Any ideas on increasing sales on my AVON website?
If you can, try to advertise in a local online paper. Make sure you put your web address on EVERYTHING (in email signature, back of books, etc.). As far as mailing lists go, look on the erep boards for a J. Conte. She provides these services for a fee. You can also buy your own mailing lists. Also, get all of your customers' email addresses, if they have one. When it's a couple of days before your order is due, send them an ecard and make sure you have your web address listed in the card. I took a look at your site and here are my recommendations: 1. Fix the "upcoming events." That's too many things you've got listed there. 2. Customize "News & Annoucements." Put some specials on there - like campaign specials or customer specials. I'm not trying to be critical; I just think it would help the overall look. Good luck...if you have any more questions about the website or avon in general, you can contact me through Answers.
How can I expand or increase business for my mom's imitation jewellery business?
Well in your question and explanation of the query. You have almost closed the door of expansion. Now let's explore some options in increasing the business.I assume the model she is running is B2C model is followed by every other participant in the other industry. Now think what else your mom can provide to the customers1 Better Service2 On time delivery 3 New Design Options - It seems you are using all the platform on the social media. So you can help her finding the new designs coming in the industry. There are so many websites available that provides free download for the designs. She can have a look into thatIn the service industry. It is all about providing the better service,I think she might be already running some sort of what's app group. In the group she can promote the products.a) Launching Schemes - The best way to increase the business is to come up with the exciting schemes i.e Get discount on the First order.B) Customer Loyalty Campaigns - I am sure there are so many customer those are very loyal to her in the business. So she can provide the better offers to the loyal customersC) MLM - She can start a group. In which they will tell other about the business and will get some sort of wallet money. They can purchase the products and get it refunded in their next order. (Giving cash rewards is not sustainable for the longer term in that business.Hope you get little bit idea to increase the business. I would suggest not to invest much in Digital Marketing but start doing by its own. I can provide some people link who are handling the business development by itself. But don't get demotivated by the response of Digital Marketing. It is basically meant to increase the reach of business and connect through the customer.Please feel free to shoot questions. I would be more happy to discuss because it will also help me to think from another perspective
How do I know if my new business idea will really work?
Tell us your idea and we will give you some feedback. Lol just kidding.In short, business ideas are a dime a dozen. One percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration...and believe it! The shear nature of your question tells me you are new to entrepreneurship. There are a lot of entrepreneurs, very few successful entrepreneurs. Do you have the make up for the ninety-nine percent? Research, research, research and research some more. It certainly depends on what you are attempting to accomplish. Are you solving a problem? Cheaper, better, faster? Are you hoping to be totally disruptive in a certain space. Etc., etc.,etc.,??? It not only the idea. It is the funding, it is the time, it is the ability to construct, it is the ability to finesse it along. Are you willing to do what it takes???Try and raise some capital from five angels that have knowledge of your desired space. Hear them out. They will pick it apart in a heartbeat, if not you might have your first investor. Try and test your theory as soon as possible and be willing to make adjustments when your path dictates them.The bottom line is there are no guarantees. We all come from the same gene pool. Someone could be finalizing your said idea as we speak. Many times we all have said, I had that idea years ago. Well, you didn't act on it and someone did. If you are questioning it already after exhausting your research, I would say don't do it. If you truly believe in it and truly have the balls to do what it takes, go for it! Rarely is the outcome a true mirror of the initial plan. You never fail, you either have a level of success or you learn.
Any ideas how to increase sales from catering lunch?
I am an owner of a Subway Sandwich restaurant. My wife and I have been in business for almost 4 years but things are getting very hard (to say the least). Our sales are down due to the economy (people aren't eating out as much, food cost have gone UP, and sale prices have gone DOWN (we started that $5 dollar footlong campaign that everyone is doing now). Since customers aren't coming "in" to the store we are trying to focus more on taking the food to them. Any ideas on how to market Subway catering? Who are some good targets that we should focus on and what would be some things that would really attract people to use us. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
What are some ideas for improving business at a cafe, lounge and juice bar?
There are so many reasons why businesses do much better with a developed online side. Restaurants are no exception. You could be stuck in traditional methods of advertising like buying space in the local magazines, but the costs are too high, and the gains are small.Restaurant Reservation system. Having an online restaurant reservation system will save in many ways. First, it will eliminate human error that is common with the paper system of data entry. Have you ever encountered a situation where two different employees reserved the same table for two different clients? This is not only embarrassing but also makes your customers think twice before coming back to your restaurant.Help customers to find you. First of all, give your followers a short, informative description of the restaurant. Give the name, address and contact information (website, Facebook page, number to book tables, order or delivery of food). It will be much easier for you and your followers if you specify this information just once, in your profile, rather than write it under each post.Become an active social media user. People love to take pictures of food: this is indisputable. Even more, people love to share these photos on Instagram during dinner with friends, celebrating or just chilling. Right now, posted on social media, there are 240,098,018 photos on the #food hashtag, 71,168,238 on the #foodie hashtag, and 136,979,233 on the #foodporn hashtag. Can you imagine 240 million pictures of food in one place? Absolutely every type of food service from food trucks to luxury restaurants will find using Instagram for marketing really helpful for business.Restaurant business management requires serious effort—experienced restaurateurs know it well! Of course, you can try to promote the restaurant offline, handing out flyers, telling passers-by about special offers, just relying on word of mouth. These old-school ways still work, but we live in the 21st century—the age of technology. Therefore, it’s logical to pay more attention to the most influential side of modern marketing—social media. Here is a great guide with examples of Best practices for restaurant social media marketing.Apart from the promotion, the restaurant business has a lot of tasks. Such activities as people management or bill payments take a lot of time. Having most business tasks digitized will make your processes more efficient.
How do I approach any design MNC if I have an idea to increase there business?
Per your question, what you should do is-Try going as high up as you can. Starting from the junior or middle management most often fails. Contact pertinent Corporate Head or the Regional/ National Head. Finding contact details should not be that tough. Seek an appointment.Prepare your presentation professionally and leave out the "trade secrets". Hook them with the idea. If you have a prototype keep it ready for testing.Once the company shows interest hire a tough corporate lawyer and CA and enter into contract with the MNC per mutual terms regarding copyright, IPR, R&D, investment, selling and Profits and your role. Think 5-10 years ahead in the future. Prototype tests will happen after the contracts are drawn.Guard your idea with your life, dont be innocent in the cut throat big biz world.You may have an idea for a startup and you may want to start with an MNC but remember every business wants rights and control so that they can maximize their own profits. You will be forgotten as soon as they understand what you want to sell.Do not be in a hurry to sell as more desperation you show the more you will be exploited.Good Luck!
What are best/interesting start-up business ideas?
The best start up ideas these days are owning a franchise of a good company, they are best because you’re in business to make money, right? Well, franchising is an excellent means to make more of it. When you sell a franchise, what the franchisee really buys is your proven “recipe” for success: your business model, your brand, your system. In return, you profit and the original sale of the franchise is just the beginning. As a franchisor, you also collect revenue from ongoing royalties, service fees and the sale of products or equipment. If you want to edge out your competitors, there’s no better way than to develop a strong market presence. With multiple franchise locations, you can rapidly and measurably increase your market share without the hassle – or expense – of establishing company-owned stores. And as an added bonus, every marketing endeavor can be coordinated to benefit each franchise owner and the parent corporation (that means you).The best franchises I can suggest you now a days are Online services, They are the best franchise options for many reasons, low cost and less initial space are the two important features of it.Look out for a company like Phixman. This company is India’s one of the best Online Mobile Repair Company, this is the best investment because smartphones are becoming a basic need in everyone’s life and we can’t live without our phone for a day. Phixman is the company that takes your smartphone from your doorstep, repairs it and then delivers it back to your doorstep, all you have to do is place your order. It is India’s one of the most fastest growing franchises and is the best franchise to start in 2017
I have developed several ideas to improve Yelp's business model and increase revenue. Is there a good way to present ideas without giving them away?
Do it for free but put large positions in their stock prior to doing so OR options to buy.Most advertisers agree that it’s important to be on Yelp.Suggestion: Yelp should allow for ala carte services. Find out what your customers want to pay for. Yelp should pay per click should be independent from remove competitor ads, host videos and ordering your photos. When customers realize that the order of the photos are very important in telling a business story more people will advertise on Yelp!Currently to get the photos ordered in a Yelp profile you must be a pay per click advertiser. I don’t care to do PPC but only do it because it’s a requirement. I’m my industry image is very important. The order of the photos are more valuable than PPC. But Yelp’s sales team doesn’t listen to what we want. If Yelp truly wants to be profitable they should end each sales call with the questions “What functionality could we add in order for you to convert to a paying customer?”I had an interesting discussion with a few business owners. If Yelp’s free option you used now disappeared and the only option was paid, would you advertise? Overwhelmingly businesses in my industry said they would have to! We both came to the conclusion that Yelp generates 10–20 percent of their business. That’s the amount of power Yelp has.Currently there is no major difference between the free and the paid. You’ll still get just about the same amount of clicks as a result. If Yelp made the paid version so much more value than the free option and differentiated them enough, Yelp will no longer need it’s annoying sales team. Businesses will be forced to advertise. Once they unleash that they will be massively profitable.And most established business like mine can’t handle more business as we are at capacity. What we want to do is charge more and be positioned as a higher end product or service. For mediocre businesses Yelp existence is a bane as Yelp allow for new entrants to penetrate the market.Another thing that Yelp should do have a widget that do not lead back to Yelp! Currently I take a screen shot of my Yelp reviews and post the reviews as a JPG OR PNG on my website. I don’t want them customers to click onto my Yelp page and potentially go to another business.