Owning a small business in a struggling economy is tough. What makes it even tougher is being a fairly new business with at this point little extra capitol to spend on advertising.
My personal opinion is that people need to work very hard at developing an imagine of taking extreme care of your customers to such an extreme that all they ever think of is spending their money with me because of the exceptional service. The "WOW" factor is something that every business owner today really needs to look into further to make sure that they succeed and also that when the economy turns around you are a step ahead of everyone else. Wowing the consumer might not double your business overnight but it will retain customers for you and keep them supporting you evertime they need your service. It will also develop a reputation for your business which then you can use to your favor when there is the money available to advertise.
What are your thoughts and other ways to improve your business cheaply and or free.
p.s. For those that do not know I am a Fox's Pizza Den owner in Kennett Square, PA and have been open for just over 14 months.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Best Fictinoal Presidents
I know it has been awhile since my last post. It has been a busy few weeks at my pizza shop. I have a few minutes so I am going to try and through something together here
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I was watching Independence Day last night and began to think how much I love the movie. It has many great elements. One major part I loved was Bill Pullman' perfomance as President Whitmore. He played the role really well and had one of the best pep talk speechs prior to the final attack in movie history...... (you all know the line).
This made me think of who else has played the role of a president and done it well.
A few that come to mind....
First President David Palmer played by Dennis Haysbert. In the first few seasons of 24 President Palmer played such a major role and commanded the screen so well I have to say he is my favorite fictional president of all time. Id even vote for him today even thought he doesnt exsist.
President Robert Fowler played by James Cromwell. Sum of all Fears is a good movie and Cromwell is an excellent actor. He plays the role well but also has played a president in many other roles... He makes the list just on acting skills and abilty alone.
Obviously Bill Pullman from Independence Day.
President James Marshell played by Harrison Ford in Air Force One. The commander in Chief never kicked ass so much.
Darrell Hammond played Bill Clinton on SNL many many times and although it is not a fictinoal president he did it so well it almost single handedly brought me back to watching SNL after stopping for many years because of what I thought was a decline in humor.
I have to stop there but anyone with other suggestions please give them. The presidential role is important to any movie or TV show no matter how minor of a role in the movie they have.
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I was watching Independence Day last night and began to think how much I love the movie. It has many great elements. One major part I loved was Bill Pullman' perfomance as President Whitmore. He played the role really well and had one of the best pep talk speechs prior to the final attack in movie history...... (you all know the line).
This made me think of who else has played the role of a president and done it well.
A few that come to mind....
First President David Palmer played by Dennis Haysbert. In the first few seasons of 24 President Palmer played such a major role and commanded the screen so well I have to say he is my favorite fictional president of all time. Id even vote for him today even thought he doesnt exsist.
President Robert Fowler played by James Cromwell. Sum of all Fears is a good movie and Cromwell is an excellent actor. He plays the role well but also has played a president in many other roles... He makes the list just on acting skills and abilty alone.
Obviously Bill Pullman from Independence Day.
President James Marshell played by Harrison Ford in Air Force One. The commander in Chief never kicked ass so much.
Darrell Hammond played Bill Clinton on SNL many many times and although it is not a fictinoal president he did it so well it almost single handedly brought me back to watching SNL after stopping for many years because of what I thought was a decline in humor.
I have to stop there but anyone with other suggestions please give them. The presidential role is important to any movie or TV show no matter how minor of a role in the movie they have.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Greatest band of all time
On the Preston and Steve(www.prestonandsteve.com) yesterday they had Steel Panthers... the greatest rock and roll band of all time. They may have been around for quite some time but this is the first I heard of them and have to say the art of parady and or comedic music is not done well anymore... Sandler is good, Weird Al is average but this shit is great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck8T45DJjH4&feature=related is the link to a music video of theirs... watch it and laugh your ass off... I am a terrible person for loving this I know.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
How clean is your house?
I have found a new show (its not new, just new to me) on the BBC "How clean is your house" Its about these two British Ladies, Kim and Agie, going into peoples filth holes and helping them clean them up and teaching them how to properly clean their houses. These houses are just complete shambles, filth doesnt describe the rat droppings, mold, traash, trash, trash, trash, trash, and more trash in these peoples houses. How do people live like this and even worse some of these people have kids living with them some even young. How has noone done anything to punish these people for making kids live in it.. its cruelty. Just watch one episode and you will puke, be disgusted, and maybe liek me enthralled to watch over and over again. It is on at 4pm and 430pm everyday Monday through Friday on the BBC. Watch an episode and tell me what you think and if you are as disgusted as me.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Hall of Fame worth???
Yesterday one of the best clutch pitchers of my generation retired. Curt Schilling most recently of the Boston Red Sox called it a career after battling many injuries the past year or two. The current debate is whether his career is hall of fame worthy or not.
First to determine whether or not he belongs in the hall you need to determine what credentials one must have. So lets look at Curt's career. After bouncing around between Balitmore and Houstons majors and farm systems for a few years he joined the Philadelphia Phillies in 1992. He was by no means expected to have a great career but was expected to be OK. He went and pitched 16 seasons with the Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Boston Redsoxs. He finished his career with 216 wins, 3116 strickouts, 3 20+winning seasons, 3 300k seasons, and all doing this with 7 seasons of under 100 innings pitched because of countless injuries. The telling stats are his postseason numbers. He made it to 4 world series. One with the Philles and Diamondbacks and 2 with the RedSoxs. He had an 11-2 record, 120 strikeouts in 133.1 innings pitched, had a 2.23 ERA, and had a under .215 opponenants batting average. His record is the best all time among pitchers starting at least 10 postseason games.
Now to break those stats down... He was dominant when healthy. When people say he didnt win 300 games and that is the goal for HofF pitchers one should think what he was on pace to win without injuries. He also reached the magical 3000k's mark even being hurt so often. Then you look at how he carried so many teams through the playoffs. With out him the Diamondbacks probably would not have won their wrold series title. He was mister clutch performer coming in with great pitching performances in the most important times. Taking out the drama of the bloody sock night and he still went out injured and threw 6 shutout innings in a must win game for the RedSox.
So take him out of the equation for his teams and do they win... one wouldnt know but my best guess is no. He was so important in performance and also as a club house guy that his presence was very important. Does he deserve the Hall nod??? I say yes yes yes because stats are important and he has them but also importance should play just as important of a role with the voters. And he was one of the most important figures in baseball for so many years.
First to determine whether or not he belongs in the hall you need to determine what credentials one must have. So lets look at Curt's career. After bouncing around between Balitmore and Houstons majors and farm systems for a few years he joined the Philadelphia Phillies in 1992. He was by no means expected to have a great career but was expected to be OK. He went and pitched 16 seasons with the Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Boston Redsoxs. He finished his career with 216 wins, 3116 strickouts, 3 20+winning seasons, 3 300k seasons, and all doing this with 7 seasons of under 100 innings pitched because of countless injuries. The telling stats are his postseason numbers. He made it to 4 world series. One with the Philles and Diamondbacks and 2 with the RedSoxs. He had an 11-2 record, 120 strikeouts in 133.1 innings pitched, had a 2.23 ERA, and had a under .215 opponenants batting average. His record is the best all time among pitchers starting at least 10 postseason games.
Now to break those stats down... He was dominant when healthy. When people say he didnt win 300 games and that is the goal for HofF pitchers one should think what he was on pace to win without injuries. He also reached the magical 3000k's mark even being hurt so often. Then you look at how he carried so many teams through the playoffs. With out him the Diamondbacks probably would not have won their wrold series title. He was mister clutch performer coming in with great pitching performances in the most important times. Taking out the drama of the bloody sock night and he still went out injured and threw 6 shutout innings in a must win game for the RedSox.
So take him out of the equation for his teams and do they win... one wouldnt know but my best guess is no. He was so important in performance and also as a club house guy that his presence was very important. Does he deserve the Hall nod??? I say yes yes yes because stats are important and he has them but also importance should play just as important of a role with the voters. And he was one of the most important figures in baseball for so many years.
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Music World.. where would it be today
I was listening to some FooFighters the other day and it began to make me think. Where would the music world be today if so many of the greats of different eras had not met an early demise. Lennon, Joplin, Hendrix, Cobain, etc... So many to name. I am a huge fan of the FooFighters and would they even exsist today if Nirvana wasnt forced to break up after the untimely passing of their lead. Dave Grohl might still be just a drummer in NIrvana. Also would certain passing stars music be looked at the same if they hadnt passed. Joplin and Hendrix are even more loved today than when they were alive. Its like the old saying somehow goes.. an artist or painter is not really famous until they die. Would the Beetles have had a reunion tour (I hope not).
Just some random thoughts on some music... what do you think?
Just some random thoughts on some music... what do you think?
Friday, March 13, 2009
MM-aRch Madness
WMMR is doing their anual MM-aRch Madness tournie which pits bands against one another. They play two songs from each band and then let the listeners call in and text in votes for who is better. Then they move on. They are grouped into the 70's bracket, 80's, 90's and 00's. I really enjoy this yearly event and find it exciting to see the comparisons on which bands are more popular than others. As always the debate rages on how bands like Pearl Jam gets knocked out by Tool, David Bowe beats the Rolling Stones, and U2 looses to the likes of Ozzy. It just shows how some fans are really passionate of certain musical acts. I personally even find myself texting in who I want to win every so often. I believe with who is left that the final four bands remaining will be Green Day out of the 90's bracket, Zeppelin out of the 70's, AC/DC out of the 80's and the FooFighters out of the 00's, with AC/DC winning the whole thing. Check out there site and see which upsets are the biggest and who should win and let me know.
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