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[Courses] chapter seven: Running A Business- $$Making Money$$

[Courses] chapter seven: Running A Business$$Making Money$$

Carla Schroder carla at bratgrrl.com Sun Aug 25 12:26:02 EST 2002 Previous message: [Courses] chapter six: Running A Business- Money Next message: [Courses] [courses][python]Assignment 1 Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
A t t i t u d ei se v e r y t h i n g .P e o p l eh a v ev e r ym i x e d u pa t t i t u d e st o w a r d sm o n e y . O n l yi na na f f l u e n ts o c i e t yd op e o p l eh a v et h el u x u r yo fd i s c u s s i n gi fm o n e y i s' g o o d 'o r' b a d ' ! I ti sO Kt om a k em o n e y .I ti sO Kt om a k eal o to fm o n e y .I ti sO Kt os p e n di t o nn i c et h i n g sa n dh a v ef u n .M a n yp e o p l et h i n kt h e yw a n t t ow o r kf o rl i t t l eo rn o t h i n g ,a n ds e r v eo t h e r s .I nt r u t h ,t h e yw a n tt om a k e ad e c e n tl i v i n ga n dn o tb ep o o r ,s ot h e yw h e nt h e ya c h i e v et h e i rg o a lo f p o v e r t y ,t h e yf e e lu s e da n dr e s e n t f u l .I ti si m p o r t a n tt ob ec l e a ro nw h a t y o u ro w nv a l u e sa r eb e f o r ey o ul a u n c hab u s i n e s sv e n t u r e . P r i c i n gy o u rs e r v i c e sc a nb et r i c k y .T o ol o w ,c u s t o m e r sw o n ' tt h i n ky o ua r e w o r t hm u c h ,a n dy o u ' l lb u r no u tf a s tf r o mw o r k i n gt o oc h e a p l y .T o oh i g h ,y o u w o n ' th a v ec u s t o m e r s .I nt r u t h ,y o ua r ew o r t hw h a ty o ua r es u c c e s s f u l l ya b l e t oc h a r g e .P e r c e p t i o ni se v e r y t h i n g -c u s t o m e r sd o n ' tc a r ea b o u tal a u n d r y l i s to fc r e d e n t i a l sa sm u c ha st h e ya r ei n f l u e n c e db yy o u rp e r s o n a l p r e s e n t a t i o na n di n t e r a c t i o n sw i t ht h e m .M a n a g i n ge x p e c t a t i o n si se v e r y t h i n g ' u n d e r p r o m i s ea n do v e r d e l i v e r ' .T o p n o t c hc u s t o m e rs e r v i c ea l w a y sp a y so f f . Aw o n d e r f u lf r e ee d u c a t i o nc a nb eh a ds i m p l yb yc a l l i n go t h e rp e o p l ei nt h e s a m ef i e l da sy o u r sa n dp r e t e n dt ob eap r o s p e c t i v ec u s t o m e r .I n q u i r ea b o u t s e r v i c e sa n dp r i c i n g .H o wd ot h e ym a k ey o uf e e l ?H o wl o n gd ot h e yt a k et o c a l ly o ub a c k ?D ot h e yl i s t e nt oy o u ?D ot h e yt e l ly o uu s e f u lt h i n g s ,o rj u s t b l a bs a l e s d r o i dp h r a s e s ?L e a r nf r o mt h e m -t h eg o o da n dt h eb a d .I m i t a t et h e g o o do n l y .; ) Id oac o m b i n a t i o no ff l a tr a t e sa n dh o u r l y .F o rs o m e t h i n gn e wt h a tI ' mn o t v e r ye x p e r i e n c e dw i t h ,I ' l lc h a r g eaf l a tf e e .T h e ni td o e s n ' tm a t t e ri fI ' m e x t r as l o wa n dc a r e f u l .F o ro n s i t ej o b s ,Ih a v eao n e -t ot h r e e h o u rm i n i m u m , d e p e n d i n go nh o wf a rIh a v et ot r a v e l .T r a v e lt i m ew i l lk i l ly o u ,i fy o u d o n ' tf i n daw a yt oc h a r g ef o ri t . A g a i nIe m p h a s i z ep u t t i n ge v e r y t h i n gi nw r i t i n g :u s ew o r ko r d e r sa n d c o n t r a c t s .D o n ' tu s eb o i l e r p l a t ec o n t r a c t so rl e g a ls o f t w a r e ,u s ear e a l b u s i n e s sl a w y e ra n dC P A . N e x tc h a p t e r :g e t t i n gs t a r t e d ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ C a r l aS c h r o d e r ,B r a t g r r lC o m p u t i n g P l a i nE n g l i s hS p o k e nH e r e w w w . b r a t g r r l . c o m t h i sm e s s a g eb r o u g h tt oy o ub yK m a i l , o nR e dH a tL i n u x7 . 2
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