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So, after a year’s worth of trial-and-error, more error-than-trial, we’ve learned a ton about how to properly build our web business, which is now a conglomerate managing two custom shirt startups and a blog on customization. Actually, I am giving us too much credit because we have learned a ton, but have a lot more…
This is a follow on piece from my original article on “Building Customer Supply Channels in the tourism Industry part #1” Here are 4 customer acquisition channels to consider and if managed correctly, you will find some great opportunities to leverage and optimize. Direct The direct is pretty self-explanatory and comes in the form of a…
The tourism industry is a highly competitive market with a large number of supplies vying for tourist attention for a short period of time. This is even more competitive if you operate as a local tour operator in a specific market like Australian Coastal Mountain Tours does providing day tours in Melbourne Australia. The tourism…
In the initial stages of starting Australian Coastal Mountain Tours (ACMT), a nature based Tour Company in Melbourne Australia; we spent too much money early on that was wasted on silly things. In the early stages of most, if not all ventures you don’t know really what your product is going to evolve to or…
Now that just seems like a silly statement. Expansion happens because it’s the obvious thing to do, right? Wrong. You shouldn’t expand for the sake of expanding, instead, you should expand because your company needs it, because there is opportunity available, because you can justify it and not just expand in vain. What have we…
Starting a business can be tough, and can get tougher as time goes on. There are many things that can be the cause, whether it is something you did, or something you did not do. Either way, some advice is always welcome for business owners, especially when they are encountering problems. There are a lot…
When you are starting a business, there are a lot of things that will contribute to how far your business may succeed or how bad it might fail. Among these contributing factors are some you may have never thought would matter or make any difference at all, and that without them you are only making…
The traffic of a single word can bring or might not bring in loads of traffic. Learning how to forecast the best words would be an amazing feat, and some people do it. When it comes to Google and their changes to the Google Keyword Tools, you may be wondering what you do now, and…
You would be amazed at just how much traffic a single word can bring or might not bring. Learning how to forecast the best words would be an amazing feat, and some people do it. When it comes to Google and their changes to the Google Keyword Tools, you may be wondering what you do…
Do you know who Kiva’s laergest competitor is? If you think it is a non-profit-centric startup, the micro-lending site’s President Premal Shah would let you know that you are very wrong. Kiva’s biggest rival is none other than Zynga, the gaming giant that has created hit games like Farmville and Mafia Wars and many other…
