My daughter is 100% correct. Marketing (researching where and to whom and how a product can be sold, aka “finding the needâ€) and advertising (telling those folks what you have and why they need yours) is the secret to a successful small business. Having the best widget or service (and the tools and equipment to make or do it) will net you nothing until a buyer knows you exist. That is why good franchise operations...
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Designer Brand Tools?
I can hardly believe it is November already. October was a busy month with Steve and Danielle’s marriage. Father of the groom has little to do, but with so much activity surrounding the event, time moves quickly. The older I get the faster the time moves anyway. I am running out of time to do things! I have been spending a little of the free time I have looking into part time business opportunities. That...
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I have noticed that blogs are getting a presence in movie TV programs. I watched a TV script last night where the bad guys brag about their evil deeds in their personal blogs. Even news reporters are quoting from blogs as if they are some sort of automatic authority. Terrorists like to brag on blogs. I guess maybe I too publish my evil deeds here. Ha! Someone could assume the blogs are to blame for...
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Cold snap still here in the Dallas, Tx area. Down in the 40’s at night. It is in the 50’s this morning. I put on a light jacket for the first time this Fall. Tomorrow will be back into the 70’s – 80’s so the cold doesn’t last long. I lived 40+ years in Ohio and 3 years in New Hampshire so I know what real cold weather is like. I’ll take this Texas stuff...
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