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The Best Way To Start A Vending Route
Posted by GuestPoster in Business and Employment, Uncategorized on October 13, 2010
Starting up a vending machine business is one of the cheapest and easiest businesses to start, but this doesn’t mean that’s it’s entirely risk free. There are some potential risks that can quickly run you off course and end up costing you thousands of dollars. The two biggest risks to avoid are paying too much when buying an already established route or buying into a vending business opportunity (biz op). Biz ops are easily one of the biggest rip offs in vending. Too often the people that get caught up in then never recover and eventually end giving up on vending.
I would recommend that everyone just getting started in vending start as cheap as possible. This limits the risk and increases the odds of overall success. Until you’ve been doing vending for about a year I would recommend not buying any established routes as it’s too easy to overpay until your more familiar with the vending business. If you’re hoping to keep your expenses down, there’s also no reason to buy new machines. Although it can feel great to have brand new shiny machines, it’s not necessary in the early stages. You best bet is to go as cheap as possible and buy used vending machines. You can find lots of great offers on Craig’s List. This way you can get started ASAP without a whole lot of financial risk.
20 used machines will only cost can cost less than $2000 allowing you to get a nice little start in vending. Working 20 machines for a few months will give you a real world education in vending. After this you’ll know more about locating, product selection and time management than any book about vending could ever tell you.
If you get caught up in a biz op that ends up costing you $15,000 for 30 machines, you’re going to have a very hard time recovering from this. It’s a huge unnecessary investment and a huge risk. My methods allow you to easily cover your expenses without assuming any debt. If you end up deciding that vending isn’t a good fit for you then you really haven’t lost that much. If you end up liking vending, then you can keep expanding slowly the same way or then try buying new machines or already established routes if that works better for you.
Retailers Prove More Customer Friendly Than Ever
Posted by GuestPoster in Business and Employment, Uncategorized on October 13, 2010
It has not proven enough for two of Britain’s biggest retailers to hold solid reputations for their outstanding products and customer service. No, they had to go further. With two major changes, these retail giants are proving even friendlier to their loyal customers.
Argos Extra takes the well-known retailer from well stocked to super stocked. Now customers can find an extra 2,500 product lines to choose among. They are available at high street stores, over the phone, and online. So shoppers throughout the UK and Ireland can find the products they want at convenient places.
The business has tagged the new items with the red Extra symbol. If a person wants, they can select these Extra items and arrange for them to be delivered at home. Another option is to reserve the items for pick up at one of the stores.
The Check and Reserve plan allows shoppers to order the items they want ahead of time. Customer service representatives will check available stock at nearby stores–both the regular retailers and the new expanded Extra stores. Pickups can be arranged for an average wait time of three working days or less. With the company constantly opening more Extra stores, the availability of all the additional products is growing ever more convenient. This company also operates Call and Collect stores. These smaller operations allow shoppers to order their items online or by phone, then pick them up at the designated location.
Another major British retailer offers its customers extra convenient shopping with its Littlewoods Direct Catalogue. Although its loyal shoppers can locate the at-home shopping service with the old name, this branch of now operates under the name Very.co.uk. As a member of the Littlewoods Shop Direct Group, it claims membership in the very largest group of home shopping catalogues in the UK.
It still offers all the major brands that were available earlier. Shoppers can find designer clothing by Nicholas Millington and Amanda Wakeley, for example. They can also browse their favourite high street brands like Oasis, Ted Baker, and Miss Sixty.
Next day deliveries are usually possible, or if not convenient for the buyer, the company’s tracking system allows for deliveries to arrive when someone will be home to receive the package. Free returns are still offered. The company’s rebranding means a fashionable website with new offers and features while still maintaining the quality that attracts thousands of UK shoppers month to month. Customer service remains vital.
The Secret To Finding Cheap Land
Posted by GuestPoster in Business and Employment, Uncategorized on October 11, 2010
The scope of this article will be on discussing my secrets for finding cheap land for sale. If you are interested in purchasing cheap Oregon land, now’s the time to do it and you really shouldn’t wait very long because the secrets won’t work for much longer. Because the U.S. economy is in such a bad recession, there are a lot of motivated sellers out there and very few people interested in buying. This has created one of the most significant buyers markets in recent history. In fact we may never see another buyer’s market as strong as this one in our lifetime. There are so many more people trying to sell land right now than there are people interested in buying land that sellers are being forced to lower their prices far below fair market value. This isn’t so good for sellers but it’s great for buyers.
The very nature of a buyer’s market presents many opportunities for people to purchase land at great prices. This helps significantly but the real secret to getting land at the best possible price is to learn to be a good negotiator. You may think that you are naturally a good negotiator but I’ve got news for you. The best negotiators are the best negotiators because they have studied and practiced essential skills necessary to be a good negotiator. Those people who have taken the time to prepare themselves to be a good negotiator can often convince the seller to accept a much lower price than they would have ever accepted before. One thing to always keep in mind when it comes to negotiating is that you should never be afraid to walk away from a deal if you can’t get it at the right price.
Maybe my title was a little bit misleading because there’s no secret to “finding” cheap land. It’s easy to “find” cheap land during a market like this. The secret really lies in getting the very best price on land that is already cheap. It’s very common during a buyer’s market to hear the sellers make statements to the fact that they have already discounted their prices as far as they possibly can. Good negotiators and savvy investors realize that this is not the case very often. A good negotiator can easily convince the seller to go even lower on their price. A good negotiator is also one that is prepared to walk away from a deal that isn’t working out to their best benefit.
Jumpstart Your Medical Career
Posted by GuestPoster in Business and Employment, Uncategorized on September 28, 2010
If you are thinking of starting a professional career in medicine, you will want to balance the length of time you will be required to study, the amount of debt you will need to take on while you are studying, and the future wages you will earn. If you don’t have much time and you can’t afford to take on much debt, you might want to consider a career that can be yours with less than one year of study, but that will still pay a professional wage. One of the quickest medical careers that you can qualify for is that of the Licensed Practical Nurse.
LPNs differ from RNs in that their training is less detailed, and they are therefore able to perform fewer types of procedures, and they have less discretionary power over their patients. As an LPN, you will be carrying out the orders of other medical professionals, mostly from physicians and RNs. You are qualified to give injections of medicine and to do other types of medical treatments and procedures. Your LPN Training will cover all of the basic types of treatment that you will be allowed to perform once you are licensed. This can vary from state to state, depending on the guidelines set out by your state’s Board of Nursing.
If you work in a Nursing Home setting or at another type of long-term care facility, part of your job description might require you to supervise the lower-level nurse aides. The type of work you do will vary according to your actual employment situation, but will probably include things like dressing wounds or surgery sites, dispensing patient medications, and assisting patients with their medical self-care, as well as helping them with a variety of personal tasks such as dressing and bathing, and perhaps walking and eating.
Tenant screening checklist
Posted by GuestPoster in Business and Employment, Uncategorized on September 23, 2010
One of the most effective method of tenant screening is doing it on a face-to-face conversation. It is a growing trend that landlords or property managers do background checks through screening services on a potential tenant’s credit information, eviction records or even criminal offenses. Yet when sealing the deal with a qualified tenant, always bring with you a list of concerns any tenant might take into consideration. You provide the answers ahead even without them asking you.
Safety. This is critical to every dweller. Communicate how you keep your property safe. Do you have 24-hour security personnel? How about fire alarm devices? Where are fire exits located?
Reasonable Rental Fee. Make your own research. Does your property belong to Class A luxury units or to Class D low cost housing rental? Tenants can have many choices of other places to go for a rent so when seeing a possibly good tenant, do your best in making him stay by convincing him you are offering him a reasonably, good price.
Good building condition. Poorly-painted walls, shrieking stairs, incomplete glass windows, doors without locks, or wobbly railings may turn off a potential tenant. Even when there are imperfect areas out of a person’s sight, when unexpectedly noticed by an applicant, it can give your apartment a bad reputation. Negative first impressions can spread anywhere.
Approachable Management. Good, long-tem businesses flourish because of good management systems and techniques. Do you or your property manager follow up tenants on how they are doing so far in your apartment? Do you listen to the complaints raised over a leaking faucet or unstable electrical wiring? Do you find the time to talk to them and listen to their concerns related to the repairs and maintenance?
You have the four factors necessary in closing the deal with a qualified tenant. Don’t just focus on your income. Pay attention to long-term income-generating techniques to make your apartment thrive and rarely experience vacant spaces.