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Velma June 30, 2020 09:40 AM

How to survive the COVID crisis.
 
The crisis is a very good time to...improve the efficiency of your business. Even if you can't sell stationary, you can buy your products online. If you provide language services, or if you teach swimming, find a way to do things differently. Maybe a paid video guide? Don't be ashamed of changing your business. Maybe your products can be sent to a customer. Are you a hairdresser and do not have customers because there is a coronavirus? Maybe it is time to start selling cosmetic accessories? Do you have a car rental company? Offer your services to grocery stores, which take your customers home. Think about how to use the fact that your customers stay at home. Diversify your business. Transport companies also have storage services, restaurants that have so far received guests in restaurants, spend them on take-out.

GordonJ June 30, 2020 07:01 PM

Thanks Scooby kid, a lot of us are rethinking our next move.
 
I wonder how many of us (you all) are thinking about making some changes to their current or former business? I know a few direct salespeople, and advertising reps, who have to adjust, some find they need to make 100 phone calls to get the same business they would get with 10 cold calls.

The NOT knowing, and the frustration, seeing different rules for different businesses, will be a boiling point.

If you have followed my Summer predictions, know we are still on the very front end of it, and a long HOT summer may help tamp down Covid-19, with erring on the side of caution...

we are still very early into protests, and other things we don't have any idea of at this point, will make this be a stressful one.

But on a positive note, and to share with the group, if anyone has shifted their business, or have gotten creative feel free to tell us.

I see Ohio dairy farmers are dumping milk. Not sure what this means to us in general, for them, they can't sell their wares...will the food chain be effected?

Will cheese prices go up, will grocery shelves become even more barren?

I don't know.

Do you?

Gordon





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Originally Posted by Velma (Post 40885)
The crisis is a very good time to...improve the efficiency of your business. Even if you can't sell stationary, you can buy your products online. If you provide language services, or if you teach swimming, find a way to do things differently. Maybe a paid video guide? Don't be ashamed of changing your business. Maybe your products can be sent to a customer. Are you a hairdresser and do not have customers because there is a coronavirus? Maybe it is time to start selling cosmetic accessories? Do you have a car rental company? Offer your services to grocery stores, which take your customers home. Think about how to use the fact that your customers stay at home. Diversify your business. Transport companies also have storage services, restaurants that have so far received guests in restaurants, spend them on take-out.


Glenn July 4, 2020 05:57 PM

Two Free Ideas From Disneyland and Steve Jobs-VIRUS CHANGES
 
Thanks Gordon - Velma,

ADDED VALUE CHANGE #1 - When Writing a Page of 6 and 7 Figure Ideas for Clients and Prospects.

The Change is:

The Entire List of Ideas is about:

A - Selling Each Customer More.

B - Adding a 2nd Discounted Item (Upsells)

C - Creating BackEnd - repeat Product Sales Systems

VELMA Mentioned Restaurants...

I - (DISNEY Restaurant idea) You Sell a Meal (Pick Up window Person Wears a Tall, White, Paper CHEF Hat.)

5.00 each - Customers Take one or two home.

II - A 15,000.00 Meal at "21 Royal" at Disneyland - links Walt Disney and Famous Stars and Celebs to Each item on the menu.

So Any Restaurant owner can Do something Similar:

Dwayne Johnson - 89 Million Per Movie

FAVORITE FOODS - Banana Pancakes

On CHEAT DAY - He ate 12 Pancakes, 4 Pizzas and 21 Brownies.

https://www.instagram.com/p/e4RTgOIh...ource=ig_embed

III - Disneyland Restaurants - Up-sell in Dozens of ways.

GIANT UGLY DESSERTS - Get little Boys to say, "Daddy I want that."

"Frozen Gingerbread/IceCream DESSERTS - Get little Girls to Say, "Dad I Want that."

Chef Hat, Ball Cap, Name Tag, T-shirt, Small and large signs.

So All we have to do is ADD one or Two of our Proven Headlines
and Total Sales Jump. And People Take more stuff Home.

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ADDED VALUE CHANGE #2 - I Just Wrote a Thank you Note Which Explains this
EXTRA
Added Value
Permanent
Energy Boost Change We Share with Everyone We Talk to.

So here it is...

Thanks Al,

A Steve Jobs Story.

How retired CIA Agent, Randy, got a Meeting with Steve Jobs.

Randy wanted to sell his website Directly to Steve.

Steve wears Special Jeans, shoes, shirts.

Steve did not capitalize the letters in his name, "steve jobs."

Steve NEVER used a license plate on his Mercedes. After 28 days his leasing Company Switched Cars. (CA law gives you 30 days to put a License on your car.)

THEREFORE...

Randy - the Apple Programming Genius Built a website called, "ThankYouSteve.com" (No longer up)

Apple I
Apple II
Apple Lisa
Apple MacIntosh

We Created a Website which gave Steve Credit for each Major Apple Product.

Screen #1 - A "Thank You Steve for Creating the Apple Computer" Banner Waved in front of a Grassy Field.

The Banner Was Pulled by colorful Birds.

Screen #2 - A 2nd THANK YOU STEVE For Creating the Apple II" - Banner. Background a filed of flowers. Pulled by butterflies.

Banner #3 - Thank You Steve - Was pulled by bumble and honey bees.

When We Got The "Thank You Steve" Website Set up. Randy Emailed. Then called Steve's Secretary. Emailed her the THANK YOU STEVE website link.

Steve Called Randy in 24 Hours. (Well. Actually. Steve had his secretary set up a phone meeting. Billionaires Don't call you person to person.)

Steve Said, "Nobody has Ever Thanked Me Like this Before."

Steve offered Randy 5 Million. With the option to up it to 8 - with some website changes.

But What we learned during this Project has had Lasting Value.

The ENERGY ELEVATOR -
Steve Energized The People Around him. He called what he did "The Energy Elevator."

Musicians and Singer-songwriters and Important Joint Venture Partners - CEO's.

Steve Had a Quick method of raising their Chi Energy.

Which he taught Randy and me.

So today we:

A - Raise the Energy of Folks on the phone

B - We Teach them how to Raise and Lower Their UNconscious Energy THEMSELVES.

C - And we Freely Share This "Energy Elevator" Method with their family, friends, Top Clients and Prospects.

Very Cool to be able to share a bit of Steve Jobs Magic with others.

Thanks,
Glenn Osborn
Millionaire Mastermind Marketing Association


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