or a discount on what other product?\nI thought about a box of coffe cups and mugs that could come along as an offer with the coffee machine but then again, most of the cafe's such as starbucks(who would be my target market to see the machines to) have their own cups and mugs, why would they be interested in my offer?\nso what other offer would be impressive?
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What kind of coffee makers are you selling? Ones for the actual store like Starbucks to use or for them to sell in their store?\n\nIf you want to market your product in their store you may want to co-brand with them. Offer to put their logo or a coupon for their coffee with your maker so that when a customer buys it you benefit and Starbucks benefits. Make the coupon only good for the intial purchase.\n\nBuy this coffee maker and get 50% off of 1-lb of Starbucks coffee.\n\nIf on the other hand you are marketing your coffee maker to stores like Starbucks for them to use then you have a tougher road to go.\n\nThink from the perspective of the store owner - how would using your coffee maker benefit me the store owner? Why should I use yours and how can you make it appealing to me?\n\nThe first thing I'm interested in as a business person is the product not the freebies or the offers. Those are secondary. So sell the benefits and then the add ons.\n\nWhy not consider free replacement or service contract for 6 months or 1 year?\n\nAnother might be - emergency replacement makers provided within 24-hours of notification. You would have some spares on hand and if a problem develops you would replace them within 24 hours.\n\nJust a few thoughts.\n\nPress on to success,\nJeff\nhttp://www.PreferredPromoZ.com
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I Would LOVE to put CREAM in YOUR Coffee!!!
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I am a distributing member for Vemma Nutritional Supplements.  The Vemma product includes a Mineral Supplement and a Mangosteen, Green Tea and Aloe product with vitamins.  It cost me less than $75.00 to start my business and that includes a free marketing website.  I do not have to carry inventory and all sales are direct from the company to the consumer.  I do not have credit card risk - the company handles all that.  The tax advantages are the same as for any sole proprietorship business, cell phone, a portion of car, home, and any normal business expenses (including attending the annual convention in March in Las Vegas.)  Check it out on my website: http://www.myvemma.com/mjf and write or call me if you have any questions.  -- Mark
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I printed up a bunch of free business cards on vistaprint.com and basically passed out my biz cards myself, I gave bunch to others I knew and left several almost everywhere I went. Convenient store counters, grocery stores bulletin boards, post office counters, lobby's of hosipitals, hotels, friends I know in the school district, restaurants, you name it. Even when I'm standing in line sometimes when engaged in a conversation with a stranger I'd give them one of my cards. It's a lot of leg work and unless you have some really good connections like one of my friends whose a courier and he just hand deliver them to clients they have, it can take some time for the business to start running. Good luck I hope this helps a bit. P.S. I'm with Stacey's Custom Gift Baskets. Take care
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make your own and upload it to cafepress.com and buy it from yourself
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It's their product......from their company.....yet they can't set their own price?\n\nSo that means if I want to buy something from you....and you want $20 bucks and I only want to pay $5....that means you must sell it to me for $5....cause I want it for that.\n\nDon't go into the field of business as you have no clue how it works.
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THEY ARE JUST USING YOU AS A DOOR MAT...WHY GET ANOTHER MANAGER IN WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE JOB AT A FRACTION OF THE PRICE....WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE
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I'm not a gambler so I may be missing something here.. but isn't "club reward merchandise" just regular stuff?\n\nSo aren't you really asking, "I'm selling stuff and looking for buyers?"\n\nReally don't mean to be rude... perhaps a bit more info?
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How about incentives. sales, price cuts for select products jsut to get people in the door. How about a special opening for preferred clients?\n\nGood luck!
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Ours got started by advertising on the company vehicles(you can get an ad for about $40), we handed out personal business cards we had printed up ourselves, company t-shirts for all the employees, ad in the local paper (advertise a "special"), coupons people can redeem, have an advertisement packet to present to potential customers.
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Well, the first time would be questionable, but if the coffee was good I'd definitely be stopping again!!  You might want to make sure that the people below you aren't going to mind all the traffic overhead though. . . because if I'm coming back for seconds I'm bringing a crowd.  But hey, where exactly do you live because that might pose a problem with me getting to work on time!  Not to mention the soaring gas prices!!\n\nGood Luck in your business venture.  Let me know when your grand opening is scheduled!!
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Not sure if this is exactly what you are thinking but check out\n\nwww.cafepress.com
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Gourmet coffee\nMovie tickets\nCandles
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I pretty much agree with what you say.  I'm not stoning Walmart and as for Starbucks, the idiots paying 3 to 5 dollars for coffee are the ones needing to be stoned.\nWith Walmart, the driving issue is people who don't have much excess money and are looking for a good price on mostly essential items.  I relate to them big time.\n\nAs for what drives the Starbucks phenomenon,  in large part, it's people who have plenty of disposable resources, like to "drop names" (Oh, guess who I saw in STARBUCKS yesterday!!! <gush, gush, gag, gag>) have no concept of value and want to be "trendy" by spend a ridiculous amount on a cup of so-so coffee.  Call me cheap but aint NO freeking cup of coffee worth the going price there so.... the attraction ISNT "value".  BTW, value isnt a dirty word when your resources are finite..
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The old addage goes that "most things are worth what you pay for them", also "if it sounds to good to be true then . . . " and so on.  Whenever I've checked into these offers it involves answering a few questions which means getting your email on a gazzillion email lists, do you want that?
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I would start by doing lots of research on opening a business and jotting down just off the top of your head what you'll need to get started before you even try to figure out costs - listing everything will give you a place to start.  Here are some things I would think about:\n\n1) where and how big do you want this shop to be?\n2) what space is available in the area where you want the location\n3) will you need to do your own renovating/remodeling to the space\n4) do you plan to buy or rent the space?\n5) location is really, really important; are there other businesses in the area that draw people and might promote walk-in business for your shop?\n6) how close is your nearest competition? don't even try to compete with starbucks if they're anywhere near unless there's something so unique about your shop that you'll have your own niche following\n7) how will you advertise?\n8) will you need to hire employees\n9) who will handle the legal work? the accounting? \n10) how much insurance will you need - property insurance, insurance against loss of inventory, liability insurance in case a customer or an employee gets hurt in the store\n11)how much inventory do you need to get started?\n12) how much money do you need not just for upfront costs but to keep the shop going in the beginning before the business takes off\n13) have either of you worked at the kind of coffee/tea shop you'd like to own - are you willing to do that for awhile to really learn the ins and outs of the business?
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No this is not true.  I've seen many schemes over the years, and each promises a certain amount of cash in the long run, depending on how many people you need to bring in.\n\nSTOP, turn and run the other way.\n\nIf you're looking for a freebee, invest in Starbucks.  They send me a $3.50 gift card in their annual statements.