Specialist advice in the development of contracts? -

i am a specialist; what is your query?

What can we do to boost our familys restaurant business? -

We ve owned a family diner and lounge business in a small town for 11 years, and recently business has been way down.There s a very similar restaurant directly across the street, but that hasn t been a problem before and right now their business is booming and ours is dead.A Subway opened a few weeks ago, which was a big deal but it hasn t been incredibly busy. There s also a Chinese restaurant, Burger Baron, and gas station diner, but none of that has affected our business before.What could we possibly do to gain customers? We ve tried specials and senior-sized portions of everything since the town has a lot of seniors in it.

Make sure your spoons aren t greasy.

Visit your most successful competitors and see what they may be doing better or different than you that attracts the people who go there. Or, ask some of their customers why they go there. Look for obvious differences between the different choices in your town. If Subway is killing you, find a few $5.00 options for the customers so they have a decision to make about where to go with their $5.00 lunch money. After you find out what the people like about the competition make some changes to your business which will attract those customers to your place. Then try to do it even a little better.Good luck.

The current economic conditions can be a major reason as to why a lot of people are not choosing to spend money outside. As for the restaurant across the street, maybe they have better prices? more variety of dishes?Maybe try asking your customers, what dishes they liked and didn t like.Hope this helps, Good luck with your restaurant.

Try a couple of promotions-- like a free appetizer or desert on a certain night of the week that is traditionally slow-- or a buy 1 get one free dinner or something similar.Put in a comment box-- or offer a coupon for people who fill out a comment card to find out if there are things you need to improve.Maybe get the word out in a newspaper or mail circular.

Advertise! You won t get customers unless they know about you. Work with your local radio station.

try some different menu items and then advertise those new items so people will come in and try it.

come up with a few recipies that are very unique and can t be found anywhere else! if people like them they will keep coming back for more! :oP

Give free food everynow and then , make sure it delicious, and people will come back , We love to eat out ............Good Luck

The best thing to do is, advertise! nothing beats it

People go to restaurants for 3 basic reasons, good food, good service, and a good experience. (Note, prices are not a reason. People are willing to pay for those 3 things)People stopped coming for a reason, find out what that reason is. Walk around and ask people Have you ever heard of This Restaurant ? If they say no, tell them about it, if they say yes, ask them if they have ever eaten there, when the last time they ate there, and why they have not been back recently. Don t tell them that its your restaurant unless they ask, or you ve asked all these questions all ready. Invite them back!Get out of your restaurant and bring people in. Take your most profitable dish, make it bite-sized and give away free samples. Dont just give them free samples, but tell them what it is, where its from, and how they can get more. Talk to your customers, have your waiters talk to them, ask them what they like and what they don t like. Not in the middle of their meal, but as they re leaving. If the hostess is not busy, tell her to make sure the customers had a good time, good food, and good service, and if there is anything that could be improved for their next visit. Invite them back!Its also possible that your menu is out of date, look through your sales numbers for each item (if you have them), it might be time to take the lowest-selling item off the menu and replace it with something new (This is a good way to motivate your cooks into coming up with new ideas, and making them feel more like a part of the restaurant).Specials only work when you have customers already, they re not going to bring many in the door, everyone always has some kind of special, its almost expected when you go to a restaurant. Go eat at the restaurant across the street, taste their food, analyze their service, look around,is it clean? are you happy to eat there?what don t you like about it? what do you like about it? Eat at your other competition, answer those same questions. Then, eat at your restaurant, compare it to everywhere else you ve been, see what you think needs improving. (Its helpful if you bring one of your staff/co-workers with you because they might pick up on something you didnt. (Plus thie cost of the meals are tax-deductible as a business expense if the business pays for them, since you re doing research for your business)Good Luck, hope this helps.

What should we name our business? -

We re starting a small business and we have a holistic parenting website, but we have some other education-related ideas that we would like to incorporate separately without having to register a new business. Just share whatever random name you come up with, we are brainstorming after all...

Learning Curve bump in the rabbit hole happinest Full O Ideas Child of mine Awhina Mai Maori for embrace all Parent Well not only meaning doing a good job but also a place from which to draw sustainance.I m done now.Hope your having fun

Holistic LifeStylesThis is a great article about - How to Select a Company or Product Name - http://www.developer-resource.com/how-to��The article has some good advice on how to research names, and what to becareful of. Here are some tips on selecting a domain name http://www.small-business-software.net/c��Should get you started!Best of luck

What is a good name for a Cotton Candy business? -

I am doing a cotton candy business at my school business fair and I can t think of a name. Please Help !

Cotton candy is soft and fluffy , how about something using the name clouds or fluffy?Sweet CloudsFluffy CloudsSweet FluffiesSomething that evokes what they are - how would you describe cotton candy? You want it memorable and descriptive yet unique.

Sweetie Puffs

Opening a online blog shop but what to sell? -

Hi! My friend and I wanted to open an online blog shop but we haven decide on what to sell yet.What should we sell?a) animes/mangas/cos playb) taiwan spreesc) idol merchandised) cookies/muffins/cup cakesOther suggestions are welcome too. Thank you very much! .

i m pretty sure you should just sell drugs.jk... don t do that. the fbi is watching you.it kinda depends on what you are most interested in. i would go with baked goods because i like to cook. not only that, but i could make special brownies *wink*wink*

Dont sell anything, just write lots of articles and put ads on there and advertise it. You get paid when someone clicks an ad, thats how I make my income. In this economy, not many people are buying things, but theres always people trying to advertise their business so if you put Google Ads on your site, then they will pay google and google pays you whenever someone clicks on the ads. Also, food is a horrible idea, even in a good economy. Nobody would trust buying food off of a blog from a stranger. I wouldnt be eating something some stranger made who couldn t even afford a real website and made their site on a free blog. Would you? I dont think so.

I d go with c) Idol merchandise, but it might be tough to get stock.Perhaps d) might be a more practical bet.Cupcakes rather than cupcake.

How can get my home office number which already exist,but i lost it? -

Ask again who-ever told you first time.

If you send me a message I can put you in touch with the person who deals with all our telecoms issues. He knows whether it s possible to get back numbers. There are conditions around getting a number back that he can tell you about.

Starting a vending machine business? -

i want to buy or rent a vending machine and put it in a store, business etc. I know its all about location but how much can you make with a vending machine business?

Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you ll inevitably have as well as many you haven t anticipated yet. http://www.vending.org �C National Automatic Merchandising Associationhttp://www.ava-vending.org �C Automatic Vending Associationhttp://www.vendingconnection.com/ypassoc�� -- Directory of Vending Business AssociationsResearch, research, research �C this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:* Start Your Own Vending Business (Entrepreneur Magazine s Start Up) by Anne Rawland Gabriel* Vending Business-In-A-Box: A step-by-step guide to starting a profitable vending business without getting burned by Bryon Krug* Vending Success Secrets - How Anyone Can Grow Rich In America s Best Cash Business! by Bill Way* The Vending Jackpot by Ronnie Talent* Cash Locations: A step-by-step guide to securing the best money-making locations for your vending machines by Ronnie TalentThere are plenty of free informational resources out there. Check out these articles:http://ezinearticles.com/?Vending-Routes�� �C Vending Routes �C How to Fail by Steven Gillmanhttp://ezinearticles.com/?Vending-Machin�� �C Vending Machines by Michael Russellhttp://ezinearticles.com/?Owning-a-Vendi�� �C Owning a Vending Machine Business by Max BellamyHope that helps! I wish you much success happiness in all your ventures!