One wacky thing about the country is the absolute lack of professionalism around how people run businesses. Guys with no business cards. Biz cards with http://yahoo.com email addresses. Companies with no websites. Phones answered "hello? I'm cooking ; let me get Jim"
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2/ At local convenience / hardware store today. Local biz with flyer on the corkboard. "Offering X; see pricing on our website". No URL anywhere on the page.pic.twitter.com/y2HW0XWa87
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3/ I think this is part of it, but I also think that there's (b) a cultural difference, where out in country people get most of their work from local referrals / word of mouth, also nit-picking is not as common (c) some degree of brain drain to citieshttps://twitter.com/RonColeman/status/1113792771062681600 …
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Ron ColemanVerified account @RonColemanReplying to @MorlockPI think you're just noticing stupid that wouldn't be noticed in the past. Before home computers and printers, you had signs (and resumes, etc.) made by a print shop. Someone behind that counter had an incentive no to be blamed for your stupidity...2 replies 0 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
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maybe so, but who gives a crap? If one guys delivers 100 IQ + 100 organization = product X and another delivers 150 IQ + 50 organization = product X then why do I prefer one over the other? also, "equivalent products" are often not available - it's often single vendor.
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1) advertising DOES benefit small businesses - it creates / funnels demand. Higher demand either allows more work, or same work but higher fees. 2) you argue based on the fact that he's smarter, but haven't suggested any reason why one should think so
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