Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business. Show all posts

Monday, October 22, 2012

General: Business limits (The millionaire and the fisherman)


Everyone in the business game thinks about the same and in the same way.
Almost all businessman think about profits, marketing, maybe even sustainability but forget to think about their personal objectives, they all forget to think about what they want to do when they make it big, for all of you out there like that i leave you with one of the most wonderful parables of our times:


An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “only a little while.”
The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”
“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”
“Millions—then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”

Try to be like the fisherman and not like the American Investment Banker in pursuit of millions with the objective of living the life that the Mexican fisherman was already living.
Think about it.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

General: Similarities between relationships and business


Relationships and business
Wheel if you think about it relationships are quite similar to the business world, if you think about a relationship like a company you can identify a lot of things in common, let's see...

In a company you either have a great start and it rises quite fast or you have a weak start and things progress slowly, also it takes work all the way through, you always have to reinvest in the company for it to be able to be productive, that's the problem in most companies and the reason why they do not grow (as in relationships), it's of major importance that you constantly reinvest, otherwise it's almost impossible to increase your market value and your profits, and you are always risking everything you put in it, so if you are going to invest be sure that it's the best choice

Also you have liabilities, nevertheless you should always have some equity, the more the merrier, in equity we can sum up investment and profits, basically those are your concerns, if both those aspects are solid you have a solid relationship or company, it's a sign that you are doing good.

Most companies also have a timeline, a beginning, a middle and an end, those companies are not well managed, if they were they could live on forever, there is a difference between being rich and being wealthy, a rich person has money, but that money (relationship) will end eventually, a wealthy person has solid income sources (relationships) and those will be able to support him or her for the rest on his or hers life, that is if he knows how to manage them.

Also and most importantly you should always consider the opportunity cost, if you have something better on another place don't waste your time in that company (relationship), it's a bad choice, it might look good at first but you will end up with regret for not following what's best for you and wining about what you could have done, so think well about what you are going to put yourself in.

So, to sum up, relationships and any business venture have a way of starting, slow, or fast, they both have liabilities, you will always have to create opportunities and risk a big failure, they have a timeline and there is always a cost of opportunity, but most importantly they require work, it doesn't mather if it is rock solid or just starting it will always require work but if you play your cards right you will always get something important from it.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Offbeat: Efficient ways to Advertise Fitness Marketing Business

fitness marketing


It’s true how the fitness clients are in soaring heights in the meantime, but for a passing fancy time there are many fitness centers and fitness coaching centers are as much as seize the fullest good thing about the specific situation. So, in order to take part in the hype, it’s important to learn how to market your Fitness Marketing business. Normally you will probably explore the group of the competitors or numerous competitors, never finding a possibility to claim on your own on the market. To advertise effectively, important computer data must seize the readers’ thought along with have something unique. Make sure to maintain the concentrate on the client rather than to possess on your own.
Make an effort to liberate from your usual methods accustomed to market fitness business as well as place your visitors initially. Mainly, the initial peek of one’s Personal Trainer Marketing business will say all the stuff for your clients in regards to the services you are able to grant. The higher your representation the higher your size and type of clientele. Be sure that the building interiors along with exteriors are dirt free moreover tidy everyday. Work with an expert user-friendly to promote your production. Give you the indisputable fact that you might be addressing each client 1 by 1, despite the fact that several visitors are going to be accessing your internet site concurrently.
Use the notion of personalization since it is a fantastic way to help market a fitness business. View at the whole thing you do from then on outsource what you really are permit you to. If one more individual have the potential to do it because of not because money, then permit them to. It could be from chores in your own home to be effective tasks. Often be considering methods to save your time and who have the ability to do things for you personally.
Through the net everyone in their process, it’s got rank into quite simple to promote in out toward a multitude of people who have its use. Upon obtaining a proper website it’s possible to start making your small business proven to every single one. In this way in addition, you keep it simplistic for that fitness fanatics to find the facilities they need. Promotion of the online business becomes a cakewalk when you have your internet site. Clients are your profits source, thus be sure that as much people as you possibly can discover your Boot Camp Marketing business. Promote your business well so you will have more plus more clientele. The experts who are available here will give the best training in the fitness marketing. There is no need to hunt for the person who will give you the best training in the areas of the Personal Trainer Marketing and the corresponding fields.

This article was a guest post from Alexis, from super-trainer.com, that shares the Latest Fitness Marketing, Personal Trainer Marketing and Boot Camp Marketing With Others in the Industry.