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    ATTRACTING BUSINESS

    Some places have to get their appliances tested by law so find out what they are and target them with material and special offers. Hotels and prisons spring to mind. All TV sets in prisons need to be regularly checked , for example, and these days an average jail may have 600 or so. Find...
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    Finding wholesalers

    please post the url.
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    And its hello from Boo...

    Hi Boo, I really like your site and esp. your "Whole Deal" concept. Very nice. I've bookmarked it in case I need something like this instead of a bespoke e-commerce site. Impressed - I think it's a very good deal for the price. Ian
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    The Friday Team

    Hi Roz, Welcome! Slightly bizarre website: "What's new in Malawi" "What's new in Nottinghamshire" I'd separate them onto different pages. It is unlikely you'll get customers needing both.
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    Another New Member!

    Paresh, I'm in Tameside too - if I advertise your products in my premises what delivery terms and percentage do I get? There are no shops selling printer cartridges within 3 miles of my shop. PM me pls.
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    Finding wholesalers

    It really depends what business you're in, but I use all sources - internet, trade mags, reviews of new products and (best of all) ring up a similiar business that is too far away to be a competitor and pick their brains.
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    Are you involved in a technology-based business?

    done
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    Want to start a startup?

    Cracking read
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    EBAY BUSINESS

    Go to a small PO with not much business and they'll normally be happy for you to just drop stuff off and the following day come in and pay when you drop off the next lot. Saves a lot of time and they'll stamp everything up for you. Unlikely to work in a big town branch though.
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    Selling a product in Bulk!!

    Contact GROCER magazine. They do a section on new products and trends etc and the main buyers and reps read it.
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    EBAY BUSINESS

    As well as other stuff I'm also a subpostmaster so if you have any specific issues please ask. Basically you need a good idea where the inconsistencies in postal pricing are so you can keep your weights as close to the maximum advantage as possible. In particular: Second class (the absolute...
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    any inspiration?

    Are you going into the Accounting business for yourself or something else?
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    Help! World going fuzzy...

    With the proviso that we all know little about how your business works, I'm nevertheless going to swim against the prevailing tide of lists etc. and suggest that you can spend too much time doing things that earn little or no money: "the website, my mailing list, customer database, accounts...
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    What has been the biggest influence?

    Actually our shop is open 6am to 7pm, then there's restocking etc. I just wanted to be nice :) Plus we're opening another shop in the summer. I must be bloody mad. Although really it's just a defensive move to occupy the (currently) only vacant shopfront in the village. Last thing I need is...
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    What has been the biggest influence?

    Hahaha. So you'd rather work 6 - 6?
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