Solution also needs maintenance

We are always looking for permanent solution in business and personal life, or solution to solve the problems of world, the poverty, hunger, or financial meltdown, fighting back to solve the problem. There is no conclusion, no single solution when we are searching for answer.

Solutions are temporary and fleeting in nature, larger the issue more volatile is the solution, in business every day throws a new challenge, and one need to respond sincerely with appropriate answer, keeping in mind that this solution is temporary in nature, solution has to be reinvented in course of time in the light of ever changing business landscape and technological evolution, even if the problem remains same. 

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Tricks of public relation - Workshop & Seminars

Attend every seminar and workshop in the city for first few years

Find out frequent faces of your industry attending seminars & workshop

Find out more about those influential personalities

Go ahead and introduce yourself - no matter how brief is the conversation

Do not forget to exchange business cards

Do write a customised mail to each of them within a week

Appreciate what they said or delivered in the presentation, or just thank them for their time

Do not let them forget you - keep posting mails appreciating their latest venture - also join them on Linkedin

Keep in touch

Your target is to be a recognized face in the crowd of thousands standing with the people you appreciated in your business startup days.

View top 10 suggestions for new startups and entrepreneurs, in the following post - http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/10-suggestions-for-new-start-ups-and.html

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Expand your business through Top 10 QR Code promotion approaches

QR Code holds immense marketing potential through both virtual online as well as physical world. Most of us know the tricks on online marketing and promotion. Promotion through QR codes are relatively new compared to online community and holds innumerable and ever new possibilities based on creativity on individuals and companies, some of these less explored or unexplored vistas of QR code promotion and marketing can be as follows.

QR code on product itself - helps educate customers about the product and company

Compulsory QR coding on Company brochures & pamphlets - promotion through workshop seminar pamphlets distribution

Integrating QR Code in company Business card of all the employees - minimalistic power packed business card

Cross company promotion through QR code- leveraging advantage of extended companies

QR codes on company owned vehicles/ fleets- promoting business wherever it goes

QR codes on Corporate gift items - Festive QR coding

QR billboards - for product promotion and company brand image 

QR Countdown timer at strategic locations - for public events, sports events, new year etc.

QR Sculpture and furniture for your office

QR coding art - creating eye catching QR codes with variation (which is possible without losing the code quality)  

Learn how to promote your business through Public Relation (PR) in the next article - http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/tricks-of-public-relation-workshop.html

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How to keep business proposal and project schedule realistic

It's easy to get swayed away by sheer numbers - do regular reality check

Don't get overenthusiastic with numbers - get your numbers validated by partners / trusted others

Overall business plan should make sense to your over-skeptical clients

Keep all the odd possibilities in mind while preparing project time schedule 

Business strategies should reflect in numbers and should complement each other

Try to foresee all the future obstacles and keep the time schedule flexible enough to accommodate the time lost due to this obstacle

Learn how and why to use Mindmapping tools which helps you streamline your business and makes your business plans realistic- http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/why-entrepreneur-should-start.html

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3 basic Thumbrule of hospitality and service industry

It all depends on front-end staff - they are the face of industry

It’s about 40% ambiance and 60% service and of course affordability cannot be ignored

Education and training makes a difference - you must be wondering why a 2 star hotel staff won't behave like a five star staff while both are human capital 

Learn about the top 5 problems faced by new startups in providing customer service here - http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/top-5-problems-faced-by-new-business.html

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6 must know Thumbrules of customer service for every business

You should know as much as possible about your every customer - Beforehand

Respect your prospective customer - Even if its 5 year kid

You can't satisfy every customer - But you have to deal with it somehow

Single point assurance - Customer is not supposed to run from one desk to other, it’s your job

You need to make sure the problem of customer has been solved - Before customer asking twice

Either job is done or apology for delay - No need to justify the delay

Learn about the top 5 problems faced by new startups in providing customer service here - http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/top-5-problems-faced-by-new-business.html

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Brighter side of partnership

Your partners validate your dream

They keep you rooted when you deviate to far from subject

They can help keep you rational when things go wrong

You feel lonely at times walking alone – having company is mostly fun 

You should know what precautions needed to be taken while forming partnership with close friends to avoid any future business complexity as discussed in the following post - http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/what-precautions-needed-to-form.html

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What precautions needed to form business partnership with friends?

Keep the following suggestions in mind while getting into business partnership with friends.

Have a company vision - agreeable to everyone

Set the rules of game in the beginning - Draft a company policy up to the fine details, agreeable to everyone.

Share and ask for detailed CV - No matter you have grown up together - playing cricket together is one thing and running business together is different

Don't leave the room for surprise - Get the information validated 

Set pilot milestones - Set the short targets, do the math and see if the venture is likely to work otherwise change the strategy

Don't be casual - Maintain absolute professionalism while on job and make sure you also have fun together later

Here are the top 10 suggestions for new start-ups and entrepreneurs - http://fromthediaryofmentor.blogspot.in/2012/02/10-suggestions-for-new-start-ups-and.html

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