Resume help: How does my resume look?

• Author: Toni
• Filed under: Advertising Business Internet Marketing
• Date: Nov 18,2009

David Cho
6363 Beadnell Way Apt 137
San Diego, CA 92117
Telephone: (858) 357 5537
Email: davidcho89@live.com
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SEEKING: Entry level sales/marketing position.

SKILLS

• Over 2 years of cashier and customer interaction experience
• Superb customer service skills
• Demonstrated ability to independently learn new skills, handle stress, and solve problems
• Familiar with MS Word, Excel, Photoshop, additional computer programs/software
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with customers, peers and management
• Familiar with advertising/marketing through internet business
• Dynamic and positive personality; comfortable taking charge and quickly adapting to change
• Excellent communication skills: influential communication, persuasion and negotiation
• Recognized ability to develop and maintain rapport with customers
• Experienced in self-managing work efforts to complete work in a timely manner while maintaining high standard of quality
• Take personal responsibility for all work outcomes; thrive in competitive, fast-paced environments; excellent work ethic
• Sound analytical and problem solving skills

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

High School Diploma, Garfield High School,
San Diego, CA
Currently: Major-Business-Mesa College,
San Diego, CA
Computer Skills: MS Word, Excel

EXPERIENCE

Zion Market, San Diego, CA 09/2005-11/2007
Cashier
• Provide excellent customer service by assisting and tending to customers
• Process customer purchases
• Maintain and balance cash drawer
• Process monetary transactions

Ebay business, Home Office
Selling cameras through Ebay auctions
• Designed and developed high quality descriptions of product
• Processed monetary transactions over the internet
• Advertise/market products
• Communication with customers/potential customers on a daily basis
• Self run business

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Leader in the youth group of See World Baptist Church

Hi -

I think you could definitely land a job with your resume.

However, since you asked, here are some of my thoughts:

1. You need to condense your listings under "skills" – some of it is kind of wordy, and some of it isn’t really skills. You should delete some of them from the resume, and instead include it in your Cover Letter.

For example, in your cover letter, you could say, "I feel I would be an excellent employee because I thrive in competitive, fast-paced environments; have an excellent work ethic, etc…… you could also say, that you have demonstrated ability to independently learn new skills, handle stress, and solve problems, etc… in your cover letter, that really isn’t appropriate under "skills". The same goes for "Dynamic and positive personality; comfortable taking charge and quickly adapting to change"…..

Remember, lots of WHITE SPACE is good in resumes!

2. You need to include the year that you graduate high school and what years you have been attending college. You also should include your GPA.

3. You need to move "computer skills" under skills

4. Some of the description under your Zion Market jobs is redundant, "Maintain and balance cash drawer" is basically the same thing as "Process monetary transactions" and "Process customer purchases".

5. Some of the verbs are in present tense "advertise/market products" and some are in past tense "Designed and developed high quality descriptions of product".

6. "Self Run Business" is kind of a given and doesn’t need to be included. Actually I think you need to condense the description under Ebay Business.

7. You need to include a description under your youth group volunteer job – Also, I think it should be "Youth Group Leader" instead.

Truthfully, I think you should take your resume to a professional to help you out. Your college should have a career office that should help you.

But I still think you could get a job.

Good Luck.

What is the best & cheapest mode of advertising my embroidery digitizing business.?

• Author: Toni
• Filed under: Advertising Business Internet Marketing
• Date: Nov 15,2009

I run an embroidery digitizing business and would like to increase my customer base, I have already tried online advertising with many providers, such as Google Adwords, Yahoo and the likes.

Unfortunately nothing seems to work – I have done my own Search Engine Optimization – and even though my site is listed in the top 10 of Yahoo organic search, I have not been receiving any significant enquiries.

I also tried my hands on direct marketing, by mailing postcards – that doesn’t seem to work either and I might I add – its very expensive.

Besides, I reckon that most of the businesses involved in retail embroidery are still not using internet as a means of communication, sales or outsourcing.

I am planning on advertising in newspapers and the thing that I can’t seem to decide is that should I go for ‘Thrifty Nickels’ or ‘Penny Savers’ to get the most for my money.

The basic consideration is that the ads should have a longer shelf life and big circluation and inexpensive.

Well if you want cheap there are a lot of free online advertising sources. you could go to a search engine and type in free online advertising but what you are going get is mostly crap.

There is a webpage that shows the 10 best free online advertising sources.

here is the link

http://www.advertisesmallbusiness.com/free-online-ads

How to start a craft business?

• Author: Toni
• Filed under: Advertising Business Internet Marketing
• Date: Nov 12,2009

How did you get your start in crafts?

What are the most profitable crafts to sell?

What are the easiest crafts to sell?

What are the easiest crafts to make?

Do you have to get permits and liscense to sell crafts?

How can you stay tax legal?

Is it easy to stay tax legal?

What is the easiest way to sell? (fairs, festivals, consignment shop, from home, internet,. . .)

Is advertising and marketing profitable?

What kind of banking and investments should be made for the business?

What is the proper way to sell?

How do you price effectively?

Where is the best place to get information on craft businesses?

Any other advice?

What is the best advice you could give to someone wanting to be in the business?

There is a big gap between crafts as a hobby and crafts as a business. It is only the traditional artists who earn their livelihood from crafts as a business. But these artists are not equipped to run a crafts business in today’s market conditions. They neither have the capital nor the marketing skills to turn their crafts business into a profitable cottage industry. However, you can do so if you apply yourself.

Skills and qualifications:
You need not have a degree in business administration to start a crafts business. But you certainly need to be market savvy. You should know everything about book-keeping, inventory management, pricing and promotion. Of course, you need to know your craft.

First steps:
Before you start your crafts business you must find out about zoning regulations, licenses and permits. You must acquaint yourself with IRS regulations as well as federal regulations applicable to your crafts business. You need to register the name of your crafts business with local officials and obtain a retailer’s occupation tax registration number.

You must also research your market. You must visit crafts fairs and crafts malls to find out what is selling; read trade publications, and talk to craftsmen to learn about their experience. You must also research your competition. Internet is a great place to research products. It is also quick and efficient. Spend as much time on the net as possible to find out how sites are selling products. Don’t start a business in an area which is already crowded. You will be forced to compromise on costs, and your per customer acquisition costs will soar.

Pricing strategy:
There are two aspects to any pricing strategy for a crafts business. The first is the actual costs. You need to add every direct and indirect cost, including invisible costs like your efforts to promote the business. You should also remember costs like business licenses, accountant fees and promotional costs. Based on this, you can arrive at a per unit figure. Now add your expected profit to arrive at the sale price.

After this, check this sale price with the price being charged by other craft makers. You have a problem if this price is more than the price being charged for similar products. Your product may not sell. If you lower the price, it may become financially unviable. You therefore should work on those products that are competitively priced and which deliver good returns.

You also need to draw a business plan. This gives you a clear idea of your start up costs and returns. The business plan must be revised from time to time, to keep it in tune with the growth of your business.

More info and links to help you at the source