Free gym membership up for grabs 9th October 2012 3:50 PM
“Saying that I can't justify a 20 minute drive to the gym when theres one two minutes down the road.”
My gym is a ten minute walk. All I need to do is start using it again
PostsMy gym is a ten minute walk. All I need to do is start using it again Cold calls 9th October 2012 12:47 PM “How do you make cold calls... What should be the best opening line...” I think cold calls are a curse of modern business, but accept they have their place, and will confess to using them when we first started. The ones that wind people up are automated, as Barney says, plus aggressive hungry sales people. We know you are on a target commission driven salary, but if it comes over as aggressive, then it just smells of desperation. In my mind, no sale should be attempted from a cold call, and certainly no one in their right mind should agree to anything from a cold call. So treat it as a lead generation, warm people up, be polite, try humour, have a thick skin But just target businesses.Don't phone people at home! Especially early evening. If you've been working all day, do you really want to talk out being miss sold PPI insurance as you sit down with your family for a meal  How Nice to see 9th October 2012 12:32 PM “...It just seemed funny to me seeing starlings perched on the freezers without a care in the world...” The birds were flying around inside the store??  Hmmm wonder how long the bread rolls on display lasted...< note toself - stick with Morrisons >  Google Plus is now open to everyone! 9th October 2012 11:23 AM “I have a Google Plus account but it hard to understand. I still dont understand how to be part of other people circles. I have many in my circle but I am a part of a few friends circle, help me if you can? I personally think Facebook in easy!” I think Google+ is a bit clumsy personally, and agree FB is much slicker! Circles wise, just select your circles, you can create and edit circles to make them logical to you, as well as break down groups, the theory being you can send a selective post to a group, ie one of your circles. To get in other peoples circles, then the trick seems to be just like other social networks like twitter, FB etc, you follow like minded people, or businesses that interest you, and some may follow you back.  Eurozone rescue fund - too little too late? 8th October 2012 1:04 PM "The eurozone's new permanent fund to bail out struggling economies and banks will be launched later at a meeting of finance ministers. The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) will have a full lending capacity of 500bn euros ( Pinnacle Profiler ver for Win 7? 8th October 2012 12:19 PM How franchising system is good for establish business? 8th October 2012 11:31 AM “I am not satisfied with franchising system and i think it is not good for an establish business. What is your opinion?” As Dreamraven says, franchising is an extremely successful model. What's your issue, is it with a particular franchise, or from bad experience of franchising yourself? Free gym membership up for grabs 8th October 2012 11:13 AM You mean it's the gym you go to, as opposed to owning it?  Or do we have the MD of the Gym Group with us! Which Article Sites do you recommend? 8th October 2012 11:07 AM ezinearticles seems to be the most popular. As to whether they are good places to market, this thread may be of interest: Article Writing Is It Still Worth Doing! Business Directory Renewal Scam 8th October 2012 11:01 AM “I then pass it all through to Trading Standards who hopefully are doing something with it...” Unfortunately Trading Standards are pretty stretched and these scams pop up, rip people off and then disappear before any legal wheels of justice have a chance to start grinding. Best defence is to be on your guard and never agree to anything from an initial phone call. 5 minutes research will normally expose 99% of these scams. I'll keep saying the same thing until I run out of breath! If it stops one person getting scammed, it's worth it... |
