Minggu, 30 November 2008

Ten Reason Why Should go to Bali

Vacation is very fun and most people want to do it. Many place around the world is like heaven to release the stresses after work. Based on my experience, I think Bali is one of the best place in the world to visit and this is my reason, why we should go to Bali.
  1. Wonderful beach, Bali have several beach which are very wonderful especially Kuta Beach, Dream Land, Legian Beach, Nusa Dua, etc.
  2. Wonderful food, you can find an outstanding local food and international food at there. My suggestion is Bebek betutu (Duck), Babi Guling (Pork), and Seafood.
  3. Amazing water sport and entertainment such as walking in the water, diving, Rafting, Bunge Jumping, etc.
  4. Wide spread of Hotel price, you can find the hotel from US$ 7,00 until US$3500 per day at Bali.
  5. Incredible park and place such as Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), elephant park, Monkey forest, etc
  6. Water Park, slide yourself at Waterboom park in Bali
  7. Traditional market, which are selling traditional gift from Bali with cheap price, please do not hesitate for bargain the price.
  8. Polite people, most of Balinese is very polite and helpful
  9. Very easy transportation, we can use taxi, rent a motorbike or car to exploring Bali.
  10. The last reason and the most important is VERY CHEAP.
Let's go to Bali.

How to Avoid Price War at Trading Industry

In this competitive market, sometimes we are trapped in price war. If we produce the product, differentiate and building the brand are the solution to avoid the price war, but as retailer sometimes we are confuse for differentiate the product because we are not produce the product and not build the product brand.

Most grocery store was not aware about their company focus, and they like to sell only the fast moving product which is very low profit without calculate the other cost to sell it. Sometimes they are not conscious until somebody else warn them or their cash flow is minus.

Here are the several tips to avoid the price war as retailer:
  1. Provide supplement product with low cost, more or less is same quality but the product was not distribute very well in the market because the brand or the supplier.
  2. Service your customer better than others. Specially in delivery and payment. big retailer mostly have problem with queue in cashier. Customer must wait 10-15 min to pay, this weakness could be your advantage by serving the customer better. The other chance is delivery, many big retailer don't have delivery facility so this is the chance to serve better.
  3. Focus with one brand which is valuable. With focus selling one brand which is supplement the big brand, you can push the supplier to give better price or offering so when the other player sell the product, they don't have the facility like yours.
  4. When you already selling the product better, try to be the distributor for the product so other player will withdrawn from the market or their cost higher then you.
  5. Please don't lie to your customer even only one time, there will be second, third... and so on. After that, the customer doesn't believe in you again and your company will drawn slowly but sure.
  6. Don't look the business from your side only, sometimes you must try to be the customer so you know what they want.
  7. Promote your store not the product, because product promotion must handle by the manufacturer not you. Locate your promotion budget for your store like adding the air conditioner, giving the gift for valuable customer, etc.
I hope my experience will help you better and competitive with avoiding the price war.

Sabtu, 29 November 2008

Five Facts about Fat Burner

1. Many so-called "health foods" are actually cleverly disguised junk foods that actually stimulate you to gain more belly fat... yet the diet food marketing industry continues to lie to you so they can maximize their profits.

2. Ab exercises like crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are the LEAST effective method of getting flat six pack abs. We'll explore what types of exercises REALLY work in a minute.

3. Boring repetitive cardio exercise routines are NOT the best way to lose body fat and uncover those six pack abs.

4. You DON'T need to waste your money on expensive "extreme fat burner" pills (that don't work) or other bogus supplements. A special class of natural foods is much more effective.

5. Ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks... they're all a complete waste of your time and money. Despite the misleading infomercials, the perfectly chiseled fitness models in the commercials did NOT get their perfect body by using that "ab contraption"... they got their perfect body through REAL workouts and REAL nutrition strategies.

Source: http://www.stomachfatisugly.net/abs/

F&N Versus Sweppes Ginger Ale For Punch

My favorite drink at summer time is everything about punch beverages. To make a good punch, one of the ingredient is ginger ale.

Usually I used Sweppes ginger ale, but one time I didn't find it at supermarket, so i tried to used F&N ginger ale and this is my review about those products.

The aroma of ginger at Sweppes is lighter than F&N so I'm recommended to used Sweppes if you don't like the ginger smell and taste very strong.
Price in Indonesia for Sweppes more expensive than F&N, so I think F&N is more valuable for right now.

We can add soda water to reduce smell and taste of ginger from sweppes, just explore the composition for better taste.

Have fun...