Month: March 2018

This is an interesting job. Big companies appoint mystery shoppers to go shopping for them. You will have to act as a customer and evaluate the behavior of their staff, the product knowledge, how they treat you, how they answer to your questions and many observations. After your visit, you will be given an online form. You have to fill it up with your suggestions, observations and commends. You will be paid nicely by mystery shopping companies. to is normal pay per shopping.

Now, we need to talk, we received a lot of calls and emails from our listeners/readers wanting some direction as the market has been on a downward spiral. So we’re going to try to do that but one thing that i do not want is for you to get emotional when it comes to the stock market. I said it yesterday and need to say it again because when emotion comes into play mistakes are made. This is the time to bottom fish and look for those gems that are being sold off.

Those who work in advertising agencies usually work in an office where they collaborate with fellow workers to come up with ideas and produce results for clients. PR agents, on the other hand, work more directly with clients and also the media.

You may also want to consider the first time you use this service to put an offer that must be redeemed by showing the text that was received. This will provide you with a direct measurable result of your mobile marketing company results. It can also help you decide which campaigns to use in the future as well.

If you have a pulse of the feelings your valued consumers, you cannot commit a mistake designing the label. To change a label for the product is also risky if your product is doing above average. People seek change in the product itself with a changed label. If they feel the change to be appreciable, it boosts the consumption and if they don’t, the excitement to take your product is diminished.

Lesson #1 – Make sure you ask for the business. I have just watched a beggar collect at least worth of donations in the last half hour with a sign that says – “I am saving up for a hooker, weed, wine and a steak dinner.” Not one of the people bothered to read his sign and know what they were even donating for. Not the family man with his wife and children, not the group of older people probably in their 80s, not the business man in the suit, nobody. The beggar obviously learned the power of asking, no matter what.

Years ago I attended a Las vegas show where the hypnotist on platform did just what everyone prospective. he hypnotized his volunteers right before our eyes.

People will willingly pay lots of money for a process that either speeds things up or slows things down. Although many people want things and processes that speed things up, just as many are fighting brain drain because of all the speed and want to slow things down. Change your process with your customers in mind, sell your unique advantage and experience to the customer and they will pay for the process.

This became a big media story with all kinds of motives attributed to the management. It took months to overcome the negative impact. In fact when Raju and I had gone to Singapore and Sydney some of the TV news channels there would ask him a question about that controversy during live interviews. He used to get upset and later ask me why I could not stop the interviewer from asking such questions. Unfortunately, he did not realize that professional journalists do not always ask what you want them to ask.

Networking groups meet once or twice a week and often vary in the niche or industry the group focuses on. Find a networking group in your area and offer discounts for them to hold their next meeting at your restaurant. You’ll get some regular business out of the deal and also get in with a group of influencers to help spread the word.

Like anything else in business, you simply need to go to professionals in this case as well. The best brains and talents are recruited in their service by the most successful advertising agencies. You may go to any of these successful firms for getting an impressive and lasting custom label for your product. Once designed the job left is that of getting that label printed.

Adding an identity program to your logo is a legitimate cost. Designing the business card, letterhead and envelope layouts are normally a higher priced package. You should receive camera ready files for each design.

I’m not sure how the survey was conducted and I’m never sure how companies calculate “loss”. One of my favorite examples of this problem comes from a friend who ran a bar in a ski area up north. Business was fine in winter when people were skiing but a little slow in the summer and shoulder seasons. So my friend suggested to his partner that they send a letter to all the adults for miles around inviting them to a party with a free open bar from 7 to 9 on a Friday night. “Are you nuts? We’ll lose a fortune,” screamed the partner. My friend ran the math and finally convinced his partner. And they did lose money from 7 to 9. But in the next six hours they had their best night ever! And for the rest of that off-season, they had one profitable night after another. The math worked.

It wouldn’t hurt, but more importantly, especially at pre-college levels, is your ability and passion for the topic and subject is most important. I think we both agree that you have that.

On the other hand, if you need an additional presentation of logos due to a complete change in direction on the companies part, there should be an extra fee. An example would be asking for a yellow duck logo design and changing your mind to a red dog design once the logos are presented to you.