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Zupta-Proof Your Business #2: The Four M’s of Profit

Even a recession-proof business will fail without profit, and preserving profits during a recession is essential. But adherence to the “Four M’s of Profit” can help guarantee success even when times are tough.

They are as follows:

Management

Profitable companies are well managed. To manage a business effectively requires a blueprint for employee and team training, a current and useful database of contacts, leads, and customers, a good budget and strong accounting practices, and skillful use of time and resources.

Intelligent managers know how to systemise routine procedures to streamline them, while humanising the exceptions.

That means that, for example, while customer service systems should be consistent and follow written guidelines and rules, customer service depends upon well-trained humans to spontaneously solve the problems that are unexpected or out of the ordinary. They do so by understanding the core values of the company and internalising those to beneficially represent the business under all circumstances.

Money

Strategies for dealing with money will make or break profitability. A successful approach to managing money will involve several key components. Those include auditing costs and setting budgets that are understood and followed by everyone in the business. Next, margins need to be increased – even if only gradually – in order to fatten profits.

By keeping prices stagnant the average business will begin to lose money automatically, just because of the demands placed on money by ordinary annual inflation. A better approach is to proactively raise prices, concentrate on enhanced customer service to justify the increases, and in that way dramatically boost net profits without alienating customers. Discounts and giveaways should be discontinued, but replaced with profitable programs such as in-house financing and credit card acceptance to make it easier for customers to buy and pay for their purchases.

Marketing

Marketing should be not so much about selling, but more about buying. Marketing of products and services is too often done solely from the perspective of the seller, rather than the buyer or customer, and those marketing campaigns seldom work. Those businesses that focus on marketing as a form of customer service will tap into the needs and desires of their targeted audience in a way that translates more easily into increased business and revenue.

Customer-centric marketing revolves around offering real value and it also involves such strategies as “up selling” to customers. They buy a deluxe model versus a standard model, for instance, and pay a premium in order to enjoy bigger benefits from the upgrade. “Cross-selling” – where a company sells other products to enhance the primary purchase, is also effective. Rather than just buying the burger, for example, the customer also buys fries and a soft drink to go with it. “Down-selling” works well when a customer might otherwise not buy anything. Accommodate their budgetary demands and make a customer for life, rather than trying to sell them what they can’t afford and losing them to a competitor.

Merchandise

Taking a top-down or macro view of business merchandise can be a valuable exercise for a business owner, because the products and services sold help define the entire business model and guide the direction of sales and revenue.

First of all, when given a choice between one item of merchandise and another, look at the potential profit margins and choose the one that delivers the most bang for the buck.

Sales of computer printers, for example, peaked and then slowed down after most consumers bought one because they do not need to be replaced very often. But ink has to be replaced continually; so most manufacturers focus on selling ink rather than printers. They will practically give away a printer just to snag a customer who will then have to return again and again to buy ink refills.

In other words, these printer manufacturers used to be in the printer business and sold ink to promote that product. Now they are in the ink business and sell printers in order to support their new business model. But all the while they are making profit by knowing where it comes from and how to nab it.

Identify which products are profitable, and focus on selling those. Other ways to manage merchandise include stocking only higher priced and faster-moving items in the inventory, selling exclusive lines that others don’t offer, and carrying private label merchandise. Selling only quality merchandise – and making that part of an overall brand identity – is always a wise approach and can generally deliver higher margins because people pay more for prestige, status, and excellence.

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ShaDowBurn is the best Genji in the world

Your fave is problematic: ShaDowBurn

• bought two of his young fans pcs because he believes in them

• helped make (started??) Overwatch Arena which helps players in the CIS area get experience and scrim etc.

• loves puppies and his moms salads

• questionable fashion

• threw a banana at poko

• probably an actually nice guy

• he just wants you to like his dance

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D.VA blizzard

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Graf Hanzo

don’t do this to me blizzard

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Male Somra - Sombro

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Visor is restricted by Blizzard

Overwatch is a sport all about rivalry, to the point at which a huge area of the game's advertising is that everyone can pick this up and chase the Trail to Guru , possibly even finally playing one of those elite Overwatch League starters. It is not the center of the sport, but that aspect is quite current, with players always attempting to increase their own play, learn, develop, and get by any means necessary. The issue is that doing this in your own may be rough, particularly with Overwatch's in sport stat system.

Visor and Pursuit equally supply an in-game trainer; the applications run in the background and give the participant with tools and information.

Pursuit's website writes they are"reliable by the very best teams", such as the Philadelphia Fusion plus a bevy of World Cup teams.

Blizzard states within their cases a third party program which features details like "enemy standing, enemy health, enemy capacity usage, or supreme willingness" interrupts the competitive integrity of Overwatch. As players, we concur completely with the significance of aggressive ethics and would not do anything to undermine it. To clarify any confusion regarding what Visor does -- and doesn't do -- we tackle all these factors below.

We're doing so not due to Blizzard especially, but since we believe it's crucial to clearly explain the way Visor functions round the board. Prior to going into detail, we'd like to highlight that this is our very own interpretation of Blizzard's standpoint according to their postings, and we'd be delighted to go over this with them right at any stage.

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Sombra’s abilities and strategy

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Reinhardth as a tank? Nah... Reinhardt is a DPS hero!

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Sombra hacker

Тыжпрограммист 

or as you people call it Hackerman

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Skele...Reaper!

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Kaplan about Torbjorn

Jeff Kaplan also shared several incoming hero equilibrium changes. They will all appear in future patch noteswith complete detail, yet this programmer update shares the large image. Orisa's automobile attack will probably be shifting, McCree and Soldier: 76 are visiting minor alterations and fans. Pharah's splash damage will get nerfed, while increasing her effectiveness from the hands of skilled players. These are only a brief preview of a larger sweep of equilibrium changes.

Colorblind players may take a fast bit of a relief, since the newest colorblind system will probably be more flexible for all sorts of colorblindness and cover a larger selection of skills. Colorblind players are going to have the ability to personalize their expertise and make certain that their match is clear, and readable. The forthcoming changes aren't the conclusion of varies, but it is described as an"important step".

The actual mystery in this upgrade is that Junkenstein's monster is now obtaining a bride. Which hero could be the Bride of Junkenstein? The remaining part of the game style will be quite similar to its previous iterations, and we will not be getting huge adjustments for the year's Halloween Terror occasion in favour of the above hero equilibrium and quality of lifestyle changes. Halloween Terror has always been among the more powerful occasions, and it should hold up fine with a new coat of paint and small adjustments under the hood.

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Die, DIE, DIE!!!

Reaper

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You never fooled me. / Too smart for your own good... / Not so smart now. / Actions have consequences. / Make a lot threats and someone's going to shut you up.

Reaper

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McCree blackWatch

I also like McCree’s Blackwatch skin c:.

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Cutie Zarya

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Overwatch California Cup

The Overwatch League could be deep to the off-season, but it does not mean the teams are not keen to compete, because we saw on Friday when the Los Angeles Valiant along with the San Francisco Shock declared the first ever Overwatch California Cup.

The event is meant to be a home-and-home fashion skirmish occasion between these two California groups which each reflect a different part of the nation. Together with the two games, which will observe every group sponsor one facet, the Cup will even feature fan meet and greets, product and amateur tournaments.

The southern Part of the championship, assembled and hosted with the LA Valiant will be hosted in Orange County in the Esports Arena at Santa Ana, California on Oct. 20. The northern half of this championship will probably be hosted by the San Francisco Shock in the Esports Arena Oakland, at Oakland, California on November 10 and 11. Tickets for the event will vary from 25 to 75 and enables fans to do items by just viewing the matches all of the way up to obtaining the VIP Lounge.

While this home-and-home series could possibly be the start of the California Cup, it surely will not be the ending. The decoration will always be up for grabs through the Overwatch League's next season any time both of these teams face off.

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Honor and Glory - Overwatch cinematic