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  1. Walter Hay

    Starting a carpet cleaning business

    NOTABLE! HOT! EXECUTION 
    People prefer to to talk to people rather than deal with an impersonal form-filling process online. Think carefully about using an answering service. The person that a prospect talks to must know everything useful and helpful about your business so that the caller gets the feeling that they...
  2. Walter Hay

    Hyperinflation starting? What's happening in your area? Post your ground reports.

    HOT! INVESTING 
    At about US$7.30 per liter (1,000ml) that does seem reasonable. Walter
  3. Walter Hay

    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    I have a worn out old piano. I will sell it to anyone wanting to start a piano smashing business. Walter
  4. Walter Hay

    Hyperinflation starting? What's happening in your area? Post your ground reports.

    HOT! INVESTING 
    Ever used a public toilet in India? The walls are brown, but I have no idea what the color was when they were originally built. Some Christian religious fanatics take it upon themselves to voluntarily clean the walls. If cost of toilet paper becomes too onerous, try some religious fanatics...
  5. Walter Hay

    Premium products from alibaba?

    I was referring to Inspection companies not product suppliers. When you say to get something really cheap...... you have to go to Guangzhou or Yiwu I assume that is because of the concentration of clothing manufacturers in those places, but there are numerous clothing producers in other cities...
  6. Walter Hay

    Premium products from alibaba?

    If by "local" you mean a Chinese quality Inspection Agency, I would say don't unless you really know how to choose. Alibaba list 1862 inspection companies, the vast majority of which are Chinese companies. Alibaba have a strange way of describing them, and this is what they publish: "Looking...
  7. Walter Hay

    Import/Export to India

    SOURCING 
    It appears to me that you might be trying DIY sourcing and importing. If you work through either an efficient freight forwarder, or a top class logistics provider, you can forget all that study on logistics. A good logistics company should have warehouses strategically placed to expedite your...
  8. Walter Hay

    Lack of quality for service 2022

    RANT 
    I'm an old fashioned kind of person. (Maybe 'cause I'm old:)), but I used that approach to good effect when I set up my importing and marketing business in 1987. Way back then, my research before setting up involved interviewing two of my brothers and their wives. They all complained about the...
  9. Walter Hay

    Essential supplements: Which ones do you take?

    HOT! HEALTH 
    After seeing so many speculative posts in this thread I would as a moderately fit and healthy 83 year old like to suggest viewing this thread: Walter Hay’s “Quack” Remedies Walter P.S. I am almost certainly one of the oldest people with Cystic Fibrosis still alive.
  10. Walter Hay

    How do I source a manufacturer

    SOURCING 
    Seeing this thread has prompted me to post something to try to reduce the growing number of requests I am getting to help members with sourcing. I have been a soft touch, helping when asked but it is taking up too much of my time. I became overburdened likewise in 2019 and so I suggest that if...
  11. Walter Hay

    Post all of your ideas and random problems you’ll never execute on...

    GOLD! HOT! IDEA 
    What a great idea, but I prefer a pre-emptive approach......... A friend, now retired spent some years as a driving instructor in LA, and this is how his company instructors taught learners to avoid nose-to-tail accidents: All the driving school's vehicles were fitted with paint ball devices...
  12. Walter Hay

    How do I source a manufacturer

    SOURCING 
    On long road trips when my children were young, we had a system that broke through their boredom, and we didn't need a soundproof container because we were driving along in one - our car. When I gave the signal we all screamed or yelled at the highest volume we could manage. The sound was...
  13. Walter Hay

    Self-Promotion: Post Your Offer, YT Channel, Services, etc. (2022)

    MARKETPLACE 
    Today is probaly a good time to announce that my 2022 revision of ProvenGlobalSourcing, together with the 2022 revision, expansion, and name change of my labeling book have both been published. The new name for the latter is EXPLOIT THE POWER OF PSYCHOLOGY, PERCEPTIONS, AND EMOTIONS. See Walter...
  14. Walter Hay

    What Kind Of Product I Can Create?

    My thread: Rapid Scaling a business by franchising should give you some ideas on how and when to set up the franchise, and when not to. Walter
  15. Walter Hay

    Launching and Ranking a product on Amazon [Execution Thread]

    EXECUTION 
    I always marvel at the huge sums people are willing to pay systems such as Keepa, Helium, and Jungle Scout to get started on Amazon when there is a program that has been running for many years, with thousands of success stories, and at a once only lifetime cost of $500, compared to the annual...
  16. Walter Hay

    I first published that book in 2003 and have revised it every year since. The latest edition is...

    I first published that book in 2003 and have revised it every year since. The latest edition is ProvenGlobalSourcing and you can buy it at my MARKETPLACE OFFER: Walter Hay's Business Books or at www.WalterHaysBusinessBooks.com. I provide unlimited support if you need help.
  17. Walter Hay

    What Kind Of Product I Can Create?

    If your business becomes franchiseable it will be unlikely that you can sell it to a Giant Corporation until you have sold some franchises and they are functioning profitably, both for the franchisees and for you. That will serve as proof of saleability. Walter
  18. Walter Hay

    Self-Promotion: Post Your Offer, YT Channel, Services, etc. (2022)

    MARKETPLACE 
    2022 REVISION of my MARKETING PSYCHOLOGY BOOK NOW AVAILABLE. SOME WILL GET IT FOR FREE. The book was formerly known as Labels that Exploit Psychology, Perception, and Emotions. Completely reworked, including chapters on Tribal Marketing, the name is now EXPLOIT the Power of Psychology...
  19. Walter Hay

    Introducing the new Guru, Coach and Trainer category...

    GURUS 
    Lex, I want to send you the latest version which I revised and published early this year, but I need access to send it via DM. An alternative could be for you to DM me with your email address and I will send it that way. Walter YES! I'M A GURU. Thanks @ Black-Dragon 43. Coinciding with the...
  20. Walter Hay

    Introducing the new Guru, Coach and Trainer category...

    GURUS 
    Thanks for raising this matter. Every now and then it pops up on the forum when something such as this current thread is under discussion. The one and only request I have ever received for a refund came a few years ago from a member who said that a part of my Labels that Exploit book could all...

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