Posted by SceneR on May 20, 2009
I recently read somewhere that having a great name for your restaurant might be even more important than having great food there. Apparently people’s first impressions of a restaurant play a huge role in how much they enjoy the food when they eat there.
So how do you go about choosing a great name for your restaurant? A few options might be:
- Go with a name that sounds like a family place. People love to eat at restaurants like Mo’s or Mel’s or Nancy’s because these are places that make you feel like you’re dining at a great relative’s place.
- Go with a name related to location. For example, there’s a location in Banff Alberta called Lake Louise which is known as the Jewel of the Rockies; a restaurant of the same name might do well.
- Go with a name you can create a theme around. Restaurants that are themed often do well. If you pick a name that makes for a great theme (like the Tiki Bar) then you’ll be able to easily make your theme work around that.
It is worth it to take the time to choose the right name for your restaurant. Ask the people you know if they’d eat at a place called whatever you’re thinking about naming your place and see what their response is.
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Posted by servScene on May 18, 2009
Many of us have run across the dilemma of how to transfer a large file at some time or another. This is a particularly pertinent problem in certain businesses, where large file transfers are common.
I’ve run into this problem myself. As a copywriter, I sometimes create PDFs of finished products such as booklets for customers. A couple of years ago, I had one that was so large it could not be emailed.
I solved the problem by finding a free FTP file transfer service. I simply entered the person’s email address, uploaded the file, and they were sent an email with a link where they could go to download it. It was easy, and it got around the problem of an email attachment bogging down someone’s inbox — or even causing the email to bounce.
If I had to do it again, though, I would most likely chose a service that offered a more secure file transfer. Knowing what I know now, sending an email just doesn’t seem as safe anymore. I’d rather have an account username and password that my customers had to log in with in order to download the files. It just seems much safer that way!
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Posted by SceneR on May 16, 2009
Everything’s been going along smoothly. You’re on top of your bills. You’ve put a little bit of money into savings. Things seem okay. Then something goes wrong at home. The roof needs to be repaired or you find out that you have termites or a major appliance breaks down. Now what?
The first thing that you should do is to take a deep breath and figure out how you want to handle the problem. Determine if the problem needs to be repaired immediately, if it can be put off until a later date or if there is a temporary solution that could be put into place now until total repairs can be made.
If there needs to be an immediate resolution and there is no affordable temporary alternative then you may need to go into a bit of debt to deal with the problem. You can use payday loans, credit card cash advances or other forms of borrowing money to get the cash that you need to pay for the repairs. Repay these as soon as possible to get back on track with your budget.
If you’ve got a little bit of wiggle room then you can avoid going into debt at all. Implement your temporary solution or accept the problem for a short period of time. Start slashing spending and use the savings to create a pool of money to make the repairs. Then you can deal with the problem and move on. Home problems do come up but they don’t have to take you too far off of your savings path.
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