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Pirate Cleanouts LLC specializes in returning formerly unusable spaces to a junk-free areas. At a convenient time for you (7 days a week). Our pirates will arrive on-time to give you a clear estimate before any loading begins. The pirates will then get to work removing all your unwanted junk from where ever it is on your property. You can sit back and watch your space re-appear. You can reach them by calling 201-298-1094

Pirate Cleanouts LLC's Services Include:

• Removal of Furniture
  
• Removal of Appliances
  
• Removal of Exercise Equipment
  
• Removal of Carpets
  
• Removal of Mattresses
  
• Removal of Office Furniture
  
• Removal of Yard Debris
  
• Removal of Construction Materials and Renovation Debris

Business Hours:
Mon-Sat: 7am -8pm
Sun: By Appointment only

Banquet facilities – also called “event sites” – and related services are found in several different types of food service operations, such as the following: freestanding facilities that provide space and party-related service for events; hotels with on site catering and banquet sales staff; restaurants that host special events in their catering and private dining areas; historic homes, museums, concert halls, stadiums and country clubs that rent out their banquet facilities; and hospitals, universities, and “contract employee feeders” (non-commercial operators) that serve patients, students and employees and also cater events.

• Be cognizant of and ready to explain labor costs and the logistics that
  will be required to transport people to and from the site – and be upfront
  about any activity restrictions associated with the site.
• For corporate events, thoroughly understand the goals of the meeting
  or event: Will there be intensive training sessions? Will attendees need
  to use laptops or take notes? Is the meeting formal or casual? How
  much free time will be built into the schedule? Is there fl exibility as to
  when lunch or dinner can be served?
• Be flexible and accommodating when clients make special requests.
  Events often require that equipment is delivered in tight “windows of
  opportunity,” so staff should always be on hand to oversee delivery and
  ensure that equipment is secure and installed without problems.
• Ensure that any technical aspects associated with providing the
  entertainment can be hidden from view when the space is in use, to
  maintain ambiance and a clutter-free environment.
• Make available technical, design and audio team personnel before and
  during all phases of the event, to help make planners comfortable that
  the event will occur as they envision.
• Be creative in adapting the facility to refl ect the theme that the planner
  or client has chosen.
  

Event Solutions, www.event-solutions.org
Special Events, www.specialevents.com
Catersource LLC, www.catersource.com

Independent, community-based book stores were once the first place people looked for books, but beginning in the 1960s, chain book stores began appearing in malls across the country. These were followed by bookstores offering discounts on slightly damaged books or books that had been purchased from other stores that had gone out of business.

• Make the store a community-centered space. Host book signings and
  lecture series by authors, and keep books by local authors in stock.
  The more events that take place, the better.
• Encourage employees to be creative and come up with ideas for
  making the store more money. Employees may think of something that
  will even create a new job or role for themselves.
• Initiate a profi t-sharing program for employees to involve them in
  making the business a success. Post sales results from the same
  quarter in the previous year, so that employees know that they will
  receive a check at the end of the quarter if they exceed the past year’s
  quarterly sales figure.
• Offer free wireless Internet (wi-fi ) access for customers in a
  designated area of the store. Doing this will draw in new people. And
  people entering a store to use a wi-fi hotspot are likely to purchase
  something. Also, having a wi-fi hotspot helps give the store a
  progressive character.
• Hold a store wide sale on a particular day of the year, such as New
  Year’s Day. Publicize the sale during the month before the sale day.

Sources: Santa Cruz Sentinel, April 29, 2007; Publisher’s Weekly, April 30, 2007; ABA, February 21, 2007 and January 18, 2007.

Industry Resources:

American Booksellers Association, www.bookweb.org
Publishers Weekly, www.publishersweekly.com
Association of American Publishers, www.publishers.org

1. Be an effective, enthusiastic communicator, to take advantage
   of opportunities to network and speak to the public.
2. Equip the studio with great flooring, the right lighting, and the
   proper height ceilings (so dancers can “lift” one another).
3. Hire hands-on, people-oriented instructors.
4. Create solid advertising programs to keep the studio’s name in
   front of the public.
5. Offer as much as possible under one roof, while maintaining
   high quality.
6. Hold exceptional, exciting events.
7. Be a good listener and be open to suggestions from
   instructors and students.
8. Develop business savvy (including a plan for sustained
   growth and profitability, with built-in flexibility if it doesn’t
   appear to be working).

Here are informative industry websites:

Dance Teacher www.dance-teacher.com
National Dance Council of America, Inc. www.ndca.org

...Not only a website, but a good website. If you're waiting for your nephew Joey to put it together for you, you've lost out already. Get your act together! Invest in a website! Here's why you need one.

• 85% of people agreed the quality of a website is an important factor in earning the consumer's trust. (A Nielsen//NetRatings survey, September 2007)
• Obtain new customers
• Build awareness of your business
• Stay ahead of your competition
• Serve your existing customers
• Keep connected with your costumers 24/7
• Maintain a professional online appearance

Here's an example of a site you don't want: www.creativeservicesnj.com

Many business owners are under the false impression that during a down economy cutting their marketing budgets will save them money. What they don't realize is the catastrophic effect it will have on their business once the economy stabilizes. Take for example the story of Kellogg and Post:

"In the late nineteen-twenties, two companies—Kellogg and Post—dominated the market for packaged cereal. It was still a relatively new market: ready-to-eat cereal had been around for decades, but Americans didn’t see it as a real alternative to oatmeal or cream of wheat until the twenties. So, when the Depression hit, no one knew what would happen to consumer demand. Post did the predictable thing: it reined in expenses and cut back on advertising. But Kellogg doubled its ad budget, moved aggressively into radio advertising, and heavily pushed its new cereal, Rice Krispies. (Snap, Crackle, and Pop first appeared in the thirties.) By 1933, even as the economy cratered, Kellogg’s profits had risen almost thirty per cent and it had become what it remains today: the industry’s dominant player." (www.thenewyorker.com, 'Hanging Tough' by James Surowiecki)

Interesting, huh? It makes perfect sense. If you're currently controlling 20% (same as your other four competitors) of your market locally and decide to cut your marketing budget, less people will find you, you become less relevant, and some might even think you went out of business. This gives your competitor(s) a great opportunity to gain market share. See, you cut your marketing, your competition increased theirs, and once the dust settles, you'll have lost clientele. Your competitors now all have an extra 3%-5% of what used to be yours.