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Last Updated: 1/10/2022 Hi Ladies and Gents,
Welcome to another rousing Monday here at Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises – 10 days into 2022 and still going strong! As the title clearly spells out, today’s topic is sales – in particular, what not to do in sales. And I will tell you what, one thing I am very thankful for is every time I don’t have to interact with an annoying, pushy salesperson. But before we jump into things, I’d like to make it clear that today’s post is not about “bashing salespeople,” in fact quite the contrary! Many of the world’s largest fortunes have been made in sales of one kind or another, and those mega-millionaires who have reaped such rewards aren’t necessarily “bad people” just because they spent their time selling things to people (well, ok, fine, some of them might be on the “unsavory character” side, but not all of them, and not just because they sold things, is my point). The point is, selling things and salespeople are not “bad” in and of themselves; but, just like anything in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about selling. No one likes a “hard seller” type of salesperson, let’s be honest – that annoying, pesky nuisance of a person who tries relentlessly to badger and push you into buying something that you know is way overpriced or that you don’t even want or need. Sure, there are some smooth – and, dare I even say, good – salespeople who have perfected a smooth and polished “harder” type of approach; but, honestly even these salespeople wouldn’t be my first choice of sellers to interact with. No one wants to be hounded into buying something, even if it is something he or she really wants, or maybe even needs. People will be much more likely to buy what you have to offer – and keep coming back to you for future purchase – if you are honest and transparent about your offer in its entirety, and if you focus on building a trusting relationship with your potential buyer as opposed to focusing on “just selling” him or her something. Let me give a personal example to illustrate what I am talking about: When my wife was pregnant with our youngest son, she shopped around a bit for a photography outfit she was happy with to get maternity photos taken at. After intensive looking (she is a very savvy consumer, particularly of services), she found one that looked worthy of her expectations on paper and she felt was worth trying out; so, she made an appointment and our family was all down at the photographer’s storefront on the appointed day for our photoshoot, which consisted of some shots of just my wife and some shots with other family members in them as well. The pictures were great and the whole experience proved itself to be wonderful! In the end, we were all happy. This photography business had just won itself a new family of loyal customers...or had it?! Fast forward to a month after our youngest son’s birth... When we had gotten the original maternity photos taken, the photography shop had let us know that they could happily do a FREE One Month Baby Photo Shoot at our residence – they would actually take the time to come out to us and do it! Cool, we thought! We liked the Maternity Shoot, were generally quite happy with the business and their services (so far) – so, “Sweet!” we thought! “Yes, we’ll take the free One-Month shoot,” we said. We arranged for the shoot on our son’s actual one month birthday itself, and the crew showed up to our apartment an hour late. This was even after they had called and said they were running “20 minutes late, sorry!” Anyway, this was mildly annoying, but when they finally did show up – members of the same photography enterprise we were growing to love and trust – we thought, “Eh, whatever, it’s not the end of the world, it is a free session, no biggie.” The crew made a very professional grand entrance into our apartment and flattered us with their professional demeanor, and their “We’re very sorry for showing up late, let’s get right down to business and not waste any more time” type of attitude. Ok, we were willing to forgive them...at least for that. Now, of course, with a professional crew as such coming to our private residence, one has to assume there will be some sales pitches thrown – of course! That’s pretty much a given! And that’s fair game. Sure enough, as the crew got busy preparing for the shoot in our bedroom, they wasted no time in letting us know right away that they were here for the free One Month Baby Shoot, which would be just a few different poses and costumes with the baby, but we could turn it into a bigger session and involve the whole family for a fee. No big deal and fair enough. We said we were not interested – and we were not – but would it be ok if big brother got in on a few of the free pictures. Sure, they said. That would be just fine. Then they mentioned another combo we could buy, for a bigger family session right now and another shoot at the baby’s 100-day birthday. “No thank you,” we said, although we liked this photography company, so we did say that we might consider a stand-alone photoshoot on the 100-day birthday, but we’d talk about that later (not today). Right now, we were just looking to get the free One Month Baby Shoot as promised, and grateful that such a thing was even offered! Ok, fine, they shut their mouths and went happily about their business – for the time being at least. The shoot lasted several hours and the crew was VERY professional the whole time. I even wound up complimenting the lead photographer’s assistant (who was also the sales rep with the crew that day) that she must be a licensed nurse in addition to her job with this photography company, because she was so good with our tiny baby son – handling him so gently and professionally for the shooting and everything. They even let big brother get in on some pictures as negotiated without any question and it was a very clean, crisp, professional experience right up until the end...and then everything went to Hell in a handbasket! At the very end of our session, when we were choosing the “5 best” free pictures we wanted, the lead assistant, who was also the saleswoman for that crew, started in on the “hard sell” – and she pushed HARD, detailing all the other combo packages we could get, and “why” we should get them, and pointed out that we “only get 5 free pictures, but could get more right now if we buy them!” Again, as mentioned, we were expecting some kind of selling; but what could have been a polite “fair mention” pitch at the end of the session, turned into a nightmare. The sales rep could have said something like: “You can buy more pictures today if you want, and don’t forget the other packages we offer – here’s our brochure in case you want another copy or one for a friend. I particularly recommend this package – it’s a great deal. Have a great evening. Thank you so much for hosting us today in your home! We hope you enjoyed your free one month shoot today and we hope to see you again at our shop in the future! XYZ Photography FOREVER!” But instead, she would up turning it into a session of trying to twist our arms and badger us into buying at least SOMETHING from her before she would dare to leave our apartment! We did not cave, and we wound up kicking the crew out – the same crew we had welcomed into our home just a few hours prior with open arms – in haste and with somewhat of a bitter taste in our mouths. Needless to say, we also “un-forgave” them for initially being late, if that’s even a word! The funny thing about this whole situation that still has me laughing is that the saleswoman tried twisting our arms with hard sales when she didn’t have to! And she turned already happy customers who were on the verge of becoming very loyal customers away in disgust. My wife and I debriefed the experience with each other extensively after the crew left. We both agreed that if the crew had shown up – even late as they were – with smiles on their faces, done the free one month shoot and delivered it nicely to us as promised, and made to leave with smiles on their faces and well-wishes to see us again and do more paying business with us in the future (with some light selling and encouragement to buy thrown in there, of course - that's only fair), we would have purchased a few of the other pictures that they said we could have purchased (in addition to the “free 5”), because there were a few others we really liked and would have been ok with buying (had their sales attitude been better), and there is a good chance also that we would have even signed up for 100-day photo shoot right then and there, or at least had a serious conversation about it (we were already thinking doing the 100 day shoot anyway, to be honest, before the crew even came to our apartment that day and started pushing it so hard!). If the crew had just shown up that day on our son’s 1 month birthday, worked their magic, delivered their free product as promised (with some light self-promotions of their business, of course, that’s fair!), and left happily, my wife and I would be telling a different story right now! WE would be doing free promotionals for that photography business amongst our friends and contacts!!! We were ALREADY happy with the maternity shoot several months earlier – this free 1-month shoot was like the icing on the cake and the cherry on top. “Hey, you know, we had this great maternity photoshoot done at XYZ Photography! They even came to our apartment for free on our son’s one month birthday and did a free mini-shoot just for him! We highly recommend this top-notch enterprise if you are looking for a great experience with maternity/kids/family photoshoots! They’re awesome!” That COULD HAVE BEEN the narrative, but, instead, the memory that we were left with of them – after one and a half nice experiences – was their pushy sales tactics at the end, which did NOT put us in the mood to want to continue doing business with them, which we had actually wanted to do before they started in on the hard sales! My point, like I said at the beginning, for all you entrepreneurs, freelancers, and other business people out their reading this, be transparent with what you have to offer and build trust. If a customer/client already had a great experience with you, that experience will continue to sell your business to the customer/client for a good long while to come without the need for you to step in with any hard selling. If you are offering a free gift to your loyal customers, do so with pride and professionalism, and don’t try to push a bunch of your other offers down their throat at the same time. Sure, of course you can – AND IT IS FAIR GAME TO – mention other things you offer at such a point in time and even lightly push them...you are doing business, after all, and you want your customers to buy more! But as soon as you get really pushy and start breaking fingers and twisting arms (even figuratively), the customer/client will get antsy and uncomfortable. There is no need to “hard sell” your good(s) or service(s) to someone who has already done business with you in the past and is happy with what you have to offer anyway – those are your happy customers who will keep coming back for more as long as you keep delivering what they want (and it is not your arm-twisting hard sales speeches that they want!). And, may I leave you with this: if you feel the need to “hard sell” your offerings to new targets, well, then, it might be a good idea to rethink exactly what it is you are selling and why you are so convinced it needs to be sold with an arm-twisting hard sell approach in order to get someone to purchase it the first place. A commercially viable product that is going to sell well should not need hard selling to get it to sell – such a product should sell itself, with, perhaps, some guidance and coaching from you as the salesperson/promoter. That’s all for today, folks. Better life, better business, better you! Ideas, inspiration, opportunity, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? 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Last Updated: 1/6/2022 Hi Ladies and Gents,
Welcome to another Thursday here at Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises - our first Thursday post in 2022! We’re going to jump right into today’s post on seasonal sales. Seasonal sales is a terrific business idea I have mulled over for many years, and I have yet to find a business that uses the exact take on it I am about to present. Of course, to qualify it for the record, when I say “terrific business idea,” as with any business idea, this all depends on what kind of market you can reach and how you are able to run your operation. There are always numerous factors involved. Even the best ideas can flop flat as a pancake if not implemented correctly or if the audience isn’t there to receive them. Right now, when you walk into just about any ‘big box’ store in the U.S. you won’t see much going on in terms of seasonal sales. Some places might be gearing up with MLK Day “gear.” If you walk into a ‘big box’ store in China right now, though, you will see the first big ‘wave’ of Chinese New Year paraphernalia starting to hit the shelves. In both countries, you may still see a small pile on the “deep discount” shelf of the last ‘dregs’ of Christmas stuff being hawked off at 75-90% off...being dumped for pennies because, hey, Christmas is over as far as business and commerce is concerned! Then, BOOM! All of a sudden, before us “commoners” know what is even happening, we will start to see Valentine’s Day stuff on the shelves! The displays rotate so quickly! But you know what, the rest of the ‘big box’ store remains the same. I mean, sure, they might put up some holiday decorations and play holiday-specific music, but really, the rest of the store remains the same (ok, sure, wise-guy – they might be remodeling or something right at that time, so they are not technically ‘remaining the same’...ya nit picky smart a$$!). A Novel Idea: What if you just created a “Holiday Store”? Think about this with me for a minute, will you? It could be online or brick-and-mortar or both, but the main idea of your store would be to sell seasonal goods, gifts, and novelties, and rotate these through with each passing holiday and season. Of course, this would require a lot of changing inventory – and may be better suited for an online affiliate or dropshipping startup as the result of just that – but why not? The traditional idea of a “Holiday Store” like what I am talking about generally tends to revolve around one theme – i.e. “The All-Year Christmas Store,” “The All-Year 4th Of July Fireworks Stand” (in jurisdictions where this is legal – yes, they do exist!); OR a shop that is only seasonally open for one specific holiday – i.e. “The Halloween Costume Store” that is open for the month of October only, “The Parking Lot 4th Of July Fireworks Stand” that is open the last week of June up until July 4th only. But what if you created a store that just sold “holiday-type” goods all year long and you kept rotating your inventory through with the passing holidays and seasons? Maybe you have seen a store like this out there somewhere – if you have, I sure haven’t; and I’m sure you can agree with me that it’s not a common place store in every town! Of course, in creating such a store you would have to pick and choose which holiday/seasonal items you would sell – you couldn’t recognize EVERY little obscure holiday or commemoratory day from every corner of the globe – you just couldn’t! I mean, maybe you could try, but things could easily get out of hand very quickly! Or maybe, on the flip side of this, you would want to specialize in “obscure days that no one knows about” – National Polka Dotted Underwear Day, or International Walk Your Dog Backwards Day, or, in the U.S., the National Lentil Festival for example. Of those three examples I just gave, I only actually know for sure that the National Lentil Festival is real, because it originated (and is still celebrated every year) in my hometown of Pullman, Washington. Yes, the festival really does have national status. As for National Polka Dotted Underwear Day and International Walk Your Dog Backwards Day, I simply made those up! If real commemorative days like those exist in this world somewhere it is purely coincidental! This is a business idea I have tossed around in my head for years now. And if you take my idea and run with it, I’ll punch you in the face...ha, ha, no, not really! If you take my idea and run with it, more power to you! I wish you profits and success and all the best – that’s why I’m sharing it here! Of course, such an idea could be easily incorporated around a ‘general’ store type of thing, i.e. you have your holiday stuff, but then also sell drinks (like canned pop and bottled water), and pre-packaged snacks, and maybe have a convenience store type of section within your store, but be careful with this, because then there you go! If you start going too far down the rabbit hole of the ‘general’ rest of the store that could accompany such a “Holiday Store” then you are no different than the big box stores anymore, now, are you?! Those big box stores I was talking about at the beginning of the post here are all ‘general’ type of overwise unchanging stores that have a section of holiday goods that rotate through! Some challenges: One thing you might catch some flak for with this idea is what kinds of days/holidays you recognize and/or don’t recognize. Of course, this is fine, no single person or group in the general population who comes across your store is going to be 100% satisfied with which days/holidays you pick to recognize and sell merchandise around or which you don’t. Some people might even be wildly offended. Let’s say, for example, you choose to sell merchandise around two different religious holidays that fall close to each other during one particular time of the year, but those two different religious holidays happen to be of two different religions, let’s even say two different religions that don’t always get along so well with each other – just for argument’s sake. Of course, it is your private business and you call the shots, but you are going to piss some people off in such a scenario – just be aware of that! To illustrate this further, even on this website itself that you are reading right now, some people probably key into my references to Christianity and Christian holidays and celebrations right away and have some kind of positive emotional response towards them. Others are probably turned off right away by such references and have more of a negative emotional response. Still, other readers might be un-phased emotionally altogether and just continue reading because of a keen interest in the "feature" subject matter being showcased. That’s my point. People can and will easily get charged up over a store that sells “something new with each season,” but that’s part of business and part of life. Another challenge you will face, as I already alluded to several times earlier, is your constantly changing inventory. Whether you are keeping a physical inventory (an intense way to pull this idea off!) or simply changing your dropping shipping and/or affiliate offerings online on a website with each changing season/coming of new days/holidays/festivals to recognize, this idea calls for constant change in your offerings. You will need to keep this in mind and make sure you have the energy, man-power (“people-power” – is that more politically, correct? Ha, ha!), and physical space (if you are keeping physical inventory) to pull this off! The Traditional Approach: Before wrapping this post up entirely today, let me just go ahead and give some quick treatment to the two more ‘traditional’ seasonal sales approaches I briefly gave reference to above. These are: The Year-Round One Kind of Holiday Type of Store/Setup and The Only Open During This Particular Time of Year Type of Store/Setup. The Year-Round One Kind of Holiday Type of Store/Setup: Examples of this type of setup include such things as your year-round 4th Of July Fireworks Stand (yes, this is legal in some jurisdictions!), or your year-round Christmas Store, and the like. Essentially, it is a store that is open year-round that just sells particular things for one day/holiday/festival that happens once a year. Of course, depending on your location and your skillset related to branding and marketing such a business, results can and will definitely vary, but the biggest challenge overall with such a setup is that you will have to expect that you will have a heavy load of customers around the time of the actual holiday and less customers in the off-season. Much fewer people will probably go to your Christmas Store in July and August than they will in November and December, for example; although, of course, you are bound to still have some customers in July and August – and, in fact, no doubt all year – because of the novelty effect, which is a plus with such a business! Two of the biggest factors in your favor with such an idea include The Novelty Effect and The Beat the Competition Because You Are Open Early Effect. What are these two factors? The Novelty Effect essentially is, as the name implies, an attraction customers will feel to check out your store because of the sheer novelty it has to offer! “What?! An Easter Store in the middle of Fall?! I can’t believe it!!!” they will say! You will get people who will be attracted to come into your store, check it out, and possibly pick up a thing or two just because of the novelty of the experience alone. I remember from personal experience walking into a one such store as a young child with my mom and younger sister. It was a year-round Christmas Store on the East Coast of the U.S. I have never seen a store quite like it since! Anyway, I was in Kindergarten at a time, and here I am now in my late 30s and still remember the experience very vividly. I remember using all the allowance money I had in my pocket at the time to buy a cool little cricket tree ornament. Why? Because I thought the ornament was cool and because I thought the store was cool. In terms of The Beat the Competition Because You Are Open Early Effect, what I am talking about here is if your Holiday Store is open year-round for a specific holiday, then, well, it is always open so it is essentially open “early” in relation to when other similar Holiday Stores will start to open or when the big box stores will start to put their garb out for said holiday. Again, using the example of a Christmas Store (just because that’s an easy one), let’s say the big box stores start putting their Christmas stuff out on Black Friday and other such Christmas Market type venues (seasonally-opened Christmas venues) start to open within the next week in early December. You, however, with your year-round Christmas store, have the leg up on the competition in this case and have already been catching the “early bird” Christmas shoppers who have started (slowly, but steadily building momentum each week) coming into your store since the beginning of November. One final plus with this type of setup is the fact that you don’t have to re-setup and shutdown seasonally, which takes time, money, and energy in and of itself to do. The Only Open During This Particular Time of Year Type of Store/Setup: This type of setup is your classic 4th Of July Fireworks Truck in the Big Box Store Parking Lot from the last week of June through July 4th; your December Christmas Market and/or Christmas tree seller; your February Valentine’s Day Roses seller; and, to use an example from the past that I clearly remember seeing the tail end of in my childhood before it died out completely (at least died out in the US), your classic seasonal firewood seller (usually set up in the parking lot of all mall or one of your favorite big box stores close to a street corner). I suppose, technically, large scale commercial farming where one or two harvests of a particular crop are realized within a certain season each year would fall into this category as well, but that is its own unique beast with its own unique game plan which we will not discuss here! Let’s be honest here, no one is going to make a living selling Valentine’s Day Roses from February 1st through 14th and only February 1st through 14th, so someone who runs this type of enterprise has to have other additional avenues of making money in mind as well! In fact, to be honest, it is largely large traditional farmers (or at least “larger” – larger than micro farmers) who run a traditional-style plant, grow, harvest once or twice a year type of farm who I have personally encountered are the ones who engage in and have success with these kinds of ventures. Traditional-style farmers like this also have the space to store inventory and equipment (think a fireworks truck, etc.) on their farms during the off seasons. In fact, as I type this right now I am thinking of the fireworks truck you can see parked in the field of a large family farm as you drive out of my hometown of Pullman, Washington. Of course, the truck isn’t parked in that field on June 25th – it’s parked in one of the big box store parking lots in town selling fireworks! But my point is, with this particular example, that family also has its farm income to go along with its two-weeks-worth of firework sales each year. A major downside to this type of setup is having to re-setup and take-down your sales front each time you go into business for the season. As you are only selling for a short amount of time during the year, finding an avenue to make your sales happen can take some hefty leg work in the first place! As for Valentine’s Roses, perhaps you could sell these through the Internet, keeping inventory right in your home, and then deliver them to customers around town; but let’s take a look at that 4th Of July Fireworks Truck again...when they only sell fireworks for two weeks out of the year, that family is not going to rent a piece of commercial property in town and pay rent on it all year just to set up on it for two weeks in the summer. Much less are they going to buy a piece of commercial property which will just sit empty except for two weeks in the summer. They will have to have some kind of mobile sales front (like a “fireworks truck”) and work out some type of seasonal rental agreement to setup in a parking lot somewhere. There are, of course, also seasonal sales permits that go along with all of this, too! They will also have to have a reliable and cheap enough place to store their mobile sales front during the rest of the year. With all this said, none of this is undoable, of course, but these are all things to think about. You will want to try your best to minimize the amount of time, energy, and money you have to spend setting up and taking down your seasonal storefront. The same rules apply here to brick-and-mortar locations as they do to online locations. There’s a lot to consider when it comes to seasonal sales, and there are numerous minor factors at play in a scenario like this that I have not even brought up here. Hopefully this article has given you something to think about until Monday (and maybe beyond). Until then, here’s to making money through the changing of the seasons! Better life, better business, better you! Ideas, inspiration, opportunity, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. What's been going on with the site lately? A recap of what ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES does, what Andreas has been up to, and a showcase of products and services offered through the site. (Yes, Andreas DOES get paid if you purchase something through this website! How's that for full disclosure exactly where it counts?) Last Updated: 1/3/2022 Hi Ladies and Gents, Aaaaaand - we're back to our regular programming here in the new year of 2022 - the year of our Lord two thousand twenty two on the Gregorian Calendar! Andreas here again on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises blog. A very happy Monday and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 to you all! You know, I really find it unbelievable that it's already 2022! For those of you who were paying close attention, yes, I did miss my final post of 2021 which was supposed to happen on Thursday, December 23rd. I tried hard to get a good, meaningful post squeezed in there; but, well, let's just say, what was I thinking trying to post the day before the start of a 4-day weekend; the day before Christmas Eve, ha, ha! Time hurries on like it's going out of style! Our youngest, Luke King, will be turning 7 months in a week. I really can't believe just how much FASTER time seems to speed up with each passing year! The older I get, the faster time progresses. Months seem like fortnights, and years seem like 6-month periods of time! As for last year for me, 2021 started off amazingly and ended with an absolute nose dive. Well, I shouldn't say a total "nose dive." Yes, it's true, I both got my basic ICF coaching certificate AND lost a TON of weight in 2021 - close to 50 pounds over 2020-2021 combine, to be precise - those two things being coupled with our youngest son being born and receiving a promotion at work. All of those things were A LOT of hard work, with losing all that weight and trying to figure out the cadence and PURPOSE of my new job probably being the two absolute hardest of all! I was within a hair's breadth - literally just a few pounds away - from dropping under 300 pounds for the first time since the big "Explosion At 30!" Well, in this regard, I "nose dived." That two years' worth of hard work was all lost in the last three months of 2021 when I gained it all back again. But, despite gaining those 50 pounds back, all was not lost! Actually, walking out of 2021 with those 50 pounds back around my waist AND a coaching mindset showed me just HOW MUCH I have been barking up the proverbial "wrong tree" with regards to my life overall. You see, because of now having a coaching mindset, I have started picking and prodding away at all the little things I can "fix" in life; however, all this picking and prodding has shown me that the changes need to be MUCH bigger and MUCH MORE fundamental than that! That is why, starting in just three short weeks here, I will be stepping out of my leadership role as an Elementary School Academic Coordinator and going back to the classroom as just a regular 2nd-3rd Grade English Teacher at a different school, and getting paid MORE in the process (because now I know and value my worth)! But more on this another time..... January and a new year are here, and with that, as today is the first post in a new month, that means it’s time for the Monthly Round Up and Peek at the Month Ahead. Let’s take a quick look back at December and see what happened here at Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises. December was the new and improved Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises’ second full-month back online! Although cut a little short because of the Christmas-New Year Holiday, we got to go through our second full monthly cycle of blog posts, and even managed to get an interview in! There was a Coordinate THAT! post, one Coaching Is... post (I missed the last one on Thursday, December 23rd), and several inspirational business posts. As laid out back in October when I came back on line, that is the general monthly collection of posts you can expect every month (except there should be two Coaching Is... posts) and, well, two months in and things have been going pretty strong - all this on top of a very busy day job and a family. The Coordinate THAT! post for the month of December was a guest post from my sister, U.S. Naval Officer Kim Herm, looking at Leading Teams. The one and only Coaching Is... post was a personal post about my own coaching journey so far. In our interview we heard from Pat Old, owner and operator of Estate Services out of Pullman, Washington. For those paying attention, this was a business interview from The Pullmanic last Fall that I hadn't yet run as a stand-alone interview here on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises site yet. In terms of business inspiration, with the idea of Winter Break looming - at least for schools - in December, I exposed some potential money-making ideas for teachers to pursue over holidays as well as discussed three ways (out of MANY) to make money online - a good ol' classic! With December behind us now, we are now in the throes of winter proper, although Chinese New Year is just around the corner! With that said, January will be another shortened month of posts. My last post will be on Thursday, January 20th - you can hold me to it! - before I shut down for a full three weeks of much deserved, if I may say, Chinese New Year Holiday. With that in mind, there won't be an interview this month, but we will see business idea posts about seasonal sales and how no one likes a hard seller. I’ll bust out two Coaching Is... posts, and, I'll post my last Coordinate THAT! post as an Elementary School Academic Coordinator....at least for the time being. With all that said, let’s take a look at a few products you can find here on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises website! You can go directly to the webstore HERE! Looking for a name plate for your desk? Click here!
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This Privacy Statement was last updated January 18, 2023.
WARNING: THERE ARE AFFILIATE LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE! YES, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC MAKES MONEY THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THROUGH BOTH AFFILIATE SALES AND DIRECT OFFERINGS. CONTINUE READING THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT TO FIND OUT MORE!
The terms "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website," "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC site," "this website," "the website," "this site, "the site," "this website you are currently browsing," or "the website you are currently browsing" refer to the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website found at this URL: www.apg-enterprises.com, built on Weebly by Square, Inc's. website builder platform, and established, owned, and operated by Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
The legal entities you have the potential to - and probably will - interact, transact, do business with, or otherwise come across and deal with in one way or another while using this site include:
- Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC
- Zazzle, Inc.: the marketplace platform Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an affiliate marketing relationship with. You will see affiliate links to products for sale on Zazzle in the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC Store on this website you are currently browsing and possibly in other places throughout the site. If you click on any of these affiliate links you will be directed to an outside site (www.zazzle.com) for purchase. For more about Zazzle, Inc., its company, how it works, what it sells, its privacy policy, and terms of service, visit www.zazzle.com for more information.
Zazzle, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has a non-employee affiliate relationship with, Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC as an independent 3rd party contractor with Zazzle, Inc. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Zazzle, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Zazzle, Inc. itself.
- Weebly by Square, Inc. (formerly Weebly, Inc.; acquired by Square, Inc. in May of 2018): the website builder platform on which this website is built. To find out more about Weebly by Square, Inc., how it works, what the company does, and its privacy policy and terms of service, visit www.weebly.com for more information. Square, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an end-user consumer relationship in its role as an web interface to the public as the website - the "face" - of Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC uses Weebly by Square, Inc's. services to build, maintain, and host this website. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Weebly by Square, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Square, Inc. itself.
- Your own Internet Service Provider, data plan, managed group network, or other service by which you connect to the Internet to view and browse this site: you will have to connect to the Internet to view and browse this website. With regards to viewing, browsing, and otherwise using and interacting with this website, you are 100% solely responsible for your own connection to the Internet and knowing who is providing the connection to the Internet that you are using. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has no say, part, or other responsibility regarding how, when, or what service you use to connect to the Internet to view, browse, and otherwise engage with this website.
ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, DOES NOT SELL YOUR DATA, GIVE IT AWAY TO 3RD PARTIES UNAFFILIATED WITH THE DIRECT OPERATIONS OF SQUARE, INC. WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT, OR USE IT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. IF YOU DO ENTER ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, HOWEVER, WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC., THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THIS WEBSITE IS BUILT, WILL TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DATA. THIS INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS, TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION FROM LOSS, THEFT, AND MISUSE, AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOUSURE, ALTERATION, AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THE INTERNET IS NOT A 100% SECURE ENVIRONMENT, AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. CANNOT GUARANTEE ABSOLUTE SECURITY OF THE TRANSMISSION OR STORAGE OF YOUR INFORMATION. WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT YOU ON ITS OWN PREMISES AND ALSO USES THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. MAY USE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU USE THIS WEBSITE, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, THE WEBSITE ITSELF, BUILT ON WEEBLY BY SQUARE INC'S. WEBSITE BUILDER PLATFORM, COLLECTS USER INFORMATION FROM END-USERS - THAT'S YOU, THE PERSON BROWSING THIS WEBSITE RIGHT NOW :). WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. REFERS TO THIS INFORMATION AS "Your Customers' Data," AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. COLLECTS THIS INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
● Device Information:
Information about your device, including hardware model, operating system and version, device name, unique device identifier, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with Weebly by Square, Inc's. Services.
● Identification Information:
Your name; email address; mailing address; phone number; or other historical, and contact information, if you enter it anywhere on the site Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC for any reason.
● Location Information:
The location of your device if you pay for anything on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website using Apple or Android Pay.
● Transaction Information:
When you make any payment to Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC directly through the site, Weebly by Square, Inc. collects information about when and where the transaction(s) occur(s), the names of the transacting parties as entered, a description of the transactions which may include item-level data, the payment or transfer amounts, billing and shipping information, and the device(s) and payment methods used to complete the transactions.
● Use Information:
Information about how you interact with the site, including access time, “log-in” and “log-out” information, browser type and language, country and language setting on your device, IP address, the domain name of your internet service provider, other attributes about your browser, mobile device and operating system, features you use on the site, and the date and time of use of the Services.
● Any Other Information You Voluntarily Provide:
This includes any and all information that you voluntarily provide or otherwise input into Square, Inc’s. systems (for the purposes of our discussion here covering the usage of this website, this means any information that you directly enter on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website) including survey responses; participation in contests, promotions, or other prospective seller marketing forms or devices; suggestions for improvements; or any other actions performed when you interact with the website Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
WARNING: THERE ARE AFFILIATE LINKS ON THIS WEBSITE! YES, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC MAKES MONEY THROUGH THIS WEBSITE THROUGH BOTH AFFILIATE SALES AND DIRECT OFFERINGS. CONTINUE READING THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT TO FIND OUT MORE!
The terms "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website," "the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC site," "this website," "the website," "this site, "the site," "this website you are currently browsing," or "the website you are currently browsing" refer to the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website found at this URL: www.apg-enterprises.com, built on Weebly by Square, Inc's. website builder platform, and established, owned, and operated by Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.
The legal entities you have the potential to - and probably will - interact, transact, do business with, or otherwise come across and deal with in one way or another while using this site include:
- Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC
- Zazzle, Inc.: the marketplace platform Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an affiliate marketing relationship with. You will see affiliate links to products for sale on Zazzle in the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC Store on this website you are currently browsing and possibly in other places throughout the site. If you click on any of these affiliate links you will be directed to an outside site (www.zazzle.com) for purchase. For more about Zazzle, Inc., its company, how it works, what it sells, its privacy policy, and terms of service, visit www.zazzle.com for more information.
Zazzle, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has a non-employee affiliate relationship with, Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC as an independent 3rd party contractor with Zazzle, Inc. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Zazzle, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Zazzle, Inc. itself.
- Weebly by Square, Inc. (formerly Weebly, Inc.; acquired by Square, Inc. in May of 2018): the website builder platform on which this website is built. To find out more about Weebly by Square, Inc., how it works, what the company does, and its privacy policy and terms of service, visit www.weebly.com for more information. Square, Inc. is its own sovereign company with whom Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has an end-user consumer relationship in its role as an web interface to the public as the website - the "face" - of Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC uses Weebly by Square, Inc's. services to build, maintain, and host this website. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC does not make or set any of Weebly by Square, Inc's. company terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, or governing agreements. Such terms, policies, operating procedures, rules, and governing agreements are made by Square, Inc. itself.
- Your own Internet Service Provider, data plan, managed group network, or other service by which you connect to the Internet to view and browse this site: you will have to connect to the Internet to view and browse this website. With regards to viewing, browsing, and otherwise using and interacting with this website, you are 100% solely responsible for your own connection to the Internet and knowing who is providing the connection to the Internet that you are using. Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC has no say, part, or other responsibility regarding how, when, or what service you use to connect to the Internet to view, browse, and otherwise engage with this website.
ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, DOES NOT SELL YOUR DATA, GIVE IT AWAY TO 3RD PARTIES UNAFFILIATED WITH THE DIRECT OPERATIONS OF SQUARE, INC. WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT, OR USE IT FOR MARKETING PURPOSES. IF YOU DO ENTER ANY TYPE OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, HOWEVER, WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC., THE PLATFORM ON WHICH THIS WEBSITE IS BUILT, WILL TAKE REASONABLE MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD YOUR DATA. THIS INCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS, TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION FROM LOSS, THEFT, AND MISUSE, AND UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, DISCLOUSURE, ALTERATION, AND DESTRUCTION. NEVERTHELESS, THE INTERNET IS NOT A 100% SECURE ENVIRONMENT, AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. CANNOT GUARANTEE ABSOLUTE SECURITY OF THE TRANSMISSION OR STORAGE OF YOUR INFORMATION. WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. HOLDS INFORMATION ABOUT YOU ON ITS OWN PREMISES AND ALSO USES THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. MAY USE THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, JAPAN, THE EUROPEAN UNION, AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU USE THIS WEBSITE, ANDREAS PHILIP GROSS ENTERPRISES LLC, THE WEBSITE ITSELF, BUILT ON WEEBLY BY SQUARE INC'S. WEBSITE BUILDER PLATFORM, COLLECTS USER INFORMATION FROM END-USERS - THAT'S YOU, THE PERSON BROWSING THIS WEBSITE RIGHT NOW :). WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. REFERS TO THIS INFORMATION AS "Your Customers' Data," AND WEEBLY BY SQUARE, INC. COLLECTS THIS INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
● Device Information:
Information about your device, including hardware model, operating system and version, device name, unique device identifier, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with Weebly by Square, Inc's. Services.
● Identification Information:
Your name; email address; mailing address; phone number; or other historical, and contact information, if you enter it anywhere on the site Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC for any reason.
● Location Information:
The location of your device if you pay for anything on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website using Apple or Android Pay.
● Transaction Information:
When you make any payment to Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC directly through the site, Weebly by Square, Inc. collects information about when and where the transaction(s) occur(s), the names of the transacting parties as entered, a description of the transactions which may include item-level data, the payment or transfer amounts, billing and shipping information, and the device(s) and payment methods used to complete the transactions.
● Use Information:
Information about how you interact with the site, including access time, “log-in” and “log-out” information, browser type and language, country and language setting on your device, IP address, the domain name of your internet service provider, other attributes about your browser, mobile device and operating system, features you use on the site, and the date and time of use of the Services.
● Any Other Information You Voluntarily Provide:
This includes any and all information that you voluntarily provide or otherwise input into Square, Inc’s. systems (for the purposes of our discussion here covering the usage of this website, this means any information that you directly enter on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC website) including survey responses; participation in contests, promotions, or other prospective seller marketing forms or devices; suggestions for improvements; or any other actions performed when you interact with the website Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises LLC.