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The art of Networking is a key ability for any type of entrepreneur. Networking can bring you important information as well as give others important information about you. As an aspiring or current business owner, networking should be an area of interest of prime importance to you and the future of you business. For those of us working via the internet only, the concept of networking becomes at the same time daunting and almost hilariously easy. Just point and click. You can even get software to help you contact people you want to network with. Pers
• Example: If you create an attachment that fits on a lawnmower, your attachment will only work as long as the size and measurements of the lawnmower never change. So while you may have a good idea that solves a problem with that make and model of lawnmower, it’s
What makes a company successful over the long, long term? What characterizes the service relationship between companies and customers who do business together for decades, even generations?How can your company stay close to your customers even as times change, technologies change and expectations continually rise?What can you do to ensure your company’s future offers are relevant and valuable in the market?One powerful step forward is to explore your customers’ future needs and interests by cultivating Service Encounters of The Third
• Example: If a manufacturer designed a special blend of potting soil that made it so people never had to water plants, the new potting soil would be solving a problem. People would no longer need to remember to water plants or spend time caring for them. On the flip side, if that same manufacturer designed a special blend of potting soil that was red instead of black, the manufacturer isn’t really solving a real problem as the color of potting soil does not present a problem to most consumers.
2. Products that are dependent on another product are cumbersome. Innovation leads to change which leads to better products. Manufacturers are constantly improving their products to keep existing customers and attract new ones. If you create a product that depends on another product or attaches to another product, you run the risk of becoming obsolete. Stand-alone products are generally more appealing and easier to market over the long run.
• Example: If you create an attachment that fits on a lawnmower, your attachment will only work as long as the size and measurements of the lawnmower never change. So while you may have a good idea that solves a problem with that make and model of lawnmower, it’s
A few weeks ago, some friends and I were on our yearly trip to Nantucket. According to ritual we stopped by our favorite ice cream shop as soon as we got off the boat. My friend asked for whipped cream on his small cup of chocolate ice cream. The clerk proceeded to tell him that “whipped cream only comes with sundaes.” Thinking it was a cost issue, he offered to pay the extra twenty-five cents that they charge to put candy on a cup of ice cream, which he felt would surely cover the cost of a squirt of whipped cream. The clerk refused the offer saying that
• Example: If a manufacturer designed a special blend of potting soil that made it so people never had to water plants, the new potting soil would be solving a problem. People would no longer need to remember to water plants or spend time caring for them. On the flip side, if that same manufacturer designed a special blend of potting soil that was red instead of black, the manufacturer isn’t really solving a real problem as the color of potting soil does not present a problem to most consumers.
2. Products that are dependent on another product are cumbersome. Innovation leads to change which leads to better products. Manufacturers are constantly improving their products to keep existing customers and attract new ones. If you create a product that depends on another product or attaches to another product, you run the risk of becoming obsolete. Stand-alone products are generally more appealing and easier to market over the long run.
• Example: If you create an attachment that fits on a lawnmower, your attachment will only work as long as the size and measurements of the lawnmower never change. So while you may have a good idea that solves a problem with that make and model of lawnmower, it’s
Most people have been exposed to the 80/20 rule at some point in their lives. This is widely used to indicate that for 20% of your effort you can achieve 80% of your desired results. The rule is often referred to in the context of whether it is worth attempting to get 100% results, first time.The 80/20 rule often does not sit well within process driven environments. In many (if not all) large organisations there is a documented process for achieving a particular task. This is especially true within IT departments. There is a process for building a
2. Products that are dependent on another product are cumbersome. Innovation leads to change which leads to better products. Manufacturers are constantly improving their products to keep existing customers and attract new ones. If you create a product that depends on another product or attaches to another product, you run the risk of becoming obsolete. Stand-alone products are generally more appealing and easier to market over the long run.
• Example: If you create an attachment that fits on a lawnmower, your attachment will only work as long as the size and measurements of the lawnmower never change. So while you may have a good idea that solves a problem with that make and model of lawnmower, it’s
1. The philosophy of “build it and they will come” only works in the movies – marketing is essential to the success of any business, ignore it and your business will fail.2. Marketing is not like Christmas, you can’t just do it once a year – marketing is one of those ongoing activities in your business that you keep building and building. It’s not a one off exercise.3. Who are you? Before you can tell your customers who you are you need to know who you are. Ask yourself the questions – who am I aiming at, what does my business stand for, wha
• Example: If you create an attachment that fits on a lawnmower, your attachment will only work as long as the size and measurements of the lawnmower never change. So while you may have a good idea that solves a problem with that make and model of lawnmower, it’s
Many people will never be super rich because they don’t know what it takes to gather and sustain massive wealth. The rules of making money are the same--whether online or offline, in American or Asia, it is the same game. Here are five tips:One, you will never get rich working for a corporation or government. Your salary cannot afford a Bugatti Veyron which cost $1 million, or a $20 million mansion, or a Yatch that cost $280 million. You dare not buy a plane. The level of luxury of the super rich is way high. Unless you are one of those overpaid CE
• Example: If you create an attachment that fits on a lawnmower, your attachment will only work as long as the size and measurements of the lawnmower never change. So while you may have a good idea that solves a problem with that make and model of lawnmower, it’s better to stick with a free-standing product that is self-supporting.
3. Sex appeal sells. Even when you’re talking about a hand saw. Consumers are attracted to products both for what they do and how they look. The more bells and whistles you have, the more appeal your product has. Plus, it needs to look sexy, too. Color and design play a big part in a product’s success. This is especially important if your product is not the first of its kind. You need to be able to differentiate yourself and stand apart from all the other choices available to consumers.
• Example: Anyone can make a shower head, but a shower head with 10 different settings and an adjustable neck has more appeal and will typically sell better in the mass retail market. It doesn’t hurt if it comes in chrome, white and black, too.
4. Market research doesn’t have to be expensive. One of the most important aspects of launching any new product or service, market research is often skipped or overlooked because people think it costs too much. But in reality you don’t have to pay exorbitant amounts of money to conduct good market research. You don’t even need to hire a firm to do it for you. The best market research is often based on input from friends and fami
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