Ecommerce Highway

Hey Guys, This is for all you Marketing and sales guys out there. I just came across the story of Bill Crutch field. I think this would add spark to your careers.


Bill : "I wanted to add a stereo to an old Porsche I was restoring, but I couldn't find a local retailer or a mail order company to provide one. I thought there must be other automobile enthusiasts facing the same problem, so I decided to create my own mail order car stereo business.

At first it was a one-man, home-based operation. I wrote and designed the catalog, stocked my basement with merchandise, shipped the orders, paid the bills and answered the phone – all the while holding down another full-time job. I almost didn't make it through the first year.
Then I trusted my customers to steer the business in the right direction

They told me they needed more information, so I made room in the catalog for a detailed story about car stereos and installation techniques. With this solution, I may have invented what the mail order industry now calls the magalog—a cross between a magazine and a catalog.

With that, the business took off, and a few years later, we expanded our offering to include home audio and video gear. We approached each new product category with the same emphasis on providing helpful information and the same fanatical commitment to customer relationships. As the business grew, I did something even more important. I created a powerful organizational culture that truly honors our employees, customers and business partners.

Crutchfield has grown tremendously since those early days. But, we haven't forgotten what made us successful. "





source : http://www.crutchfield.com/App/OurStory/History.aspx

Can my shipping address be different from my billing address?
Yes. Your shipping and billing address can be different. Please note that merchant sites performs additional verification for orders placed with different shipping and billing addresses.

If your shipping address is different than you're billing address (where you receive your credit card statement), please call your credit card bank to make them aware of the shipping address. Informing your credit card bank about your the shipping address will not change any existing billing information; it will be temporarily listed in the banks memo field for purchase verification only.

Please recognize that calling your credit card bank about an address notification may not only be necessary, but it will also speed up the verification process.

Let us all shop Hassle free with full confidence!

source : http://lcdandmore.com/index.asp?PageAction=CARTDETAILS

In the recent past, I have been suffering a lot from sore throat. I was never in my comfort zone and was not able to concentrate in my job which also made my confidence level go down drastically as an after shock.

So, I decided to find a home made cure to fight this. I did a Google search and for people who do not like to read things, I would recommend which I would personally term it as a " Virtual Encyclopedia ".

Coming back to the cure for a sore throat, all you have to do is to mix lemon juice with honey and take a table spoon of this mixture every 2 - 3 hours and it all gone. Another important fact is that it would take at least a day or two to completely get cured depending on the infection.

You could also mix warm water with salt and gargle at least thrice a day.

Its informative and inspirational.

I was speaking to a guy and explaining to him about my software and how its going to help him. All of a sudden; he said " I understand you are trying to sell a Software and my people are really busy in getting our site ready for the shopping season."

I still tried pushing him and he started reacting strange and asked to me call in two weeks and said goodbye. I dint get it till a while when I realized that he was strange to me as I was to him. So I am hoping not to be strange to anyone both at office and Home.