Saturday, October 20, 2007

How do Watson make money

Every time I walk past a Watson store, I'll drop in and pick up one or two things. It seems that you can always get what you need in a reasonable price in Waston.

Waston is in a very good market. Its products are mainly makeups, household appliances, and healthy food. They are necessaries and of low profits. Some are Waston's own products, while some are only on sale there.

One strategy Waston has been using to increase sales is giving certain discount to a range of products during a specific period. And according to my own experiences, I look for these with a large discount and take them home. Of course after I pay for them.

While using the low price strategy, Waston has other strategies to distinguish its self-owned products and others. Customers usually get extra pieces when they buy Watson's self-owned products, and there are small but cute presents for them if the total amount reach a certain figure. That's really smart! Though I never got them because I keep a close eye on the price of things I buy:)

Earlier today I bought a pair of slippers together with other little bits and pieces. Then when I check the prices I found that the price of the slippers is CNY 39.9. And I thought it was 19.9. What a mistake! I sat there thinking then I decided to go back and return them. Then I did. They accepted the slippers and gave back my money. I was very happy to go home.

There is one thing I want to mention about Wastons, the shopping environment. It's easy and relaxing. Just like wandering around and pick up what you like. Usually you only have to pay a small amount of money to get what you really like and be happy. And next time you will come and pick others. I call it some business every time.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Kick off - Things change my life recently

It has been a very long time that I'm not able to visit blogspot. So long that I nearly forgot that I own a blog here. Anyway, now it's available again, I shall continue.

Rss Reader was popular at least a year ago. For one reason or another, I didn't sink into it. Then when I was trying to find information on CNN.com, I noticed the rss seed there. It intrigued me. That's where I started. Not a very romantic encounter. But I do feel good. Excellent. It's especially useful when comes to news websites and blogs. People seldom want to miss any updates and now it spares you the trouble to check the websites now and then, every few minutes.

TvAnts is an online TV using P2P technology which means it works better if there are more people using the services. It's not brand new idea but it's outstanding in it's type. Although there are advertisements every time you connect a programme. I think it's acceptable as long as it provides TV channels home and abroad. And it's free! If you just sit in front of your computer and read about my feelings, you'll never know how wonderful it is. And I'm sorry to tell you that you're going to miss an amazing product and a web 2.0 life style. Your surely want to hear different voices. For myself, I have been addicted to BBC's Asia Today after only two days of watching. I will have more to share with you in the future. Don't hesitate, go!

And there is a third thing, that's Google's Adsense. If you own a website and you let google to automatically put ads on your web, you can earn dollars by writing articles. I know that writing best-sellers can make a lot of money, and I know ads industry also makes lots of money. But I never know that they can be combined together and influence ordinary people like you and me. To be frank, I don't know whether it will work or not and how the earnings will be. But I've deiced to have a try. This article will serve as a kick off!