re: Promotions

[Jim Bell <jimb@unbc.edu>]

Give out free candy? Yes. It is imperative! We have gone through two huge 
(gallon?) containers of Scotch Mints in January. (Although some of the 
tutors claim to be living on them, most mints go to clients.)


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On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Susan Delagrange wrote:

> >hi folks,
> >
> >thanks, todd, for the skit ideas for selling colleagues on the wc idea.
> >My brand new baby WC is but four weeks old, and is slow to get much
> >traffic.  Lots of handicaps I know about-- lack of permanent space with
> >visible, credibility-enhancing infrastructure, e.g. computers, file
> >cabinets, posters on the walls; an ambivalent bunch of English colleagues
> >-- but I wonder about the psychology of the  client population.
> >
> ditto on exon, james.
> 
> Lack of permanent space is deadly.  There's an old saying, "A move is as
> bad as a fire."  I used to think that it referred to the effect of the move
> on the family moving.  Then I heard someone apply it to a move in business
> location by a fellow antique dealer.  Yes!  How long does it take for a
> business to regain old/establish new customers after a move?  Just this
> side of bankruptcy.  Which puts you on the _other_ side.
> But seriously.....You mentioned in an earlier post that you had a classroom
> for part of the time, but classrooms, as you point out, are unfriendly
> places.  Could you claim a semi-permanent place in the corner of the
> cafeteria?  Student lounge?  MIght be something to ask Student Activities
> about.
> And give out free candy.
> Susan
> 
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