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Grocery store marketing directors don’t have a clue

By admin | Published: May 18, 2008
Grocery stores throughout history have never been known for their marketing genus. That’s how Wallmart was able to become the industry behemoth giant that it is today. In some markets they’ve got the grocery stores shaking in their boots. Today while standing in line at the local Albertsons. I realize that companies like Albertson’s treat their [...]
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PayGo Irony

By admin | Published: May 14, 2008
In my previous post about the Christian James’ Macintosh OS X software PayGo SP life kind of has an ironic twist. I was complaining about the poor customer service of the company and hoping that I warn a few people to run away from the company as they have refused to address my issues. When [...]
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How Not to sell a Point of Sale System to your customers.

By admin | Published: May 12, 2008
How Not to sell a Point of Sale System to your customers. I have a marginally successful retail store that has been in business for the last 7 years. During the last 6 months I have been dealing with a company call Christian James, Inc. The have created a Mac OS X and PC Based FileMaker [...]
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Steal My Pen, Please

By admin | Published: May 10, 2008
Today I was attending a Meetup.com Meeting in the Boise area, The Boise Digital Photography Group. We met at one of the local chain coffee houses, as they have a nice facility and a great room for 25-30 people groups. Over the last few years, I have learned that branding is as important as advertising itself. [...]
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