March 3, 2008, 3:37 pm
Bad economy? Time to get aggressive
What’s your take on Rich Sloan’s tips for growing your business while others struggle?
Categories: StartupNation
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From Paul- South Florida
If you are in a retail or wholesale business,reducing or completely eliminating non-moving inventory will help your bottom line.Holding on to obsolete merchandise drains your cash flow and takes up valuable shelf/storage space that could be used to sell current,hot selling items.Sell off the dead-stock and help your business.
http://www.sellmyinventory.com
Posted By Paul- South Florida : March 4, 2008 8:19 am
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Thank you so much for your articles. Many small business owners in my area are very discouraged, I have been circulating your article “Bad economy? Time to get aggressive.” with local business owners, including my own employer. Secretly, I think it saved my job, for now.
We had a very long meeting on Monday and reorganized our entire marketing strategy based on some of the key points in your article. My employer is more optimistic and potentially this could be an amazing turn for us.
I look forward to your future articles. It’s a great thing you’re doing. On behalf of the businesses and jobs you may have saved, thank you.
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