Sami Khan's blog

Business Revitalization Zones in Calgary

Bowness
Downtown Association
Fourth Street South West
Inglewood
International Avenue
Kensington/Louise Crossing
Marda Loop
Uptown 17
Victoria Crossing
(Budget includes Transalta $20,000 flat rate)
First Street Improvement Area
(*part of Victoria Crossing BRZ)

http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Animal+and+Bylaw+Services/Bylaw+Services/Business+Revitalization+Zones/BRZs+in+Calgary.htm

Do marketers lie to sell?

This answer to this question is not simple and highly charged and opinionated. Ultimately, marketers may lie to sell, but only if it’s effective. Marketers are trying to get people to buy a product or service. Marketers generally believe that perception is reality. Therefore, they will do anything that is borderline legal in order to create the perception that their product is worth buying.

All Marketers are Liars (and people want to lie to themselves)

Seth Godin talks about marketing he asks us what sells a product these days? Is it price point? Is it the buyer's need? Are product features and benefits the deciding factors for customers to buy? Seth Godin says it is none of the above.

Consumers buy products when they fall for a marketer's story.

Our New Year's Resolutions for Your Business

Just in time for a new year I thought I should write a bit about new year’s resolutions in terms of businesses. We all know that businesses are people too, and just like people businesses pick up bad habits. If you look at New Year’s Resolution on wikipedia you will find the common ones. I am going to explain how each applies to your business.

Illegal Software and Your Small Business

Software is a neat thing. It gives your computer all types of functionality and can increase productivity and profit for your business. On the other hand software can be very dangerous to your company if you run afoul of the many license agreements that dictates use of commercial software. BSA, the Business Software Alliance which is an alliance of software companies that prosecutes people for

The Bigness of Smallness

A short set of slides that compare big businesses to smaller ones.

Maintaining Professionalism

Quite a bit of business is simply about image. Along with image goes consistency, meaning whether or not the business lives up to its image. Consistency is where professionalism comes in. Professionalism isn’t a dry craft, it’s a lively craft of being consistent with what your customers have come to expect from you. Therefore professionalism does not necessarily mean suits and ties.

Creating the perfect business

Would it not be great to be the proprietor of the perfect business? Anyone who is in business would not disagree with owning the perfect business. But the question arises what is the perfect business? Well first of all we have to agree that it’s a subjective question. What’s a perfect business for Sami is not necessarily the perfect business for Alana. So the first qualifier for the perfect business is that it must be the perfect business for you.