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WCDT strips 4126 - 4130 (4th to 8th November 2019)
BenRG:
I think that Faye is pretty determined to improve the business (and its takings) somehow. How can she possibly do that? I've come up with some silly ideas, why don't you share your own?
If I had to ask where I think that Jeph is going, I think it is using Sam's sudden in-trend fame as a form of marketing promotion: Throw Sam's work in for free (the cost of actual engineering would would cover Sam's fees and then some anyway). In exchange, promise Sam that they're never going to tell Jim that she's started drinking coffee at a young age! :wink:
Gyrre:
Word-of-mouth is one of the most powerful ways to get business, even to this day.
Probably explains the wording for slander and liable laws. It doesn't matter if it's true. Just that it hurts their public reputation.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 03 Nov 2019, 15:42 ---Word-of-mouth is one of the most powerful ways to get business, even to this day.
Probably explains the wording for slander and liable laws. It doesn't matter if it's true. Just that it hurts their public reputation.
--- End quote ---
But truth of the allegation is an absolute defense to slander/libel charges, criminal or civil.
The problem UR is having has plagued small businesses since the invention of competition. Technical skills don't always live in the same head as business or advertising skills. Look at all the tech outfits with excellent products that have gone belly-up since the mid-'90s. Right now the people hearing the word-of-mouth, friends of May and Melon, aren't the kind with disposable income for custom butts. (I'm not sure Bartholomew Punchbot, PCA is publicizing that he's also "Basher Bart" Punchbot, Fighting Robot. If he was squishy, he might want to keep a lid on it.)
shanejayell:
I remember reading somewhere that a small business starting out needs to budget for a YEAR of not making money.....
So, this could be interesting.
DSL:
Probably more for a year, in the case of an overhead-heavy outfit like UR would have to be.
And, hey, Sam (and Faye) -- it doesn't have to be poaching. You can complement each other, be a business draw for each other.
I like it when festival organizers set my caricature tent up next to the face painters. We bring business to each other. I've seen other operations where the same outfit offers caricatures and face painting (generally different artists, because of workflow logistics and because the skill sets and required equipment are different.)
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