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Case Study: Rugs-A-Million

Over-stocked?
Water damage?
Closing down sale?
Shops going bust?
One can but hope this is a privately run company because if there were shareholders, the muppet that continually appears on the TVCs would have been fired by now. Do we believe him anymore? No, obviously not. But in the most recent adverts he’s even roped in a couple of [...]

Cheat Sheet #1: 6 Key Ways to Keep Your Customers

The Straight Edge Cheat Sheets are very quick bullet-point guides for marketing, sales and all sorts of other things. No fluff, no bullshit. Just basic, easy-to-remember pointers.
Have A Plan – don’t wait until you’re losing a customer; make sure you have a plan from day 1 with which to keep them.
Focus – concentrate your time [...]

Telstra Must Die

Well, okay die is maybe too strong a word but after 85 minutes on the phone to them last week (god knows how that is going to rack up on my mobile bill) I feel that Telstra really should die.
This was what was needed: cut off one phone & broadband; re-connect phone and cable service. [...]

Taxi! Or why Brisbane is a laughing stock!

It’s been a while, but as usual, something happened last night to make me want to write.
Now, first things first, I fully accept that should I have opted to do so, there would have been plenty of public transport to service my exit from Suncorp Stadium and Caxton Street on Saturday night. But obviously I [...]