Comments on: Tuesday Three: 3 ways to improve your business

By: Jason Glover

Jason Glover — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:18:36 +0000

I’m so with you on the “open up the Internet” idea.

As a contractor I am often working in places with some crazy Internet policies that do more harm than good. Like banning Trademe access and then the accounts people can no longer police whether resellers are flouting their terms by flogging stuff on Trademe; or banning twitter/facebook access and therefore preventing the marketing dept from participating in the biggest revolution in customer engagement since the phone!

Morons!

By: Lance Wiggs

Lance Wiggs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:05:02 +0000

Bill
I agree – and generally use AirNZ. There is no way in heck I will use Jetstar given their modus operendi. It is good that Pacific Blue has taken the space that Qantas used to have and they at least keep AirNZ honest.

Stuartm – I’m a fan of booklet, and of printing out multiple powerpoint slides per page – if they are good presentations then 16 works. My eye defects are for far distances – so far.

By: billbennettnz

billbennettnz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:35:15 +0000

Agree with all three points, but it may pay to avoid a certain airline currently operating in New Zealand which seems to think opaque fare structures with fine-like extra costs and leaving passengers behind is good business practice.

By: gordy

gordy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:06:41 +0000

I totally agree with opening up the Internet. All those censorship tools do is cost money and require the administration of the wizards on a regular basis.

I’m all for a “don’t be stupid” policy. A lot easier to administer. Its a shame that so many Internet plans in NZ have download caps on them. It makes business owners believe that the resource is precious and need [active] management.

By: gordy

gordy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:03:40 +0000

Nice idea stuartm but those of us over the age of 40 tend to have eye defects which makes small writing hard to read.

By: stuartm

stuartm — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:02:09 +0000

Here’s another tip for those that have printers that can print double-sided. Check to see if it has a duplex setting called “Booklet” – this will print your documents in an A5-sized booklet but on standard A4 paper. It’s perfect for larger documents, and prints four pages per sheet which doubles your paper saving.