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    Managing a larger portfolio of businesses

    hi ben i see no benefit to the 'Virgin' type blanket branding other than its easier to market virgin as a brand rather than branson aviation, richard's gyms, RB bank ect. He is the face and will allways need to be the face of virgin just like levi roots and reggae reggae sauce. coke could...
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    JonathanSEO - i likened it to groupon as its main aim is to bring deals to the customer but its done in a completly different way. are you really that stupid enough to imply groupon were sucessful but now are not sucessful??? wow wot a cliaim, you must be bill gates cliaming that a company...
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    Do you think we will attract more customers if...

    to me its a wants and needs analysis, do people want it or do they need it and if you have customers already ask them and/or try it out, as the above post states if it makes you stand out then you will have a competative advantage over your rivals which you can leverage at a peak time like...
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    Working from home ideas?

    its an option, in my opinion drop shipping is near on impossible as nearly every market is saturated and margins dont make it worth while if you add in costs needed to make people actually notice your website and not sit on google page 36, also all good and relivant domain names are taken in...
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    murray cowell - thanks for the reply its 18 - 35 year olds mainly but a mass market website that is a type of groupon style website where gaining discounted deals is the main usp but its not done in the current groupon, scatter gun approach to which deals are available, when they are available...
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    Working from home ideas?

    a few friends of mine do quite well on peopleperhour.com selling services they are qualified to provide to people who need it. just a thought
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    chris ashdown 'prat' back to the old school ground name calling??? way to many people who just love to throw their 2pence in for no reason its pathetic what did you achive there chris, do you now feel like a real man name calling via the internet? has it made your day and gave you a sence...
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    Part and parcel of life on this forum is that people are allowed to comment as well as offering advice. If you look back on other threads you will see that others on this forum can be much more vociferous in terms of their comments and feedback then I am. you are talking like child,others can...
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    1. no where does it state its only for business owners and start ups? 2. what constitutes a start up? an idea, a business plan? i have ideas so i constitute as a start up. 3. who are you to question me and why i may be needing advice? 4. what are your reasons for 'questioning' me? its not your...
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    has anyone had experience owning or running a pizza shop

    the world food wrap business seems although it is going to take off, adding that into a pizza shop so you can make money through the day sawell as on a night time surly must be appealing
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    ethical PR - wot on earth does it have to do with you what i ask advice on or how many times i have asked for advice? its a disscussion forum where you discuss things, do i need to appologise to you for discussing things on a disscussion forum? is there a limit on how many times you can use the...
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    advice needed on marketing budgets

    hi there i am seeking help with maekwting and advertising budgets and what you would expect as an adverage return on say £5000 a month or £10,000 a month budgets, i understand there are many variables but just wondering if there was a general rule of thumb ect. Also how does the budgets change...
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    has anyone had experience owning or running a pizza shop

    billie1 - thanks for the reply, i was just thinking why there isnt more national chain pizza shop competition as pizza hut and dominos are beyond outrageously priced for adverage at best pizzas, there are so many independents shops that are better quality and cheaper, it just seems strange why...
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    has anyone had experience owning or running a pizza shop

    i am interested in the profitability of pizza shops as in theory dough, cheese and meat seem quite cheap and is sold for what seems to be huge margins or do pizza shops have huge over heads ect. Just interested in finding out more info
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    anyone have experience in the food wrap business

    i see the new food craze is the food wrap business and i am wondering if anyone has any direct or indirect experience of the sector as it seems an intresting proposition
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