Businessavante commented on the following stories on BizSugar
Close Encounters of the 4th Kind: Doing Multi-Cultural Business with Little Green Men (and Women)!
"Hilarious, Yoni! I'm hoping it's a Bevy of Beautiful Babes who need Earth men because the men on Mars are sterile! Right now I'm picturing how they might be dressed - their uniforms... businessavante"How QR Codes Can Change Daily Life
"Sathish, I'd seen QR codes on packages from UPS, Fed-EX, and the Post Office for years w/o knowing what they were. I suspected they were like bar codes, but all the packages also HAD bar codes. I think the main importance now is that people can engage QR codes using their "happy phone" (I just couldn't use the sm..t word), and have all kinds of info & discount offers. businessavante"Google search, it’s all there for me to see
"In high school, calculators had just been invented. They were expensive, so only 5 kids had them. They weren't allowed to use them in school (all they did was add, subtract, multiply, and divide). In those dinosaur days we had slide rules & logarithm books, had to memorize formulae, and had to work out the problems on paper. This proved we actually COULD think our way out of a paper bag. It wasn't long till it was all on calculators - even the formulae on scientific calculators. Why don't kids today have to suffer through actually learning physics the way us dinosaurs did?? businessavante"Collecting on Overdue Debt: Spread Goodwill Without Loosing Your Shirt
"#'s 2 & 4 are a great way to help a loyal customer out in bad times, but be forewarned that when they're back on their feet they may still do business elsewhere - either in spite of your help, out of shame, or worst case - they were using you. But it's good to at least try to help. I've experienced all 4 outcomes - a grateful, loyal customer, and all 3 negatives listed. businessavante"Subscribe
Not Your Typical Social Media Marketing Ideas for Small Business
"This one's a real doozey! Especially #'s 1, 4, and the conclusion. (There is a disclaimer, too.) businessavante"