates the Global Positioning System (GPS), including 24 satellites, each orbiting the earth every 12 hours, as the graphic above illustrates.GPS, a navigational system, computes the position and velocity of things in a highly detailed, three dimensional way.The GPS costs $400 million annually, and it is essential for our national defense.Civilian GPS usage is increasing rapidly. For example, many newer cars and boats have GPS navigation systems to show where you are, where you want to go, and how to get there.There are hand held GPS devices, too, priced around 100 dollars.Let’s apply this GPS principle—positioning--to your business.Ho

by employee lack of interest. The next time you have a special sales event, see to it that your employees' "desire to serve" is quite high. No matter how much money you spend inviting your customers to your "party," your employees can as easily send them home with bad feelings about your place of business and quite disgruntled. I doubt that I will ever visit my local Infinity dealer again, why in the world should I?

Quality Prints through Cheap Printing
Stiff competition in the market is very much observed. Everybody is vying for a position that will make their business recognized in the market. Different strategies and advertising propaganda are used in order to grab customer’s attention.However, not all businesses are able to fairly compete because printing jobs are quite expensive and costly. The budget they have for the printing job is just enough to produce the material they need.Moreover the innovations in the printing technology had paved to provide quality prints at a very reasonable price. Cheap printing was provided in order to meet the demands and desired need of every business.Basically with the services that online printing company provides there are several way

I received a postcard from my local Infinity dealer. The card offered a set of cut crystal and a chance to win a new Infinity if I stopped in during their Grand Opening Sale. It appeared that somebody took some time to plan a classy sales event. Like you though, I generally toss this type of solicitation instantly. But for some reason I kept the card and visited the dealership.

The morning I visited the dealer, there was not a sales person to be found. Was I surprised; my expectation was to be met with open arms by a sales person expanding the virtues of the new Q45. I was wrong. Not a sales person to be found so I walked toward the back to a receptionist. Abruptly, she took my postcard and paged a parts clerk to get for me the box containing my gift. In the box were two cut crystal "bird bath" champagne glasses. That was it! What a colossal disappointment. This was not even close to world-class service. What a waist of money and energy for the dealer!

They invited me to visit their grand opening "sales party." When I arrived, they could have cared less that I came. Was it because I drove up in a Saab? Was it because they were busy? Who knows the source of their apathy? One thing for sure, they lost the opportunity to influence me to consider Infinity. They lost a potential sale! Why in the world invite potential buyers to a sales event and not even ask them to look at your wares? Am I crazy to expect that they might offer to me the chance to purchase a world-class luxury car? Have you ever been guilty of the same sin? Have you ever invited customers to visit your business and not been ready?

The best advertising campaign in the world will quickly be assassinated by employee lack of interest. The next time you have a special sales event, see to it that your employees' "desire to serve" is quite high. No matter how much money you spend inviting your customers to your "party," your employees can as easily send them home with bad feelings about your place of business and quite disgruntled. I doubt that I will ever visit my local Infinity dealer again, why in the world should I?

Work Smart, Not Hard
I remember getting hired as an executive before opening my own advertising company. I worked for this guy who at the time I thought was a terrible manager. The truth is he happened to be one of the smartest managers I had ever met.Here’s why….He had very little advertising sales ability, and couldn’t close a sale if his life depended on it. What he did have however was the knack to hire the right people to do the job for him. What most of the employees did not know was he had talked his way into becoming an equal owner for no money down.When he spotted potential in a person, but they lacked the experience, he would ask a sales person to do him a favor. Since there was no salary and everyone worked on commission, he would get

was not a sales person to be found. Was I surprised; my expectation was to be met with open arms by a sales person expanding the virtues of the new Q45. I was wrong. Not a sales person to be found so I walked toward the back to a receptionist. Abruptly, she took my postcard and paged a parts clerk to get for me the box containing my gift. In the box were two cut crystal "bird bath" champagne glasses. That was it! What a colossal disappointment. This was not even close to world-class service. What a waist of money and energy for the dealer!

Customer Service Speaker Cites 5 Reasons Flying Sucks!
Having just come back from what was otherwise a delightful trip abroad, I started stewing about the lousy return flight I took.Why was this experience the absolute worst part of the trip, surpassing the bad plumbing and other inconveniences that I suffered?That flight is emblematic of the five reasons flying sucks:(1) Flying wastes time. Having to check in hours before a flight is unnecessary. When you calculate this lost time, along with what it takes to drive to an airport, park the car, and catch a shuttle, it makes driving to your destination, if it is within 300-400 miles, seem more convenient.(2) The airline made me wait 5 hours between connecting flights, although TWO earlier flights were available. Undoubtedly,

ssal disappointment. This was not even close to world-class service. What a waist of money and energy for the dealer!

Significant Pointers for Printing Catalogs
More often than not when talking about advertising materials people always tend to perceive them as a tool that benefits companies. However what they do not know is that, these materials keeps them informed and aware of the latest updates and newest products the company has.In relations with that businesses are benefited in a way that they could spread out and keep their clients informed of what the latest and newest updates they have. Making use of the materials could also help to preserve a good relationship and networking bond among clients, customers, prospects and business associates.In lieu with the many materials that are available at present, making use of catalogs can be a good start. Printing catalogs could unbearably answ

y. They lost a potential sale! Why in the world invite potential buyers to a sales event and not even ask them to look at your wares? Am I crazy to expect that they might offer to me the chance to purchase a world-class luxury car? Have you ever been guilty of the same sin? Have you ever invited customers to visit your business and not been ready?

Federal Trade Commission Screws Over Small Business Again!
Recently the Federal Trade Commission put forth a franchise report for possible rule making. In the report is offers possible law changes, which will screw over small business. Isn’t this so typical of the Washington DC bureaucracy with their fingers up everyone’s you know what? The Federal Trade Commission appears to want to revamp the franchise rule and effectively crush small business franchised outlets.The biggest issue now in American Commerce is how can small businesses compete with the larger Box Stores? Well, through economies of scale, small business co-ops and franchising. But if franchising is inhibited in the market place you have in fact eliminated the competition of the giant corporate box stores. Yet small business employ

Let's explore some ideas to counter the lost opportunity scenario in your business:

1. Explain the big picture to ALL your employees. Tell them how they will influence the results and how the results will influence their employment and income status.

2. Allow your team to have an ownership rather than just a buy-in on the event. This is achieved by letting them have some say about how the event will be handled. Your staff has valuable ideas to offer, all you have to do is listen.

3. Incentive is effective. The carrot is far better than the stick in any customer service situation. Try giving a bonus or spiff to EACH team member based on the total effectiveness and profitability of the event. If your people receive a commission on sales, make the spiff beyond their usual compensation. This will create more of a team effort.

4. Be ready for the party. Invite your customers and have your act together when they attend. This means higher staffing and inventories for the event. Never allow a customer to walk in with high expectations and out with a deflated bubble because you were out of stock or your people were out of energy. Exceed your customers' expectations.

5. Partner with another local business to make the event a "double dip" for your customers. Having two activities in the same general geographical location gives them more of a reason to attend. Today people art short on time so help them out, make it worth their time and effort to visit your place of business.

6. Show by actions that you are genuinely pleased that your customers have arrived. Do more than just have an expressionless "parts clerk" hand them a gift box and walk away. If you give a

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