He needs to look up a book called “Guerilla Marketing”. It’s a terrific tool for small businesses. With it you can learn all the tips that can get the biggest bang for the advertising dollar. We used it when we owned our comic book store and it helped a lot. The simplest thing we did was take out a monthly ad in the high school newspaper, using a Marvel comic book character that Marvel PAID us to use. We built up a wonderful client base at the high school while building up good will by being a sponsor.
Mah’s got a point. In south Louisiana we see it all the time in the restaurant business. I don’t a lot about the business, but I do know that you will work like you have never worked before.
Ah mice, nocturnal creatures, scurry around and night, and sleep through the day. Mouse may have a focus problem if he’ll have to work during daylight hours, but for now, the night is his.
Pete… Great book, fun read, got a copy, but pretty old, is it still around?
Yat… Southern Louisiana? I bet you’ve now got folks there losing sleep over your 34 minute power outage last Sunday night.
Yat… that’s the truth. The first year we had our comic book store open, when it was just my wife and I, we were open 12 hours/day, 7 days a week. She worked to bring in some income, so that means I worked about 5000 hours that year. (We were only closed one day, and that was to do inventory.)
Stick… I looked it up on Amazon. It’s in a 4th Edition, with a 2007 publication date.
There’s a lot to be said of hard work & commitment to a purpose. Mouse just had a forced vacation and time to think about things… Like “where am I going? Who am I?” He didn’t get any biters on his online aps… So throwing himself at this project (which is a team effort) … He sees this as a calling… A purpose.
I’m sure Mouse knows of the Guerrilla book… Clever little researcher. Pete- but those hours spent… Worth every minute, yeah?
stick…The only people losing sleep over the power outage are the folks who have to figure out how it happened, especially now that we know they saw this coming. Speculation ranges from Tom Benson (Saints owner) forgetting to pay the electric bill to 49ers fans wanting to get their team a break (it almost worked). They suspected Beyonce had plugged in too many hair dryers, but she had brought her own generator, so they ruled that out.
Yat… chuckle. That Niners crack has some accuracy to it. As for Beyonce, yikes, if they could plug her and her Destiny’s Child bandmates into their power grid they wouldn’t have needed outside power. She was a regular Energizer Bunny at half time.
So how’s your dining business been since the oil spill? Out here in Cal we are being shown lots of BP funded commercials (they say so) promoting all things gulf coast, not the least being dining and seafood.
stick: I’m not in the restaurant business. My comments were only the observations of an outsider. I do know people who are in the business and I watch the long hours they work. I couldn’t do it myself. In a part of the country known for food, it’s a brutal business.
Brig… yes, they were. It was terrific owning a business where customers came in WANTING to spend their money, and hoping you had something special to spend it on.
It was a great two years. And since we hired somebody in the second year, Bethlynne and I had an actual vacation day in that second year. The only one in two years. But, as you said, it was enjoyable.
Glass half full, and glass half empty. His mom’s expectations are scary.
He needs to look up a book called “Guerilla Marketing”. It’s a terrific tool for small businesses. With it you can learn all the tips that can get the biggest bang for the advertising dollar. We used it when we owned our comic book store and it helped a lot. The simplest thing we did was take out a monthly ad in the high school newspaper, using a Marvel comic book character that Marvel PAID us to use. We built up a wonderful client base at the high school while building up good will by being a sponsor.
Mah’s got a point. In south Louisiana we see it all the time in the restaurant business. I don’t a lot about the business, but I do know that you will work like you have never worked before.
Ah mice, nocturnal creatures, scurry around and night, and sleep through the day. Mouse may have a focus problem if he’ll have to work during daylight hours, but for now, the night is his.
Pete… Great book, fun read, got a copy, but pretty old, is it still around?
Yat… Southern Louisiana? I bet you’ve now got folks there losing sleep over your 34 minute power outage last Sunday night.
Mouse better get some serious clout with the new company.
Hey, if he’s spending his time doing something practical, why stop him?
Yat… that’s the truth. The first year we had our comic book store open, when it was just my wife and I, we were open 12 hours/day, 7 days a week. She worked to bring in some income, so that means I worked about 5000 hours that year. (We were only closed one day, and that was to do inventory.)
Stick… I looked it up on Amazon. It’s in a 4th Edition, with a 2007 publication date.
There’s a lot to be said of hard work & commitment to a purpose. Mouse just had a forced vacation and time to think about things… Like “where am I going? Who am I?” He didn’t get any biters on his online aps… So throwing himself at this project (which is a team effort) … He sees this as a calling… A purpose.
I’m sure Mouse knows of the Guerrilla book… Clever little researcher. Pete- but those hours spent… Worth every minute, yeah?
stick…The only people losing sleep over the power outage are the folks who have to figure out how it happened, especially now that we know they saw this coming. Speculation ranges from Tom Benson (Saints owner) forgetting to pay the electric bill to 49ers fans wanting to get their team a break (it almost worked). They suspected Beyonce had plugged in too many hair dryers, but she had brought her own generator, so they ruled that out.
Yat… chuckle. That Niners crack has some accuracy to it. As for Beyonce, yikes, if they could plug her and her Destiny’s Child bandmates into their power grid they wouldn’t have needed outside power. She was a regular Energizer Bunny at half time.
So how’s your dining business been since the oil spill? Out here in Cal we are being shown lots of BP funded commercials (they say so) promoting all things gulf coast, not the least being dining and seafood.
stick: I’m not in the restaurant business. My comments were only the observations of an outsider. I do know people who are in the business and I watch the long hours they work. I couldn’t do it myself. In a part of the country known for food, it’s a brutal business.
I think Mouse is adorable when he’s focused.
Brig… yes, they were. It was terrific owning a business where customers came in WANTING to spend their money, and hoping you had something special to spend it on.
It was a great two years. And since we hired somebody in the second year, Bethlynne and I had an actual vacation day in that second year. The only one in two years. But, as you said, it was enjoyable.