Angela Glansbury π½non-dairy cheese is falling in market share and total sales in the uk.
[Source: Mintel, Cheese in the UK, 2026]
you can get client testimonials (and you should) by asking for a testimonial or having a comments page on your website, etc for testimonials.
but that's a lot of work.
your business agony uncle has this great tip (that i got from someone else)
someone writes something nice about you:
"can i quote you on that?"
someone says something nice about you: repeat it back and ask "can i quote you on that?"
doing a customer satisfaction call, did you get the stuff, any problems with delivery, how do you like it read it all back and "can i quote you on that?"
there's your #Testimonial you don't have to use the big word when asking for it or make your customer or client do any of the work.
when people aren't telling me they want funding so they can stand in the cold for 12 hours, 7 days a week, they're telling me they need funding for an app.
no they can't tell me what the app does but ChatGPT tells them they need Β£250k.
do IP fraud on spotify and suddenly it becomes a crime.
My interesting facts from the article:
Deezer estimates 18% of uploads are slop. mostly intended to be used for streaming fraud.
Streaming fraud has gone from one or two songs generating millions of streams, obviously fraudulent. to thousands of uploaded slop tracks generating roughly a thousand streams each.
at present the platforms have no method of detection [that they are willing to disclose]
my thoughts:
oh, an undetectable fraud, how interesting. Although if you want to do this for yourself you can outwit the platforms but when you come to tell the tax authorities you have earned millions from streaming as an unknown artist you still have a (not insurmountable) money laundering problem.
mugs: carry coffee, tea, and other drinks with you is a great description of a mug. too many people quote product features when selling something.
far better to talk about how your product/service will benefit you
"want to enjoy a drink of coffee from your own bed? Try mugs!"
or the problem your product/service will solve
"sick of having burned, wet hands? simply for wanting to enjoy a coffee? Try mugs!"
decent conversations with people actually doing the greetings cards shit profitably.
https://www.gca.cards/category/podcasts/
thought a few people on here would benefit from this podcast.
#Liverpool #BusinessShit #BoostsWelcome
https://climateimpactweek.com/events/
Big programme of business focussed events relating to climate change this June. Events are dotted all over the #LCR and more events online if you're too far from scouseland.
https://rftpodcast.podbean.com/
New business podcast dedicated to micros and sole traders in the creative sector.
Warning, it's very scouse
i was having a chat with a couple of business owners last week. one had terrible problems with a new accountant. filing dates missed, and the accountant fucked up for two futher introduced clients.
the other had no problems, they do everything and just pay an accountant to stamp it so hmrc don't get suspicions.
i keep meeting accountants who are nasty weird freaks too.
i'm starting to think i need to get in on this
do people know about distributed fraud?