http://www.rkwinternet.com/general/anyone-for-market-research/ Creating Web Solutions that Work Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.rkwinternet.com/general/anyone-for-market-research/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Adrian Rigby Thu, 11 May 2006 13:13:00 +0000 http://www.rkwinternet.com/blog/?p=18#comment-34 A good article with some very valid points, the main one being."Would you want to do business with some one who would not give you their contact address?" I for one would not, I would not be comfortable with this and would wonder"What are they trying to hide?" or more to the point "Is this a scam?". For me personaly I do not care if some one is a one man band working from home as long as they can deliver what has been promised on time and on speck, I am happy. Indeed i have found that in some areas a one man band gives better service than a large company. How ever nothing is black and white as we all know. Their is the problem of perception, if you want to work for larger( read customers with more money to spend), you have to appear to have the resources and capabilities to deliver your customers expectations and alot of buyers for large companys feel safer dealing with large companys, than taking a risk on a smaller out fit. Who will in all probabiblity deliver a far more cost effective service and give supperior customer service. Its a question of in my mind ("at what level of business do oyu want to operate?). It is also a question of finance for alot of small companys, suddenly having to find the cost of a building is a big jump from operating at home in "Free Premises", however small the premises. However this extra outlay can be recouped in new business won by having a business as opposed to a domestic address. A question as always when you are self employed of "Paying your money and taking your choice". A good article with some very valid points, the main one being.”Would you want to do business with some one who would not give you their contact address?” I for one would not, I would not be comfortable with this and would wonder”What are they trying to hide?” or more to the point “Is this a scam?”.
For me personaly I do not care if some one is a one man band working from home as long as they can deliver what has been promised on time and on speck, I am happy. Indeed i have found that in some areas a one man band gives better service than a large company.
How ever nothing is black and white as we all know. Their is the problem of perception, if you want to work for larger( read customers with more money to spend), you have to appear to have the resources and capabilities to deliver your customers expectations and alot of buyers for large companys feel safer dealing with large companys, than taking a risk on a smaller out fit. Who will in all probabiblity deliver a far more cost effective service and give supperior customer service. Its a question of in my mind (”at what level of business do oyu want to operate?). It is also a question of finance for alot of small companys, suddenly having to find the cost of a building is a big jump from operating at home in “Free Premises”, however small the premises. However this extra outlay can be recouped in new business won by having a business as opposed to a domestic address. A question as always when you are self employed of “Paying your money and taking your choice”.

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