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February 4th, 2009

2009 The Year of the Customer – Are You Ready?

This articles give reads (both front line people and managers) tips on how to improve customer service. It’s a wake-up call for anyone who needs customers to stay in business.

2009 – The Year of the Customer – Are You Ready?

Even in a recession, when businesses are closing and people are being laid off, customer service is STILL terrible! How can this be? This should be a top priority all the time, but especially in tough times. Here are tips to improve your customer service before it’s too late:

January 31st, 2009

Business Ideas for a Recession

This article re-visits some business ideas for a recession and Professor Paul Zane Pilzer’s predictions. Earlier he had asserted that the economy was in a historical growth spurt. How does this rate with today’s recession?

I re-visit business ideas and working options for a recession. I also re-visit Professor Paul Zane Pilzer’s earlier predictions.

Earlier this year I wrote about why I believe home based internet businesses will soar over the next few years. As it turned out the title was a little misleading as I got side-tracked into putting forward ideas set out by Professor Paul Zane Pilzer. Pilzer has the uncanny knack of accurately predicting economic trends and has been doing so for over 20 years. Despite the slightly misleading title this article has been read by hundreds of people.

January 26th, 2009

Nine Ways to Know It?s Time to Expand Your Marketing


By now you’ve probably read one or more of the jillion articles being published on the subject of how and why you should market in a recession. But, let’s face it. Marketing in a recession is not right for all companies.

How do you know if it’s right for you?

Here are nine triggers that should make you think seriously about expanding your marketing efforts now.

  • You have some cash. If you’ve got the resources, it’s rarely ever a bad idea to increase marketing. In 25+ years of marketing, I’ve never run across a company that had perfected its marketing efforts to the point where nothing more was needed. In a bad economy, extra cash invested in marketing can pay off many, many times over.