It is not a management strategy or a project - Customer service is what retailers do... Full stop. It is not about smiles, not about tolerating rude customers or solving customer complaints. It is something altogether different - and that is the challenge that a retailer faces. To create and deliver profitable customer experiences. It is not even about buying, merchandising or pricing. It is about how buying, merchandising and pricing 'could'...more
Promotional merchandise forms an integral part of advertising for business promotion today. Fiercely competitive commercial world has prompted the entrepreneurs across the globe adopting multiple types of methods to promote their products and services online. In the forefront of the list of useful business promotion tools is the promotional merchandise. From T-shirts to badges and desktop accessories to promotional bags, promotional merchandise...more
Basically promotional items are a set of products that are used either for marketing or for developing communication programs. Most of the enterprises today resort to distribution of such promotional items that could immensely improve the status and stature of a commercial organization. Such items would ordinarily come with the company logo, name, messages, and other images imprinted on them so that it remains in the view of user and their visitors constantly and thus promote the brand name. While the normal practice in the business circle is gifting away such promotional items to the prospective customers, they are also used in various other ways. For instance a budding entrepreneur can gift them to his employees thus generating a feeling of belonging and confidence among them. On the other hand they are also widely used in conferences, meetings, and seminars where people gather to discuss and in exhibitions and trade shows promoting the image of the company considerably. The only precaution that one should take is to see that the promotional item select fits into the occasion perfectly. For instance the promotional umbrellas could be perfect for exhibitions, games and sports, and...more
If you are searching for an ideal gift that would suit both the existing and newcomer customers alike, you could consider promotional bags. Despite the fact that such items are gifted away for brand promotion imprinting the logos, names, messages or images of your company and its brand, you just cannot afford to be lavish in your spending. Striking...more
SCADA is a short term for the business term referred to as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. This is vital in the monitor and control of infrastructural, industrial and manufacturing applications. This component functions through the interference of the integrated computer network that is set inside business controls. While they can be very...more
Jan Vermeer or Johannes Vermeer van Delft (1632-1675) was a talent Dutch Baroque painter who painted life scenes in his Oil Paintings. It was his main topic for long time. Actually, he created some of the most exquisite paintings in Western art. All Vermeer's works are admired for the sensitivity with which he rendered effects of color and light and for the poetic quality of his images. Jan Vermeer is very recognized in Europe for its majestic works. Jan was the second child of Reynier Janszoon Vos and Digna Baltens and from an early age he had inclination for art.Vermeer married Catharina Bolnes in 1653 and had fifteen children, unfortunately, four of them died for diverse reasons. There is no record about his training as painter; however, Jan Vermeer had influence of Carel Fabritius, Leonaert Bramer and Dirck van Baburen. After a long artistic career, Jan Vermeer is one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. Vermeer didn't paint a lot of Oil Paintings during his life. Jan Vermeer created transparent colors by applying paint to the canvas in loosely granular layers, this technique was denominate pointill.The following list contains the most famous Oil Paintings of Jan...more
Managing terrorism threats can be very daunting challenge for most business directors. Especially as most business owners and directors have little if any formal security training to fall back on. Herein lies the problem.As a company director you...more
Last couple of issues I talked about how either moving too fast or too slow can sabotage your success. (You can read part 1 and 2 here: http://www.michelepw.com/blog ) Today I'm going to talk about a place where entrepreneurs typically move too fast...more
Getting ideas for fundraising, that pay off, is usually one of the most challenging decisions you accomplish in this process. There are thousands of options. You need to move toward this decision like a small business. However, you need to keep it...more
Sometimes challenging to outline, especially in these tough economic times the fund raising idea needs to be of usefulness both to your possible customer, as well as to the bottom line of the organzation you're working for. Sometimes it feels like...more
Let there be no doubt about it, wholesale products are both essential to - and a management headache for - any retail business model. Almost anyone who has been involved in retail can tell horror stories about a time when their company purchased the...more
When I was struggling as a child, my mom would always tell me" Patience and persistence." I think of my mom's saying every time I attend a different networking event. Be in it for the long haul. All of us would love to instantly find that person who...more