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    USB Drives

    Why?:| Would you do the same if someone gave you an umberella with a logo? :)
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    FREE advert/logo design...

    Please see your pm inbox ;) Cheers:)
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    BBC web page showing how we look at web pages

    I was browsing through the BBC's web pages when I found this interesting video which gives some tips on how to design a web page. I know this is old news for a lot of the marketing/designer pro's here but it's interesting to others. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7735469.stm
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    Cold calling now in person rather than on the phone

    I think this is an argument that will run and run.....;) My opinion and experience is that a salesman's job in life is to bang his head against a wall 9 times before knocking it down on the 10th attempt.:) However, politeness and empathy should also be deplyed and the story above of the...
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    Effectiveness Of Door 2 Door Leaflets?

    And make sure you have no spelling mistakes - i.e. "advice" instead of "advise" as you have written.;) :)
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    Good honest usb sticks supplier wanted

    512 Mb is considered very small these days. ;) I was given a 1Mb device a few weeks ago by a supplier and they apologised for its small memory size:)
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    Van advertising

    You missed an "a" out! :p :)
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    Van advertising

    Phew....thanks for that:) This is also the number one mistake when people advertise in Yellow Pages - start off with the company name instead of what the company does - in plain English;). Good luck!
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    Weirdest Request Client Has Made!

    A couple of years back, my wife wanted a corset as part of her birthday presents from me; not a tacky horrible one but a good quality garment that she could wear as a top if she wanted. So I did some research and contacted a very well known UK manufacturer and the first thing the very nice...
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    Van advertising

    So if I understand you correctly, you only want to do extensions and loft conversions - nothing else? So isn't Boxby's suggestion worth considering?
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    Van advertising

    Julieanne, I need to apologise in advance for what follows...... When I saw the picture of your van my heart sank - you seem to have fallen into the age old trap of seeing it from your point of view and not the customers. Ask yourself, if you saw this van on the street or delivering to a...
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    Who watched 'The Last Millionaire'?

    Does anyone else feel frustrated with all these business programs that depict all of us business people as greedy stupid, shallow incompetants? In particular, did anyone see that sales competition program that was on recently? It was truly painful to watch. I have worked with some...
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    Weirdest Request Client Has Made!

    Not a customer request but some years back I had a suppliers PA call me to say that the MD would be visiting in two weeks time to discuss progress on a critical project his firm were helping us with. Except that Victor had now undertaken gender realignment surgey and would it be okay for him...
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    Md/ceo

    I was the head of a company with sales of £85m and would frequently get people calling me. As telemax points out, the best time to get me was to call my direct line before 9.00am or after 5.30pm. I always listened and either declined to take it further; defer it to one of my team or agree to a...
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    Van advertising

    Fair enough, you have a niche and you are targeting that niche. But you are not telling me that you don't get referrals or neighbours that ask you to quote for their extensions? So do you have your details on your van or not?
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