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Does Your Brand Pass the KISS Test?
You've heard the adage Keep It Simple Sweetie (K.I.S.S.)? Well, that saying couldn't be more true when it comes to personal branding. Like many areas of life, keeping things simple is the most effective tact and personal branding is no exception.No matter how challenging or 'unique' your business is your brand will always be more relatable and effective when your target audience can understand it in mere seconds. If you find yourself having to over educate your audience, that's a sure sign that your brand has not passed the K.I.S.S. test.The most powerful personal brands are built on a three-prong approach - your brands three most critical messages tha

1,500 Puzzle Pieces... Minus One!
Vincent bought a 1,500-piece jigsaw puzzle from Robinson’s Department Store for his wife. He writes:‘After spending two months on the puzzle, she was upset to find a last piece missing. We searched the house but the piece eluded us. At our wits’ end, we went to Robinson’s for help.‘To our great surprise, the staff, without asking another question, simply opened a new box of the same puzzle and assisted us in searching for our missing piece. Today, we are loyal shoppers at Robinson’s – need I say more?’Imagine the scene as Vincent, his wife and the sales staff pored through 1,500 pieces to find the missing piece. Imagine the feeling of intent col

Everyone knows that a carefully selected wine can make an ordinary meal into a dining experience. But oftentimes relying on common knowledge isn’t enough to drive sales to your door. Beer, wine, and spirits retailers must be as aggressive and innovative in their marketing techniques as any other retailer—and sometimes more. Consumers frequently see beer, wine, and spirits as commodity-level products, and as such focus on details such as proximity to home or office when choosing a retail location. In order to drive customers to your front door you must, 1. Speak to a specific audience, 2. Draw customers to your door with an enticing offer, and 3. Give them a reason to return.

Speaking to a Specific Audience

Imagine moving to a new town. Chances are your move is the culmination of an extended process that includes finding a new job, finding a new place to live, and leaving familiar routines behind. New movers are typically excited, but often arrive at their new homes tired, frustrated, and confused. Unpacking is

Starting a New Business? Here are the Accounting Decisions You Need to Make
Starting a new business is exciting, but in that excitement are a lot of decisions to be made. Out of all them all, the financial backbone of your business needs to be seriously taken into consideration. A large part of that are the accounting decisions you will need to make. When starting a new business, you will want to spend some time on the following areas:The type of organization your business is . Are you a sole proprietor or are you in business with someone else? Will you organize as a partnership or as a corporation? Limited liability companies are the newest form of entity – is this form right for your business? Choosi

ilers must be as aggressive and innovative in their marketing techniques as any other retailer—and sometimes more. Consumers frequently see beer, wine, and spirits as commodity-level products, and as such focus on details such as proximity to home or office when choosing a retail location. In order to drive customers to your front door you must, 1. Speak to a specific audience, 2. Draw customers to your door with an enticing offer, and 3. Give them a reason to return.

Speaking to a Specific Audience

A Holistic View of Six Sigma
"Only the overall review of the entire business as an economic system can give real knowledge" - Peter F. DruckerNo one needs to emphasize the holistic approach the Six Sigma deployment takes on overall business processes. All processes in an organization present at least one opportunity for improvement. Having a limited picture about the limitations of Six Sigma and its applications projects an all together different picture.At the enterprise level, each company must consider the entire application of the project and this is certainly beyond the line employee level.A Little BackgroundWe have all known Six Sigma as a deployment strategy r

on details such as proximity to home or office when choosing a retail location. In order to drive customers to your front door you must, 1. Speak to a specific audience, 2. Draw customers to your door with an enticing offer, and 3. Give them a reason to return.

Speaking to a Specific Audience

Secret Shopping - Evaluating Objectively Your Employees’ Activity
The basis of the birth of secret shopping is the employer’s need to have the right perspective of the performance of its employees.When it comes to optimum running business, there are a few aspects you need to settle, in order to have the correct image. These aspects include the sales and promoter’s activity, the level of the business, managers’ way of dealing with customer related issues.Secret shopping or mystery shopping, as it is sometimes called, is about evaluating the performance of your workers. It can enable you, as a business owner, to have an objective perspective on the daily work and activities of your employees, services, on how your comp

ticing offer, and 3. Give them a reason to return.

Speaking to a Specific Audience

Mexico Is The Greatest Consumer Of Beverages, Learn How To Sell To This Market
Mexico is the #1 consumer of soda in the world per capita. Mexicans thirst for new beverages is great but supply is small. Learn how to be the first to market to penetrate this growing marketMexico has always been at the top of the list when it comes to Beverage Consumption. Mexico leads most categories in beverage or is in the top 10 per capita and as a country.Superstores, supermarkets and convenience stores give beverages number 1 priority in shelve space. When you go into some of these stores you see how different the beverage shelves look.I often travel Monterrey, Mexico City, Tijuana and Guadalajara checking retail accounts like supermark

includes finding a new job, finding a new place to live, and leaving familiar routines behind. New movers are typically excited, but often arrive at their new homes tired, frustrated, and confused. Unpacking is tedious, they are unfamiliar with their surroundings, and they often feel out of touch with both their friends and the world.

Believe it or not, these new movers represent a perfect potential market. New movers are unfamiliar in their new surroundings, and are eager to establish new routines with local businesses. So, why not send each new mover a note welcoming them to the community with an enticing product offer? Simply by reaching out to new members of your community, you are well on your way to establishing a new and loyal customer relationship.

Enticing Customers

It works like this: When you send new movers your welcome note, include a coupon offering a free bottle of wine, free 12-pack of beer, or free bottle of spirits. Not a “buy-one-get-one free” or a “discounted price” offer, but a genuin

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The best jobs don't necessarily go to the best person for that job. They will however go to the person who does the best job of conveying why it should be them chosen and not the next in line.

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