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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Is it still safe to put your money in the bank?
Filed under: banking, Economy, entrepreneur, feedback & reviews, finance, Money, Philippine, Reaction, roysville
With, yet again, the closure of Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank last week by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the simplistic mind of Juan Dela Cruz cannot help but ask, “Is it still safe to put your money in the bank?”
True, bank deposits are insured by the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) to a MAXIMUM of P500,000 PER depositor. In fact, PDIC is now already processing deposit insurance payments to the depositors of Banco Filipino. But we all know that claiming your money from a closed bank is not a walk in the park.
Investing in pre-need companies have failed us. IT FAILED ME! I wanted to be a responsible father who prepared for his kids’ future, so invested in CAP… and BANG! Just like that. Everything went down the drain. No thanks to our government who seems to do nothing to help alleviate our plight.
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Business failure… reasons
Filed under: entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, management, roysville, self-help
Here I am writing what I believe were some of the reasons why I failed in my businesses before. I am writing them here for two reasons. Primarily, for me to serve as a reminder so that I may not repeat the same mistakes, and second, for those who may read this may learn too from my experiences, and thus save them costly errors in their own business.
Reasons for failing in business :
A medley of knowledge
I would like to think of myself as a talented person. I know how to do a lot of things.
But apparently, “Jack of all trades – master of none” didn’t work for me. In fact, it could probably be one of the main reasons I failed. I know a lot of things, yet I wasn’t able to develop anything into a full grown opportunity.
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Laundry Business Seminar for April 2010
Filed under: Announcement, business opportunity, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Events, roysville, seminar, trainings and seminars
Here again is the schedule of the Laundry Business Seminar for the month of April 2010, being conducted by my friend Nette of Mr. Laundry Shoppe.
The schedule of the laundry business seminar is on April 24, 2010, from 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. (or until end of open forum). Seminar will be held on-site, at the Mr. Laundry Shoppe, 12 Mayor Ignacio Santos Diaz St. (former Banahaw St.), Cubao, Quezon City.
Nette has provided a map to her shop at her blog, and also at google map.
Topics to be discussed during the seminar are:
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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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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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A call for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs
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Calling all entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs!
The Center for Small Entrepreneurs (CSE) will be starting with their 31st batch of CHARACTER FORMATION seminar. A series of workshop seminar wherein one would learn the discipline required from an entrepreneur, and how the entrepreneur can help, no matter how small he is, in the country’s economy.
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Entrepreneurs of great character!
“Enterepreneur of great character“ I was awarded that title in October of 2007 together with five of my classmates after finishing 10 Ka-Entrep Sessions sponsored by the Center for Small Entrepreneurs (CSE). The title was awarded because we have done such a simple and natural act – we completed the ten twice-a-month sessions and we were never late in any of those sessions. And I, coming all the way from Angeles City, was almost always the earliest to arrive at the session’s place which was in Manila.
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Tailor-fit your resume
You think you got it right. You have the most impressive resume that will catch the attention of any discriminating HR manager. Immediately, you printed a number of copies and sent them to every multi-national companies you can send to, confident that soon enough your phone will be ringing like crazy.
Days passed, no calls were received. No big deal, you said. A week passed and still no calls… and another week… and another week. You started to get worried.
It’s definitely not the result you were expecting.
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Don’t shoot down ideas
Ideas abound, sometimes even from the most unlikely source in the corporation. That is why some foreign companies are even holding ideas blitz on a regular basis, if not annually. So they can encourage their employees to voice out their two-cent worth of ideas. And surprisingly, from this blitz of ideas out comes a jewel that can help the organization increased their earnings from great innovations, or even help them save from their expenses.
Sadly though, this is not always the case on our local organizations. With Filipinos who are known to be sensitive people, any new idea is often treated as a rejection of their current tried and tested system. Believe me, I have personally experienced this.
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