The silly catch on the McDonald’s free coffee promo
Filed under: Articles, business, contest and promos, customer service, management, Marketing, roysville
There just have to be some catch! And in the case of the McDonald’s free coffee promo, it’s the silly rule that only one coupon is allowed per customer.
Why silly?
Picture this. The McDonald’s crew went to your office and gave away coupons to all employees so they can avail of the free coffee promo – NO PURCHASE NECESSARY!
Neat isn’t it? NOT!
Because the next morning, most staff would give their coupons to the messenger so he can redeem their free coffee, only to come back with just one coffee on hand because he was told that only one coupon is allowed per customer!
So, they expect all the people from the office to troop down to their store, fall in line, just to redeem their free coffee?
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Spamming is not marketing
Filed under: Articles, business, customer service, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, management, Marketing
It is not even bad or unethical marketing. It is just NOT marketing! Period.
No! I am not talking about spam bots, I am referring to pseudo-entrepreneurs who think that they are being clever when they post their product spiels anywhere.
And these spammers are everywhere – from online forums, in your emails, social media, and even in your mobile phone! You’ll wonder how they got your number when you received a text message offering a vacation house somewhere at the south.
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Who’s afraid of PLDT?
Filed under: Articles, business, customer service, feedback & reviews, leadership, management, mobile technology, news, Philippine, Reaction, service
The impending acquisition of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) of Digitel Telecommunications Philippines Inc. have raised concerns on some sectors particularly from one its rival in the telecommunications industry, Globe Telecom Inc. who even asked the government to take a look into the PLDT-Digitel deal.
Globe’s concern is not without merit, as PLDT will be getting 51.55% of Digitel, after which, it would undertake a mandatory offer to minority investors, for a total consideration of P74.1 billion. A deal that would put PLDT in full control of Digitel, and perhaps, as everybody feared, the telecommunications industry in general.
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Does an expired ID Card also expires your identity?
Filed under: Articles, banking, business, Contracts, customer service, Entrepreneurship, Humor, Reaction, service
When I was still with a bank, one of the policies that I frowned about is the non-acceptance of an expired ID card. I find it rather absurd and outright ridiculous that I can’t accommodate check encashments nor new accounts opening because ID’s presented to me by clients were expired.
Oftentimes, I find myself too at the other end of the deal. The more it looked annoying to me. Imagined being refused accommodation because of an expired ID! Not only it is embarrassing to be denied, but such rule is definitely and absolutely insane!
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How do you put out a fire?
How do you put out a fire? By dousing it with water! That’s right; to kill a fire you simply douse it with water.
Now, how do you kill enthusiasm? Simple, by dousing it with water!
Now why and how, you may ask, pour water on enthusiasm? I’m not really referring to physical water here, of course you know that.
I used the analogy because enthusiasm is like a fire burning within an individual. People doused it with water by simply saying NO! STOP! THAT CAN’T BE DONE!
This is one of the most common management mistakes. Sometimes, an individual comes along with a new or an improved idea. Enthusiastically, he shares to the bosses, very confident that this idea would improve performance, cut costs, lead to better sales or really create big changes within the organization.
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How do you keep happy employees?
Filed under: All in a day's work, Articles, Career, Entrepreneurship, management
Would you believe that an effective way to keep your people happy is by firing away the unhappy ones?
Sounds like a joke? Jay Goltz really hoped it was.
Goltz, who owns five small businesses in Chicago, shared his secret in keeping happy employees in the company in the report from Yahoo! Finance.
Admitting that he doesn’t have a Ph. D., an M.B.A. or any economics degree, Goltz said that he had learned through times that you cannot make everyone happy.
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Laundry Business Seminar for February 2010
Filed under: Announcement, Articles, Business news, business opportunity, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Events, management, Money, self-help, seminar, service, trainings and seminars
For those who are asking, here’s the laundry business seminar schedule for February 2010 by my friend Nette.
Schedule of the next seminar is FEBRUARY 27,2010
It will start 9:00 am to 4:00 pm or till end of open forum
For the seminar, here are the topics to be discussed:
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What not to do during job interviews
Filed under: All in a day's work, Articles, Career, employment, roysville, self-help
Here are some interesting job interview no-nos which I have found CNN news and would just like to share them to you.
You may find some of them to be completely absurd, but as the article says, they were actually from actually experiences of the job interviewers.
Here they are, the job interview no-nos:
1. Bad Manners
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The Rubber Band Sorter
Just wanting to share a beautiful article about dreams and acting upon it to achieve success. I got this one from a yahoogroup I was once a part of. I hope you like it.
Joey has a problem. He wants to be a programmer. Joey’s big problem is that, while he wants success, he does things to make sure he will never have the success he dreams of. Joey constantly prioritizes trivial accomplishments that have immediate results ahead of potentially much greater accomplishments that have no immediate result.
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