There’s no doubt that markets are becoming more confusing than ever, with the consumer faced with a bewildering range of options. This overwhelming choice has opened up an opportunity for anyone who can cut through the fog, and guide consumers in the right direction.
Few markets are more confusing than the one for beauty products. For $10 a month, Brooklyn based Birchbox send their subscribers a specially selected box of sample products each month. Subscribers can then buy full sized versions of anything they like at the companies website, and get their $10 credited from the price. All this is backed up by advice and tips from experts, who post articles and videos on the companies website.
This is something that could be adapted to other markets. Which other groups of consumers would appreciate receiving specially selected samples each month, supported by information and support from experts in the field? The health food and supplement market seems an obvious one for this. I’m sure there are plenty more. Time to think how it might apply to your own market.
Quote Of The Day
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what your not.”
Andre Gide
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“They say cheese gives you nightmares. Ridiculous! I’m not scared of cheese.”
Ross Noble
The Bones Of An Idea
I’d hesitate to say you can make a profitable business out of anything, but the range of possibilities open to you is probably wider than you might imagine. Who would have thought that an expertise in anthropology could lead to a profitable business, but that’s precisely what happened to a lecturer from Teeside University, who now makes an extra income analysing the human remains found by police and other authorities around the world.
Dr Tim Thompson started his Anthronomics business to cope with demand, and the work has taken him as far afield as Thailand where he was involved in identifying Tsunami victims and Kosovo where he was called upon to help identify bodies in mass graves.
I’m not suggesting that identifying bone fragments is a viable opportunity for you, but what I am suggesting is that there may be opportunities to make extra money hidden away in your own expertise or profession. Perhaps it’s time to give some thought to what may be right under your nose.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE RIDE DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streewise Customer,
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a guy making an astonishing claim. He claimed to be making £3,000-£6,000 a month using a gambling system which, when used correctly, could never lose!
Needless to say, there were all sorts of questions flying around my head…
I’ve seen detailed video evidence of this being done and it’s no exaggeration to say that this is the holy grail. If you hate losing, you’re going to love this.
Take a look now.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
P.S I’ve arranged for you to try this out risk free for the next 90 days. Once you’ve learned how to do this, you can use it for life.
There’s no doubt that cycling is on the up. You only have to be out on the roads in summer to realise that the number of recreational cyclists has multiplied. And the number of people using their bikes to commute has grown too. I might even be tempted to join them were it not for one thing – I don’t want to arrive at work sweaty, and then spend the day feeling scruffy. Commuters in Sao Paolo, Brazil have the perfect solution.
Café and bicycle repair shop Aro 27 offers commuters showering facilities as well as a place to safely park their bike. Aro 27 functions not only as a restaurant, but also a shop to buy cycling equipment and a repair centre and workshop to fix punctures or more serious problems. Visitors are able to park their bike in Aro 27’s secure storage and even enjoy a shower to freshen up before they hit the road again.
Might commuters in UK cities be prepared to pay to park their bike and shower before going off to work? Certainly, I know that many large firms already offer these facilities, but there must be many smaller ones that don’t. Something to research if your interested.
Quote Of The Day
“Life takes us on different pathes…It’s not up to us to evaluate or judge them, merely respect and embrace them.”
Sophia Kinsella
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“To the man on crutches, dressed in camouflage, who stole my wallet…you can hide but you can’t run.”
Milton Jones
Smashburger
We’ve discussed before how direct sales organisations like Avon are enjoying a boom in sales and a big rise in the number of agents. Further evidence of the trend is supplied via Mary Kay cosmetics in the United States who signed up a record 165,000 new freelance sales reps.
This seems to be a change precipitated by the economic downturn – people are looking for a low-hassle way to make some extra money and companies like these provide it. From the companies point of view, it’s also good news. They get a company representative who doesn’t earn a penny until they sell, plus access to all their contacts.
Might the direct sales agent business model be applicable to your business, venture or idea. If so, then now would be a good time to put it to the test.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL KICK BUTT DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streewise Customer,
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a guy making an astonishing claim. He claimed to be making £3,000-£6,000 a month using a gambling system which, when used correctly, could never lose!
Needless to say, there were all sorts of questions flying around my head…
I’ve seen detailed video evidence of this being done and it’s no exaggeration to say that this is the holy grail. If you hate losing, you’re going to love this.
Take a look now.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
P.S I’ve arranged for you to try this out risk free for the next 90 days. Once you’ve learned how to do this, you can use it for life.
October already! Harrison Murray Estate Agency and the Nottingham Estate Agency have issued a seasonal reminder and some hints and tips on how to keep your property safe.
‘Lighting. Consider installing motion-sensitive lighting fixtures above front doors, porches, garage doors and entrances to back gardens. Fit timers to indoor lights when you are out for the evening or going on holiday.’
‘Codes. If you are moving into a new property, familiarise yourself with the alarm and set a new passcode. And above all, don’t forget to use it!’
‘Locks. Securely bolt or padlock side/back gates. Fit window locks to all downstairs windows, and to easily accessible upstairs windows. Remove any ladders that could be used to gain access through upstairs windows or a flat roof.’
‘Be letterbox aware. As vehicle theft becomes more sophisticated, and often to order, thieves turn to letterboxes to obtain keys. Make sure you put these and other valuables out of easy reach and sight of the front door.’
‘Valuables. Put your mark on valuables with a UV pen – a discreet way to identify your items if they are stolen.’
‘Sheds. Many sheds are used to store cycles, garden equipment and tools. Ensure you have a sturdy padlock on your shed door. The same goes for your garage.’
‘Vision. If possible, don’t allow the front of your home to be obscured by trees or hedges that may provide hiding places for thieves.’
‘Opportunist thieves often turn to Facebook and Twitter to target unsuspecting victims, so don’t divulge information regarding your whereabouts. And never reveal that your property is empty.’
‘Neighbourhood Watch. Be a good neighbour and join the local Neighbourhood Watch group. If you are new to the area, this is also a great way of getting to know your neighbourhood and meeting new people.’
Quote Of The Day
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
Marilyn Monroe
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“An overweight guy went to the doctor who advised him to try a keep fit DVD. But the guy said he couldn’t be bothered.”Well” suggested the doctor, ‘try something that leaves you a little short of breath.” So the guy took up smoking.”
Jo Brand
Smashburger
There can be few markets more ‘mature’ than the one for fast food – and hamburgers in particular. With companies like Macdonalds, Burger King and dozens of others, firmly established in the market, it seems pretty unlikely that a newcomer could come along and prosper. And yet Smashburger have done just that in the US, opening over 200 restaurants in the past 5 years. They describe their strategy as a simple one – build a better burger.
I wouldn’t recommend starting a hamburger chain, unless you have very deep pockets, but the success of Smashburger proves something important – there’s always room in any market for individuals or companies who are prepared to go the extra mile, and sneak up on the sleepy or complacent, established competition.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL INNER BEAUTY DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streewise Customer,
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a guy making an astonishing claim. He claimed to be making £3,000-£6,000 a month using a gambling system which, when used correctly, could never lose!
Needless to say, there were all sorts of questions flying around my head…
I’ve seen detailed video evidence of this being done and it’s no exaggeration to say that this is the holy grail. If you hate losing, you’re going to love this.
Take a look now.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
P.S I’ve arranged for you to try this out risk free for the next 90 days. Once you’ve learned how to do this, you can use it for life.
My daughter’s school choir wasn’t behaving well, and their teacher wasn’t happy…
“You lot are a disgrace, ”he complained. “You only behave properly when there are visitors here. I went to another school last week and you should have seen those children. Well-behaved, polite and a pleasure to be around… not like you rabble. Why can’t you be like that?”
There was silence in the room, until one young girl, aged seven, had the courage to raise her hand. “Yes? ”said the teacher, more than a little irritated. “But sir, ”she protested, “you were the visitor!”
The seven-year-old had identified what millions of adults fail to grasp, that the grass only seems greener on the other side of the fence. When you get to look at it properly, more often than not it’s just a brown and weed-ridden, as you perceive your field to be.
Most people are keen to create a positive impression. That means they tend to emphasise the positive and hide or suppress the negative when presenting themselves and their lives to others. As an outsider, you rarely get a realistic impression. You’re not going to get a true picture of their school and you’re not going to get a true picture of their life either.
It’s very tempting to look at someone else’s life, business, job or relationship with envy. From the outside it can look more fulfilling, simple, lucrative or whatever it is that you feel yours isn’t. But you must always bear in mind that as a ‘visitor’, you can’t possibly see the full picture. That can only come when you get inside, and stay there for some time – when you get beneath the beautifully presented veneer surface.
People who neglect what’s underneath this veneer often spend their lives being seduced by the surface only to be disappointed by the harsh reality beneath. And what’s worse is, they repeat the same cycle over and over.
The key is to understand that, in most situations, you’re the ‘visitor’, and to treat what you hear, see and experience accordingly. This doesn’t mean replacing open-mindedness with cynicism, but it does mean abandoning the rose-tinted specs. Equally important is the necessity to fairly evaluate and appreciate what you already have. It’s a shame if you have to go to the trouble of clambering over the fence, before you can appreciate how green your own grass really is. And sometimes, the climb back over, is less than straightforward.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streewise Customer,
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a guy making an astonishing claim. He claimed to be making £3,000-£6,000 a month using a gambling system which, when used correctly, could never lose!
Needless to say, there were all sorts of questions flying around my head…
NAEA Propertymark has revealed the worst devaluers of a property.
‘Installing solar panels. The problem with technology is that it ages quickly, and it can be expensive to upgrade. Solar panels can also appear as unsightly and unattractive.’
‘Swimming pools. Although great fun for a weekend or two in the summer, swimming pools in Britain aren’t usually considered an attractive house feature. They’re expensive to maintain and use up a lot of space.’
‘Over personalisation. If your taste is particularly colourful or bold, it might be worth re-decorating before you start to market your home. Typically, modestly decorated homes are most desirable.’
‘Planning permission and building regulations. If you have had any works carried out while you’ve been living in the property, such as extensions or conversions, make sure you obtained appropriate planning permission and building regulations, and have access to these documents.’
‘Darkened rooms. If you have two identical properties, and one is bright and airy while the other is dark and dingy, nine times out of the ten, the brighter one will be worth more, because it’s more desirable.’
Quote Of The Day
“Whatever you’re going through in your life, don’t ever give up.”
Mariah Carey
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“25 years ago we had Johnny Cash, Bob Hope and Steve Jobs. Now we have no Cash, no Hope and no Jobs. Please don’t let Kevin Bacon die.”
Kevin Bacon
Upcycling Profits
If you watch the Apprentice, you may have seen an example of upcycling – the process of reusing unwanted items by converting them into something better. In this case, it was old clothes, scarves and ties which were transformed into new garments which sold at eye watering prices.
Upcycling is something of a trend, appealing as it does to the modern pre-occupation with environmental issues and reducing waste. We recently came across Dutch company Dead jeans who have taken this on board. They recognised that people can grow quite attached to their old jeans and that when they wear out, not all the garment is useless. With that in mind, if you carefully cut out the back pocket of your beloved denims, the company will fashion it into a felt lined phone sock. Price is a far from frugal 30 Euros. Not bad for the company when you figure out that someone else provided the materials!
So…could you bring a pair of old denims back to life in some way or other, which would yield a profit. Or could you upcycle some other garment? We’d love to hear how you get on with this, although anyone who decides to try something with old underpants will be excluded from the newsletter without warning!
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL GET FUNKY DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streewise Customer,
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a guy making an astonishing claim. He claimed to be making £3,000-£6,000 a month using a gambling system which, when used correctly, could never lose!
Needless to say, there were all sorts of questions flying around my head…
I’ve seen detailed video evidence of this being done and it’s no exaggeration to say that this is the holy grail. If you hate losing, you’re going to love this.
Take a look now.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
P.S I’ve arranged for you to try this out risk free for the next 90 days. Once you’ve learned how to do this, you can use it for life.
You’ve no idea how lucky you are that I’m here today writing this, because if it weren’t for Steve Ashman and the insatiable appetite of the Skegness slot machines, my life would almost certainly have taken a completely different path. I think I’d better explain.
Back in the days of flared trousers and platform shoes I harboured ambitions of becoming a pop star. I had the electric guitar, knew five chords (two more than Status Quo) and had practised signing my autograph to the point of inducing repetitive strain injury. I was ready. All I needed now was a band.
As luck would have it, I was surrounded by four equally deluded mates, one of whom couldn’t play anything at all but who lived in a pub with a perfect rehearsal room. Obviously, he’d be the lead singer. We were ready to go – all apart from one thing.
Steve Ashman was to be our drummer – a drummer who had just one thing standing between him and rock super-stardom – he didn’t own a set of drums. Rumour had it, that he’d once owned a set, but had traded them in at the local swap shop for some fishing tackle and an air pistol. Not a problem though. He’d saved £50 from his summer job on a burger van and would use that to obtain the missing piece in our jigsaw… just as soon as he returned from his holiday in Skegness. I think you can probably guess the rest.
When Steve returned from Skegness he didn’t have a penny to his name, all £50 had been donated to the amusement arcade owner’s benevolent fund. And that was it – the dream was over. The world had lost what would almost certainly have become one of the all-time great bands. And all for the want of a set of drums.
I was thinking about that while watching a TV programme called Before They Were Famous.
I’m sure you have probably seen it, or shows like it. The idea is that they dig into the archives and find footage of famous people before they made it ‘big’, and here’s what’s interesting. No matter who the ‘star’ is – no matter how they might seem to have burst onto the scene from nowhere, there’s always plenty of footage.
One show featured, amongst others, Ricky Gervais, who nobody had either seen or heard of before The 11 O’Clock Show and The Office. And yet, there he was on a TV show from the early 1980s as a singer in a New Romantics-style group… twenty years before he became an ‘overnight success’. It’s the same story with all the X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent-type show contestants. The impression given is that they’ve all just walked in off the street for their one and only shot at fame and fortune. But, once the winners have been chosen, the old video clips start to surface. And what you see time and again is evidence of a life dedicated to the pursuit of fame: childhood TV advertisements, small appearances in plays and soap operas, singing and dancing spots on various TV shows. In fact, anything which furthers their craving for fame.
The point I’m trying to make is this. It takes years of effort and sacrifice to become an overnight success. When you see someone burst from nowhere to great success, you’re only seeing the very tip of a massive iceberg. And what lurks below the surface is the hard work and persistence that put that person in a position to break through and give the impression that it was all fairly effortless.
If by some miracle, I do become a star of either stage or screen, there would be no appearances on Before They Were Famous for me, because I’ve never done anything anybody ever thought was remotely worth filming! Contrary to my opening remarks, if I’d had even the slightest talent or aptitude for life as a rock god, I wouldn’t have let Steve Ashman’s deficiency in the drum department hold me back. I’d have found another drummer, or raised the £50 we needed some other way. I’d have persisted.
Fact is, it was one of those daft pipe dreams that all teenage lads have, and I had neither the talent nor the commitment to even give myself a ghost of a chance of success. I gave up at the very first hurdle – it just wasn’t easy enough for me. Overnight success is a perception for the audience, but never a reality for the performer.
I’m sure you’re ahead of me here, but this holds true for whatever it is that you’re striving for. There will be setbacks, failures and disappointments along the road to achieving success in every field. There will be an apprenticeship to serve, almost certainly some pain and anguish to endure.
But when you get there, when you reach your goal, all your ‘audience’ will see is the success. They won’t see anything of what went in to achieving it.
A lot of people give up on what they’re trying to achieve because they spend too much time in the ‘audience’. Whatever field you’re in, you nearly always spend quite a bit of time in the ‘audience’ before taking the plunge as a ‘performer’. And from the audience’s perspective, success is easily obtained. Just the tip of the iceberg is visible remember. Now, step over the threshold from audience member to performer, from spectator to player, from wage slave to businessperson and it all comes as a bit of a shock. The success doesn’t come anywhere near as quickly as it appears to everyone else. You’re still coming to this from the perspective of a spectator remember… a place where only the end result is visible. And so the temptation, the instinct, is to give up because your spectator’s expectations have come up against the harsh reality of life as a player. And you’re just not prepared for it.
I remember very well being totally demoralised when my first attempts at making some money by my own efforts (rather than just turning up and being given a salary at the end of the month) didn’t get the results I felt they deserved. I looked around at the other people who’d stepped out of the audience to become performers, and couldn’t believe that they were prospering so well while I was struggling. But what I couldn’t see was the ‘iceberg of struggle’ that had already taken place for them in the past, and which to a certain extent, was still taking place on a daily basis.
I said earlier, that if I were to become famous, there would be no old video clips to show. Well I didn’t become famous, but I have had some business success. There are no video clips, but there’s plenty of evidence of earlier efforts to create an independent income that resulted in less than glittering success. There was the dating agency, and the CV writing business and the multi-level marketing business and the… no… it’s too painful to go on!
Now to be fair, some of these efforts couldn’t be called a failure… but just like Robbie Williams’ appearance as a dancer on children’s TV, they do look fairly pathetic in the light of what was to come later. But they were a necessary stage in the transition from audience member to competent performer.
Sadly, most people are so traumatised by the reality of taking the first steps to becoming a performer – it’s so much more difficult than they expect – that they give up very quickly; often believing that the established performers must have had some lucky break or advantage they don’t know about. How else can you explain the ease of their ‘overnight’ success?’
The answer is that all massive overnight success is the end result of years of ‘invisible’ experimentation, persistence and hard work. And there’s little point in stepping out of the audience and onto the stage unless you’re mentally prepared for that reality.
Kind Regards
John Harrison
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streetwise Customer,
Imagine if your betting profits were a nailed on 100% certainty…that you wereguaranteed to never lose a bet…and that there was a totally fool proof system youcould deploy that would only ever win or break even at worst. Well thanks to a rule which every bookmaker in the UK is forced to follow, you dont have to imagine it.
Becouase It’s The Loophole To End All Loopholes!
And for reasons I’ll explain fully, it’s a loophole that’s open to anyone and everyone with an internet connection…and it will be open forever.
Here’s your chance to find out about this secret loophole for yourself, because Nick has come up with a unique offer that will put almost £300 in your pocket…even if you prove him wrong!
There seems little doubt that parking in major cities is only going to get worse. That’s the issue behind Parking Auction, a new I phone app which attempts to match users with spaces.
The app was launched recently on Manhattans Upper West Side. Users can log on and for a fee, and be connected to another user who is vacating a space – for a fee. Strictly speaking, it isn’t legal to ‘sell’ a parking space and so what the service is providing, is ‘information’. I’m not sure what the difference is in practical terms though.
Having spent more time than I care to think about, driving around towns and cities looking for that elusive parking spot, I can fully appreciate the need. Who wouldn’t pay a couple of quid for a parking space when they’ve been driving around for twenty minutes? Perhaps one to investigate here in the UK then.
Thinking more broadly, what other ‘free resource’ might be ripe for similar treatment? I’d happily pay to take someone’s place at the front of a queue for example. Could that be a basis of an app based service as well?
Quote Of The Day
“When things get you down, make the best of your own life rather than worrying about what everyone else thinks.”
Dita Von Teese
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen. It said: ‘Parking Fine.’ So that was nice.”
Tim Vine
Superior Swimwear
Successful businesses often have their birth in a personal problem. So it was with Manchester student Alex Dixon when she was looking for swimwear for her own curvy figure. There simply weren’t the attractive designs which were available to those with smaller sized breasts.
With the help of a £2,500 government loan Alex set up Beach Bacchanal, which allows customers to have a hand in designing their own swimwear through online liaison. The key benefit is that the brand brings the styles which are normally only available for slimmer figures, to a wider audience with a D cup or above.
I don’t know much about woman’s swimwear but I do know that mainstream clothing manufaturers seem to focus on a pretty narrow band of body shapes with what they can offer, and that many people who fall outside of the ‘norm’ are left short changed. Swimwear is just one area of clothing where this type of opportunity exists.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL BODY LANGUAGE DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streetwise Customer,
Imagine if your betting profits were a nailed on 100% certainty…that you were guaranteed to never lose a bet…and that there was a totally fool proof system you could deploy that would only ever win or break even at worst. Well thanks to a rule which every bookmaker in the UK is forced to follow, you dont have to imagine it.
Becouase It’s The Loophole To End All Loopholes!
And for reasons I’ll explain fully, it’s a loophole that’s open to anyone and everyone with an internet connection…and it will be open forever.
Here’s your chance to find out about this secret loophole for yourself, because Nick has come up with a unique offer that will put almost £300 in your pocket…even if you prove him wrong!
One of the subjects I can rant on at will (of which there are many!) is the sizing of shirts. It’s just so difficult to get one to fit properly, and it’s not hard to see why. We’re all different shapes and sizes and the mainstream manufacturers do little more than give you the small/medium/large sizing options. A New Jersey based company is tackling the problem.
Stantt has gathered data about the different shapes of men’s bodies using 3D modelling in order to develop a system for easily creating clothing that fits, to order. Stantt customers simply enter in their chest, waist and sleeve length and the company will automatically pick the best shirt shape and size out of a range of 50 in order to best suit their needs.
Threadmason is another company that is challenging the generic sizing of men’s clothing. Using the same three measurements, the New-York based company has created 24 sizes that offer varying lengths and cuts for the torso and sleeves for T shirts.
These are two US based companies. I’m not sure whether a similar service exists here in the UK, but the problem certainly does. Consumers are increasingly demanding more choice, and there are profits to be made for those who deliver it.
Quote Of The Day
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.”
Charlie Chaplin
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“I asked my date what she wanted to drink. She said, ‘Oh, I guess I’ll have Champagne. ‘I said, ‘Guess again.”
Slappy White
Online Mapping
Online mapping seems to be an idea with almost infinite spin-off potential. I recently came across “walk, jog, run” which enables you to map and then get data on any walk or run you’ve either done or are considering.
Site users can store walks or runs they’ve done for other users to view and copy. Other sites map film locations, music venues and beauty spots. A site has even recently been set up in San Fransisco to map every tree in the city.
Whatever your interest, it seems there’s a potential to set up a mapping site linked to it, and once you’re under way, much of the content will be supplied by site users, who by their nature will be geographically dispersed and ‘on the spot’ to provide the local low down.
So, what information would you like to see mapped? If you’d like to see it, and it’s not available yet, chances are that other people would like to see it as well.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL HAIR DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streetwise Customer,
Imagine if your betting profits were a nailed on 100% certainty…that you were guaranteed to never lose a bet…and that there was a totally fool proof system you could deploy that would only ever win or break even at worst. Well thanks to a rule which every bookmaker in the UK is forced to follow, you dont have to imagine it.
Becouase It’s The Loophole To End All Loopholes!
And for reasons I’ll explain fully, it’s a loophole that’s open to anyone and everyone with an internet connection…and it will be open forever.
Here’s your chance to find out about this secret loophole for yourself, because Nick has come up with a unique offer that will put almost £300 in your pocket…even if you prove him wrong!
Google haven’t done too badly over the past 20 years or so – are we agreed on that? Then it makes sense that we can all learn something from the way they operate…something we can use in our own businesses and enterprises.
The people at Google realised something important fairly early – it’s virtually impossible to predict which products or services will take off and fly, and which will crash and burn fairly quickly. And so they don’t waste time perfecting an idea before launching it on the market.
Teams are urged to launch quickly, perfect what’s working based on feedback from users, and drop the losers fast. It’s an approach that can be a little stressful from a customer service point of view (lots of people using products which aren’t properly developed) but as a vehicle for getting things done fast, it takes some beating.
One of the huge mistakes I see people making all the time, is perfecting an offering before even finding out whether enough people want it. Far better to have an imperfect product which everyone wants than a perfect one without a market.
Quote Of The Day
“If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.”
Herodotus
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“When you buy a V-neck sweater there’s a V of material missing. You know what they do with that? They send it to Ann Summers and she makes those fancypants.”
Harry Hill
Dating Service For Married People
Dating agencies face a paradox which is far from unique – the more successful they are at their job, the quicker they lose their customers. It’s a problem which wasn’t lost on the owners Howaboutwe, who found their membership dwindling – not because they were bad, in fact quite the reverse. The solution they came up with could be a model for other businesses in the same position.
The company launched a new dating portal for married/committed couples with the aim of helping them keep the magic alive by getting out of their rut and out on the town. The site provides information and advice to help keep romance alive.
Every business that solves customer problems should ask themselves the following question – “What might my customer need next?” Once you have a relationship with a customer, it’s a shame to leave someone else to benefit from serving their future needs.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL MUD PACK DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
Dear Streetwise Customer,
Imagine if your betting profits were a nailed on 100% certainty…that you were guaranteed to never lose a bet…and that there was a totally fool proof system you could deploy that would only ever win or break even at worst. Well thanks to a rule which every bookmaker in the UK is forced to follow, you dont have to imagine it.
Becouase It’s The Loophole To End All Loopholes!
And for reasons I’ll explain fully, it’s a loophole that’s open to anyone and everyone with an internet connection…and it will be open forever.
Here’s your chance to find out about this secret loophole for yourself, because Nick has come up with a unique offer that will put almost £300 in your pocket…even if you prove him wrong!
Giving a unique twist to an established product or service can often give a competitive advantage. That’s the thinking behind Toronto based film event Mise, which provides guests with an entire menu of dishes, inspired by meals eaten by the film characters themselves.
The company aims to give viewers an additional sensory aspect to their experience of films. The first event offered a four-course meal featuring dishes from the 1996 film Big Night, which follows the story of two Italian brothers running a falling restaurant in the USA.
As the characters on screen wash down a tomato consommé and antipasto sandwich, the audience gets to do the same. So far, Mise has created a menu for both Big Night and the Steve Martin film Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and more events are in the pipeline.
Is this an idea you could copy in your own location? Can you think of anything else that you could pair up with a film to make an enhanced experience for customers?
Quote Of The Day
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks, will accomplish nothing in life.”
Muhammad Ali
Alternative Quote Of The Day
“I was doing some decorating, so I got out my step-ladder. I don’t get on with my real ladder.”
Harry Hill
Money Statistics…
. Two-thirds of all US$100 bills are held outside the US.
. The first paper money was made in China over 1,000 years ago.
. The first coins were minted around 2500 years ago.
. In 2011, Americans spent around US$61.4 billion on their pets.
. More Monopoly money is printed each year than actual money.
. In 1920, credit cards were first used in the United States.
. The International Space Station is the world’s most expensive object ever built at US$150 billion.
. The first Bitcoin transaction was to buy a pizza for 10,000 Bitcoins.
. McDonald’s makes about US$75 million per day.
. Pablo Escobar had enough cash that rats ate almost $1 billion of his money each year.
. Apple earns US$300,000 per minute.
Today’s National Day
NATIONAL SONS DAY!
PUBLISHERS NOTICE
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