What are you or your business unintentionally advertising?

Crack can kill your business?

 

    I recently went into town to pick up a pizza, but as I pulled up I saw this. Now you might think this doesn't happen very often, but you would be wrong. Many business owners and people for that matter do not think about what they or their business look like. Granted this is unintentional, but even the unintentional can affect  what people think and whether people will do business with you. The business owner most likely is unaware that this is occurring, unless a patron should happen to mention it. In this case  a simple solution would be to move signs down lower, or move the benches in a different direction. 

    When I go out to eat, I usually ask to use the restroom before ordering. If the bathroom looks as if it hasn't been cleaned in a while, I excuse myself and leave. On the other hand if the restroom looks clean, I can assume the kitchen is also clean. This can be applied to any business, or situation. Be observant, pay attention to how your employees look, is the parking lot clean, are the windows dirty or is your product covered in dust?

    People can tell a lot about a person or a business by its appearance. When I walk down town I can tell you who is unemployed, what businesses are successful and which ones are getting ready to close their doors for good. I guess what I am really trying to say is first impressions count, regardless of whether it's your fault or not. 

In closing, ask your self this one single question, 

" Is money attracted to anything that looks like a homeless bum?"

Today's rules

1. Always look your best when in public, you never know who's looking.
2. You and your business are a reflection of how you do business.
3. A business that looks good, will always do better than one that looks like a dump.

EBay use to be the place to go for auctions but over the years has moved more towards virtual stores. As a result what once was the best place to sell something has become more of a research tool than an actual auction site. People who look to auction an item off often find they are competing with sellers selling at a fixed price in a virtual store. Worse yet, Chinese manufacturers have begun using eBay to sell items direct, try competing with that. Now for somebody looking for items to retail, a lot of times I have found eBay to be cheaper than wholesalers. Unless the item is very unique you may be better off selling your item in the Classified ads. As of late I use eBay to find out what I should be selling an item for and then I go to craigslist to do the actual selling. The owners of eBay have forgotten who and what made them so great. The ooos and ahh's that always seem to catch people's attention are gone. The"did you hear what this sold for on eBay"or"did you hear what someone was selling on eBay?" Are no longer the gossip at water coolers. The corporate bigwigs got greedy and turned it into something that the users never wanted to see. It was an auction site and that's what made it great. You never knew what your next big sell was going to be or for how much,or how little you might pay for an item you just bid on. The CEOs forgot that the excitement of the auction itself is what made eBay great. EBay should be looking in the rearview mirror because sooner or later somebody is going to realize what eBay threw away. If eBay was smart they would start up a new website that was auctions only, or they can sit around and wait for a competitor to beat them to the punch.