Archive for November, 2007

The Positive Way To Deal With Complaints

Everybody hates it when their customers complain, don’t they? Yet the way you deal with a complaint can help you become a business success. Why do I say this? Because complaints almost always come from people who want to continue dealing with you.

Ten Easy Ways To Discount And Lose Money

Many business owners end up passing on discounts to their customers without intending to. Are you guilty of any of these profit-reducing practices? 1. Forgetting to explain your terms of business before starting work If you do not explain your terms from the outset you leave yourself open to misunderstandings. If your terms of business [...]

How Packaging Can Transform An Industry

Some industries are keeping current with innovative packaging technologies better than others. Packaging innovation can move your business from a commodity driven product into a premium product category. Not only that, it can build sales and create its own unique niche with little or no competition. Entire new categories of product have been created around [...]

Consultants & Coaches: Don’t Let Your Clients Deskill You!

Do you remember that brave guy who jumped into the icy Potomac River to save some of the passengers from a plane that slid off the runway into the drink? Without doubt, he was a hero, hurling himself into harm’s way as he did.

Business Card Cases: Unique Because You Are – Too

“Let me give you my business card,” you say as you whip out a metallic business card case. Then, as cool as cucumber, you offer your business card to the other person. Business cards are as much a part of your business as your product or service. It gives your business a name and separates [...]