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    Retailers !! VENT/RANT Here.... we are human !!

    Hi pen2670 You are very right, night night! X :):)
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    Do you think leaflets still work?

    Huge levels of local takeaway trade is driven by leaflets, so we know they work. I have a drawer full of them in my kitchen for when I don't fancy cooking. However depending on what our business is, they must be targeted correctly to be effective. If you do your homework, and then design the...
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    Customer Damaged Item During Unpacking

    What about placing the "belt" in a smaller box with bubble wrap, then packing the larger box out with those inflated plastic air pocket things, I can't remember what they are called. Would that solve your shipping issues?
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    Retailers !! VENT/RANT Here.... we are human !!

    That is a little bit sad if a business finds their customer phone calls annoying. Many find it annoying when they approach their customers in a shop but the reply is 'I'm just looking'. At least when they phone you know that they are genuinely interested. The customer will then come in knowing...
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    Small Business Websites, why not used

    What I mean is, someone may choose to order their turkey from a small butcher instead of a large supermarket because of the butchers website.
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    Startup with questions about marketing

    As the others have said you will need a website, but dont neglect the social networking sites either, get a Facebook page for the company and a twitter account as well as your Google Maps listing and Google+ accounts all set up.
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    Cybersquatters or domain investors?

    Im with you on this one, it infuriates me when people buy domains just to hold them for ransom. I wish there was a law that said they had to use used within a specific period or the buyer would lose them and they would become available on the open market again... Someone has been sitting on a...
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    iOS v Android v Windows v Blackberry

    We use Apple but I have to say im not too impressed with the quality. We have a new (few months old) iPad 4 32gb, and it has gone back now & been replaced 3 times! It always dies during system updates...
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    Retailers !! VENT/RANT Here.... we are human !!

    Hi my rant is an old one. When I left school I got a job in Harrods, retail is my first love! I was serving a customer who was a Lady, as in lady so and so, and when I spoke to her she was completely taken aback and asked me where did I learn to speak such good English! I just did not know what...
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    How best to sell my services?

    Hi although I'm not a start up, I have been running my small web design company for years, I am just that- a small business. I think you need to target larger more established businesses. This would be of no benefit for a company the size of mine even though we have been going for 14 years. I...
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    How important are values to your business?

    Sorry, their flights!
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    How important are values to your business?

    Yes, really. It works for me anyway. I think people are taking a stand more. RyanAir are known for being rubbish and unfriendly. They thought they could get away with it as there flights were cheap, but now they are paying the price. They are acing to change their image as people have been...
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    Dealing with competition?

    Hi Will! I understand how you feel. Southend is absolutely saturated with Web Design Companies trying to undercut each other. When I look at competitors web sites I can't believe that I am competing with such rubbish!;) Some companies offer good looking websites but they use templates and charge...
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    New member from Hertfordshire

    Thanks for the nice welcome Sam!:)
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    How important are values to your business?

    Hi, I have been self employed for years. After working for Harrods from age 16-18 i set my own business. It s very successful and I make sure that I am ALWAYS NICE :) Unlike a lot of web design companies my client base is largely returning customers. I receive more work through word of mouth...
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