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When’s a good time for a migraine?

Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under Business Diary, PU, Zzub - Comments Off

I don’t know what else other than the weather to blame for my migraine. It’s certainly not that I’m stressed out working too hard because the truth is I haven’t been working hard at all.
Ordinarily I can’t afford to have a migraine because it’ll really set me back pretty badly. But because things have been [...]

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Outsource your IT needs

Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under RM, Technology, Zzub - Comments Off

As I’ve mentioned before, if you’re a home, business owner, you have to know a little about everything because ultimately you’re a one-man band and there’s always that budget to think about.
Here the small business owners have an advantage over us because they have more capital and resources to work with than we do. But [...]

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Weekday traffic

Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under Business Diary, PU, Zzub - 1 Comment

I’m noticing that quite a number of stores at the malls have closed down. It’s hard to survive solely on weekend business. Shopping malls don’t get a lot of foot traffic on weekdays. Being a work at home mom, I prefer to shop on weekdays to avoid the crowd and I notice how quiet the [...]

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In a holiday mood

Posted on November 27, 2007 - Filed Under Business Diary - Comments Off

The quiet days continue… I’m not even sure if last November was this slow because I had my head in Nanowrimo last year. But right now, I’m already in a holiday mood.
I just love the laid-back window-shopping at this time of year. I don’t have to shop for gifts and I guess that really helps. [...]

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Can the canned responses please

Posted on November 25, 2007 - Filed Under Business Diary, Customer Service - Comments Off

Isn’t it amazing how some businesses only seem to send out canned responses? That’s what I’ve noticed as I’ve been trying to communicate with a couple of companies here.
I write in explaining the situation asking for them to explain things to me. Back comes the same canned response they sent out the first time. And [...]

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