Goodbye To A Long Time Customer
Posted on November 2, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Life, management, This Town | Leave a Comment
A long time customer came in today – to bid us farewell – as he has taken a job in another province – there are not many Optician Jobs in this town – he told us. And he had to do what he had to do – as he had a young family of 4, [...]
Read More..>>Computer Repairs Charges
Posted on September 23, 2011 - Filed Under Business, computer repair, computers, management, This Town | Leave a Comment
Never fear bringing your computers or laptop/netbook down to Gator Byte’s to look at – to repair or for upgrading because we charge the lowest in prices and return your fixed computer/laptops to you within 24hrs. If you have viruses or if you are unsure what is wrong with your computer – you can be [...]
Read More..>>Daydream Believers
Posted on July 15, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Life, management, This Country, This Town | Leave a Comment
Small business owners and entrepreneurs are pretty much daydreamers – and wanna-be-heroes – so the spouse said. This week – we received in the post a magazine from CFIB and on its cover are three men – in sunglasses looking like heroes and that got me thinking – it’s true isn’t it – that we [...]
Read More..>>Becoming Your Own Boss
Posted on April 2, 2011 - Filed Under Amused, Business, Finances, management, This Town | Leave a Comment
Everyone thinks that becoming your own boss is the greatest thing – but little did they know that there is a lot more to it – then just what meets the eye. I didn’t grow up with a golden spoon in my mouth – I started with nothing – well not nothing – I have [...]
Read More..>>Helping A Tourist
Posted on March 19, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Finances, Internet, management, This Town | Leave a Comment
We don’t get many tourist in this town no more – since the NDP decided not to fund the ferry from USA – Maine to Yarmouth – but once in a while we still get some – from across Canada. Today, a tourist from Moncton came into our store to ask if we can set [...]
Read More..>>Smart Phones
Posted on February 26, 2011 - Filed Under Business, Electronics, gadgets, management, review | Leave a Comment
Customers come in all the time and asked if we carry smart phones like samsung galaxy , unfortunately, we don’t get any of those come in – and even if they do – we don’t usually take them because we don’t know much about the subscription and how to price them. You see, you can [...]
Read More..>>New Chipped Debit Machine
Posted on January 13, 2011 - Filed Under Business, management, Marketing, Software, Technology | Leave a Comment
While we may not need performance management software at the moment – we definitely need a new chipped debit machine – in compliance with the bank. For those who haven’t had it done – no worries because even our debit machine company – is doing it for us for free. You see unlike other stores [...]
Read More..>>Credit Card For Business
Posted on December 9, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Finances, management | Leave a Comment
When I first started the business – no local bank would give me or my business a business credit card ! but 11 years later – every local bank – and even those not in the vicinity wants to give me one – now how ironic is that? So what does a business credit card [...]
Read More..>>Summer Hours
Posted on May 7, 2010 - Filed Under Business, management, Marketing, This Town | 1 Comment
Yes ! we are seriously contemplating about our summer hours – and we are not even into summer yet – but with the weather getting warmer and the last few nites seeing more customers walking in after 8pm – makes us want to change our hours and open longer at night. So here I am [...]
Read More..>>Now Carrying Hockey Cards
Posted on January 18, 2010 - Filed Under Business, management | Leave a Comment
So far this year is a year of change. On a suggestion from a long time customer we’ve started carrying hockey cards (packs, not singles) and currently have 3 types to choose from. Special orders are only 2 days away and I’m willing to give a little discount if someone wants to buy [...]
Read More..>>Business Security
Posted on November 16, 2008 - Filed Under Business, management | Leave a Comment
It seems like everything needs to be watched when you run your own business, especially if you have employees. Not only do you have to keep an eye on the main retail space, you need to keep watch over the back rooms and the cash register as well. A dishonest employee can rob [...]
Read More..>>Online Meetings
Posted on August 14, 2008 - Filed Under Business, management, Software | Leave a Comment
Back when I started this business and we were buying/selling store returns we’d normally take a couple trips a year to Toronto to meet up with our suppliers and pick out the goods we wanted to buy. Travel isn’t cheap though, along with the air fare and car rentals you need a hotel and [...]
Read More..>>Lead Management
Posted on October 16, 2007 - Filed Under Business, management | Leave a Comment
Getting sales leads doesn’t mean much if you don’t have time to follow up on them. The Sales Lead Management service from The Lead Dogs will grab sales-ready contacts from multiple sources and organize them in order to maximize the ROI on each of your marketing streams. They’ll even provide statistics for you so [...]
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