As expected, during the Christmas time pretty much every retailer throws out discounts in an effort to draw in the holiday shoppers. What’s good for many people too is that a lot more businesses nowadays have a price matching policy where they not only match competitor prices but they also beat the difference by say […]
Of course today there was a ton of news as a result of Black Friday in the US. I saw one clip where a guy bought like over 6 microwaves which was kind of over the top I thought. There were actually many stores here who decided to run sales events too to try and […]
I just recently saw that there is going to be some good sales at various places where I’m sure people would love the items as Christmas gifts. Example, I see places selling brand new laptops/netbooks from about $99 to $200 where the prices are normally about $300 to $500. The good thing is that I […]
Looks like book is coming to an end as this is the second last chapter titled “Teamwork Is Vastly Overrated.†It’s kind of similar to the other points I read in the other chapters where Cloutier emphasizes that employees and your business structure should be follow a military type of setup. Basically, you are like […]
The chapter title was “Give Up Golf, Retreats, Off-Sites, and Trade Shows.†Cloutier sure bashes golf a lot in this chapter where he feels for the most part it just costs business owners a lot of time and money. Example, factoring in how much you have to spend on memberships as well as looking at […]
There wasn’t really too many strategies in this chapter as it was more like just a nag reminder. Interestingly enough, the title of the chapter is “Don’t treat sales like your mother-in-lawâ€. It just emphasized how most people hate the idea of having to do sales where you need to be pro active and convince […]