Posts by Carrie Ann Green
Holiday Marketing Opportunities – It’s Not Just Black Friday!
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Baynote, a provider of customer personalization solutions for multi-channel retailers, produced an insightful infographic on holiday spending to showcase the prime opportunities for businesses to capture seasonal sales via their marketing campaigns.
There are numerous retailers that can benefit from these holidays with product categories that range from greeting cards, flowers, candy, groceries, jewelry, electronics, to themed clothing and décor. Restaurants, gas stations, airlines, hotels and other transportation and travel-related vendors can also see the positive impact of these holidays.
There are Sales Generating Holidays to Tap All-Year-Long!
While many businesses prepare for the powerhouse gift shopping that traditionally occurs …
Global Resources Reviews: A Lifetime Resource
Situation
A client in the automotive services industry employed Global Resources to provide the equivalent of CFO services. The client’s father, now deceased, had held this position, “Global Resources, LLC was able to deploy a team of an expert analyst and a tax strategist to immediately help us in our time of need.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant became a part of the client’s operations for approximately a month, “replacing the functions performed by my Dad.” As CFO, the client’s father had looked out for the client’s “wellbeing from a professional and personal standpoint.”
Result
Although the consultant was only …
Global Resources LLC Reviews: What I Received Exceeded My Expectations
Situation
Before Global Resources entered the picture, a client in the commercial construction industry had become discouraged with his business and found that he was “just going through the motions.” He felt as if he was only buying himself a job and that he would have achieved nothing in the end. “I was not providing leadership for my employees. The overall morale was low, while stress was high.” The client’s controller of seven years had just recently given his two week notice.
Process
“My expectations were that I would spend a few days with someone and be given a business …
Going Back to School!
Global Resources’ employees rallied with great generosity to fellow co-worker Denise’s ‘School Supply Drive’ to help provide needy children with everything that is required to fill up their backpacks for the first day of school.
Denise picks up the box of donated supplies and offers her thanks on behalf of the school children to her supervisor, Steve, and to everyone at the company for their support!
Items collected included 3-ring binders, calculators, compasses, composition notebooks, crayons, erasers, folders, glue sticks and bottles, graph paper, hand sanitizer, highlighters, Kleenex, loose-leaf paper, lunch boxes, markers, pencil boxes, pencils, pens, rulers and spiral …
Gone Fishing!
Our pond attracts a multitude of wildlife including ducks, geese, and the occasional heron as well as employees hoping to be entertained during their lunch break.
Global Resources employees toss leftover bread to feed the fish.
Welcome to the school of fish!
A tranquil reflection of blue sky and cotton candy clouds!…
It was the Best of Times and the Worse of Times: When is the Best Time to Post on Facebook?
An educational infographic created by digital agency Linchpin presents when would be best time (as determined by the greatest amount of interaction, i.e. the number of ‘Likes,’ comments and shares obtained) to post on Facebook. Segmented by fifteen industries, their data revealed that the best time for the majority of businesses is over the weekend—Saturday and Sunday.
Gaining a Competitive Edge on Facebook
The only notable exceptions were companies in Clothing and Fashion (Thursdays are better) and General Retail (with interaction spiking on Mondays). Every other industry segment had engagement soar over the weekend.
This weekend prime time for Facebook …
Global Resources LLC Reviews: No Cookie-Cutter Plans—Took The Time To Understand The Specific Challenges That We Face
Situation
A transportation repair service, in business for 26 years, needed analytical tools in order to reach a position of greater profitability.
Process
The Global Resources consultant took the time to become fully knowledgeable about how this business functioned before making educated recommendations. The single largest cost was labor. A dashboard was developed for the owner to track and analysis direct labor costs, enabling him to take labor cost-cutting measures, in a timely manner, based upon production.
Result
“Although, it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks, Global Resources has certainly succeeded with me. I now have the …
Global Resources, LLC Reviews: Changes Have Made An Immediate and Positive Impact On Our Business
Situation
A restaurant owner was in need of a turn-around. He’d owned his establishment for seven years, but he had experienced a steady decline in business over the last five years and he didn’t know “what, or how, to do whatever was needed to turn it around.”
Process
The Global Resources consultant worked with the owner to identify major problems and attitudes that needed to be addressed. Additionally, the necessary procedures and guidelines were set up to make the required corrections.
Result
“Last month was the first month that we’ve had sales numbers that exceeded our last year’s numbers in …
Anything for Free O.J. and Cookies!
Global Resources recently hosted a Blood Drive for the American Red Cross. While donors did receive juice and Keebler cookies after giving blood, we really were there to give, rather than receive, as one donation can save up to three lives.
Per the Red Cross, “There are four types of transfusable products that can be derived from blood: red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate. Typically, two or three of these are produced from a pint of donated whole blood – hence each donation can help save up to three lives.” There is a huge need for donations, every two …
Global Resources LLC Reviews: Learned More About Running My Business In 4 Weeks Than In The 5 Years Of Owning It!
Situation
The business owner of a major retail establishment was wearing too many hats. While the business was good in terms of sales, the Global Resources’ team was brought in as the client realized that trying to do everything, himself, was taking a toll on his physical and mental health as well as placing an unfair burden upon his family.
Process
After the Global Resources’ business analyst spent time in the store to determine the full scope of the situation, consultants then worked closely with the owner to create and implement a restructuring and business improvement plan. The owner made …
