Paul Green's Blog – January 2009 Archive (4)

SEO? ROI? - It's All "ETHER-REAL" To Me

I have a proposal to make, but, first a little background.

For most of my life a telephone was tethered to a wall with a cord, and if you wanted telephone messages you subscribed to an answering service.

I'm pretty sure that 100 years from now as people look back beyond 1980 the era will be known as the Dark Age of communication.

Technological savvy is imperative in conducting business today and examples of that need are posted on websites and blogs galore, but… Continue

Added by Paul Green on January 26, 2009 at 4:04pm — 9 Comments

Who needs A Temporary Chef ?........and where are they?

Getting my idea in front of potential clients is proving to be darn difficult. I would appreciate your thoughts and suggestions.

When I launched my website TemporaryChef.com last March it was with the thought that years of experience, proven talent, maturity, and a solid work ethic just might be desirable to corporate food service companies, restaurants, and private individuals with short term culinary needs .

Apparently a lot of… Continue

Added by Paul Green on January 12, 2009 at 6:46am — No Comments

Counterpoint - Rod Guinn - V is for Veto Vote

Rod made some great points regarding menu diversity and related costs, ( the "Law of Unintended Consequences").

There is another restaurant segment that bears looking at, however. That of the independent operator with a single unit competing with the chain restaurants.

A 46 to 60 seat restaurant positioning itself as a destination dining spot can offer something that the larger… Continue

Added by Paul Green on January 9, 2009 at 7:47am — 1 Comment

Dining and The Domimo Theory

Many businesses seem to have come to the decision that customer service is not necessary anymore. The cost of dedicating staff, time, and training can be realized as profit if people will buy our product or service without it. Or, perhaps, if it’s too difficult to get to a customer service person, fewer resources will be expended in dealing with a problematic public.

It used to be, ‘We’ll give you something extra for doing self-service.’ Now it’s, ‘If you don’t do self-service, we’ll… Continue

Added by Paul Green on January 2, 2009 at 11:00am — 4 Comments