What is up with the level of service out there?
Is it a South African way of doing things? Frustrating ha!
Maybe, I should chill out in this Mutha city, or maybe I should go on a long holiday to somewhere tropical... either would help!I am going with tropical holiday :)
I mean really, who wants to work anyway? That's the feeling that most individuals have when they get to work. I understand not wanting to work at work. I have been employed more than I have been the employer. One comes to work and does not really care if customers are happy or not, you just try put out a couple of fires as best you can, then prey the end of the day comes quickly in the interim.
The reason for this post is an experience that seems to be replaying itself with print houses out there and there is ALWAYS some problem!
Hypothetical example:
- Sent to be printed on a designated time,
- They fit it in and agree that is will be completed and delivered by 1st thing tomorrow morning!
- The job now sits in their holding cells, cause the invoice needs to be sent - but the computers are down (or something).
When I call to ask what happened,they say that the invoice has not been printed and cant be because computers down and therefor they cant deliver the job.
Who's fault is this, mine?
So now I sit and wait for them to get it together. At least comfortably and yes over looking the deep blue ocean and the solid mountains ...
Printing Frustrations can drive one dilly - if you're not already there!
Tuesday
Design your self new - positive energy in business
So interesting how there are so many opportunities out there to make money... guess you just have to take one big step and 'Just do it' as Richard B says. Make it all happen. This world can be manipulated however our minds choose and finally, we are the creators of our own destiny. I believe that!
People are supplying services to people who provide services to those people who supply services and the list goes on. But how does one business make it out there in this big tough world. Well, I have heard Patience, Dedication, Belief are a few that ensures that you get there and keep on top of it!
But I really believe that positive energy is the way to go. It really works. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed and things go badly, but why? Go for a long walk in the evening on the Sea Point promenade in beautiful Cape Town and the world opens its self up to you!
"Every little thing we do, even every thought we have sends out a ripple of energy into our environment and beyond. If our thoughts and actions are positive then it is not only ourselves who ultimately benefit from our work." "If we recognize that energy does not die or stop, it just changes form, we can begin to understand how we can make an impression on the Earth itself and the universe beyond."
Here we are now. Learning! How to navigate our business, finding new paths that help us achieve an ultimate goal.
What is the Ultimate goal - happiness/ contentment, a sense of achievement!
Like one begins the thought process of designing the Ultimate Scratch card lol :)
First the idea concept is created, then written down - if not the designer would not understand all that you had in mind for your ultimate scratch card!
Then a collective of colours and styles are researched. The designer begins to place all the graphics on the page and mixes them around. shuffle here, increase decrease size there... and finally settles on a thought. But the scratch card still has much work... and finally we need to put it out there into the world and believe that it will be the biggest and most sensational idea of all time.
Design your self new, create, learn and think with your heart and head. Believe that what ever you set your mind to... can and will happen.
Here is to another fantastic year!
People are supplying services to people who provide services to those people who supply services and the list goes on. But how does one business make it out there in this big tough world. Well, I have heard Patience, Dedication, Belief are a few that ensures that you get there and keep on top of it!
But I really believe that positive energy is the way to go. It really works. Wake up on the wrong side of the bed and things go badly, but why? Go for a long walk in the evening on the Sea Point promenade in beautiful Cape Town and the world opens its self up to you!
"Every little thing we do, even every thought we have sends out a ripple of energy into our environment and beyond. If our thoughts and actions are positive then it is not only ourselves who ultimately benefit from our work." "If we recognize that energy does not die or stop, it just changes form, we can begin to understand how we can make an impression on the Earth itself and the universe beyond."
Here we are now. Learning! How to navigate our business, finding new paths that help us achieve an ultimate goal.
What is the Ultimate goal - happiness/ contentment, a sense of achievement!
Like one begins the thought process of designing the Ultimate Scratch card lol :)
First the idea concept is created, then written down - if not the designer would not understand all that you had in mind for your ultimate scratch card!
Then a collective of colours and styles are researched. The designer begins to place all the graphics on the page and mixes them around. shuffle here, increase decrease size there... and finally settles on a thought. But the scratch card still has much work... and finally we need to put it out there into the world and believe that it will be the biggest and most sensational idea of all time.
Design your self new, create, learn and think with your heart and head. Believe that what ever you set your mind to... can and will happen.
Here is to another fantastic year!
Sunday
2009 Marketing scratch cards
It feels like its been ages since I last wrote and so much has happened.
2009 is upon us and wont stop, even if I really could do with another week relaxing on the beach.
What does scratchcard.co.za have in mind for 2009? A whole bundle of exciting projects... starting now, go!
I intend to dive straight back into things and ensure that no place wanting to promote or sell services with scratch cards don't know about the brand 'Scratchcard.co.za'. I figure that I have a competitive advantage having the internet as a marketing medium! So 'how', you ask do I plan to promote the use of scratch cards?
Marketing is not an exact science. Just because I hand out leaflets, flyers, advertise in newspapers or have business meetings with good intent, this does not mean necessarily that I get the order! But I truly believe in positive energy. Somehow, the more you do, there more happens, the more positive energy follows you . Keeping busy with things that gives my life meaning can have a positive effect on my business. Yes, go to the beach, take up pottery and go to the gym on top of setting meetings and doing marketing will create a spin off effect!
What there is to do, so you know where to find and hear about scratch card.co.za
(here is a few and I can always add to the list):
1) Make a list of all the places that I intend to target and set up meetings
2) Create updated powerpoint presentations
3) Make contact with past clients and those that have asked for quotations in the past.
4) Email advertising and promotion houses
5) Get up to date with admin
6) Learn to use quick books - yes I still write my quotes in word format!
7) Create a working space that I am excited to go to
8) Gym more and eat less :)
9) Update my website/s
10) Write more on my blogs and try do some internet marketing ... still learning
11) Read more self help books, self guide books, business success story's, internet marketing, inspiring autobiographies, books to make one laugh,fiction and non-fiction You magazine etc etc
12) Create long lasting relationships with those that count, so I can always offer the best!
Thats a good start...
I guess this blog is more a diary of what my personal challenges are and how I over come them! I have found that it is very useful to write things down, so I clear away the cobwebs and clutter!
ching ching to this year ahead...
2009 is upon us and wont stop, even if I really could do with another week relaxing on the beach.
What does scratchcard.co.za have in mind for 2009? A whole bundle of exciting projects... starting now, go!
I intend to dive straight back into things and ensure that no place wanting to promote or sell services with scratch cards don't know about the brand 'Scratchcard.co.za'. I figure that I have a competitive advantage having the internet as a marketing medium! So 'how', you ask do I plan to promote the use of scratch cards?
Marketing is not an exact science. Just because I hand out leaflets, flyers, advertise in newspapers or have business meetings with good intent, this does not mean necessarily that I get the order! But I truly believe in positive energy. Somehow, the more you do, there more happens, the more positive energy follows you . Keeping busy with things that gives my life meaning can have a positive effect on my business. Yes, go to the beach, take up pottery and go to the gym on top of setting meetings and doing marketing will create a spin off effect!
What there is to do, so you know where to find and hear about scratch card.co.za
(here is a few and I can always add to the list):
1) Make a list of all the places that I intend to target and set up meetings
2) Create updated powerpoint presentations
3) Make contact with past clients and those that have asked for quotations in the past.
4) Email advertising and promotion houses
5) Get up to date with admin
6) Learn to use quick books - yes I still write my quotes in word format!
7) Create a working space that I am excited to go to
8) Gym more and eat less :)
9) Update my website/s
10) Write more on my blogs and try do some internet marketing ... still learning
11) Read more self help books, self guide books, business success story's, internet marketing, inspiring autobiographies, books to make one laugh,fiction and non-fiction You magazine etc etc
12) Create long lasting relationships with those that count, so I can always offer the best!
Thats a good start...
I guess this blog is more a diary of what my personal challenges are and how I over come them! I have found that it is very useful to write things down, so I clear away the cobwebs and clutter!
ching ching to this year ahead...
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