Archive for May, 2009
Reducing the costs
We hear that the companies cut their costs by firing their work force. Is this the only way to cut the costs? What are the other ways to cut the costs? For what kind of the jobs you reduce the work force? What will you do then?
Marketing Strategy
During economic crisis, companies have to reduce their costs as well as need to sell their products and services to survive. What strategy to you think is best and/or can work?
Reaction to a new product/service?
What is your reaction to a new product/service? Do you try to find out what it is, what are the differences of this one with the other ones, what is new with it, or just say it is the same as the others…
Do you trust ads?
When you surf the web, all pagesĀ contain ads.
Do you read them? do you trust them? Do you buy because the tell you click and buy?
Has is ever occured to you that you have purchased a wrong product? If so, have you been able to return it with ease and refunded immediately?
What do you do for your small business during economic recessions to stay alive?
During the crisis, companies cut their budget, do lower their advertising costs, cut the sales jobs, …
But in the meantime, they increase their R&D activities and make more investment on the marketing. The result is that after the crisis, those who have made better shift on their capital, become bigger and the others, fade away. However, this is what the big companies do.
What shall small businesses do?