Ansgar John / Sinaas

Market the Heineken Premium Light beer to women as "Diet Heineken". What type of alcohol do you choose at night when you drink Diet Coke during the day ?

Like Coke Zero for men.

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Landing page with the top show that people are commenting one. Gives a sort of live image of the most watched programs at that moment. Live "watercooler" conversation and you're sure that the next day you'll have watched the same as everybody else.
Stars and exec's (in The Netherlands) won't have to wait until the next day to get an idea of the ratings.

Either bootstrap on Twitter or sent up own system by networks/newspapers like Telegraaf.

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http://www.lotsroad.com/

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The pallet raises off the floor as it becomes lighter so that customers don't have to bend over to buy the last article. Also logistics teams will have less lifting to do to put the last articles on top of a new pallet of newly arrived goods.

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It would be a sort of butler service.

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See Scot Wingo's great blog.
http://ebaystrategies.blogs.com/ebay_strategies/2009/11/ebay-popup-shop-and-some-videos.html

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Whenever I try I out a ( steampunk ) clockwork rocking chair. Rocking chairs in general are usually too small for me (190 cm tall) and they stop rocking after a while. I would like one that you could wind up and that would rock for an hour or so like the pendulum of a clock.

The one in the picture was made by Rowland Emett for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Nowadays Emett would probably be making Apps for the iPhone. We need more IRL engineers with a vivid imagination.

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Start at 4:30 in the morning. Around 1 minute mark in video.


Together with Hans-Jan and Peter (Patrick as reserve).

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I am changing tack on this blog. Questions/comments about the old subject are welcome at ajbrenninkmeijer@cs.com .

http://businessideaoftheday.org

This took a little while to get of the ground (the guy in the movie is the person who setup business ideas, it looks like he is in the passenger's seat):


I am going to try to put a (hopefully original) idea or drawing online everyday.

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My former colleagues at verKoopwinkel, which is owned by Sinaas B.V. gave me this tile. Sinaas stands for Samen Is Niet Alleen, Altijd Samen. And Sinaas is also close to sinaasappel or oranges like in the tree on the tile. Use translate.google.com if you want the English texts.


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I think Laura Mappin is great.

She sent me this comment and diagram:

I checked out your blog and am very curious about your pricing discussions. I’m a small business person new to pricing products – making my way into a new business after years in hi-tech. I’ve looked at my issues from so many angles and have changed my approach several times. There’s nothing cast in stone about it, it seems to me.

As I read your latest post of your email exchange with Dieter Brandes, I saw this drawing in my head as possibly the barest kernel you guys are discussing.

It’s not about making a margin. It’s about bringing in a certain amount of money (pink) selling whatever products (type of product, end price, % profit per item or type of item, quantity of product sold is immaterial to this discussion). So, it can be acceptable to have a product (E) that you sell a lot of, make very little off each one, but the sales of E overall adds significantly to what you bring in. (guess I shouldn’t have colored it pink ;)



Anyway – just curious if this is one of the points you’re trying to make.

I suspect trying to make every product be sold at the same % profit makes it easier to run the store ;) Also, this method requires maybe more rigorous cost calculations to make sure they’re representative?

Thanks for your blog thoughts – and your comments.

Laura

www.lauramappin.com

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ME: Is this the point I am trying to make ? Comments and criticism are welcome.

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It is time for new challenges for me.

After three years I have decided to find a new managment team for verKoopwinkel, they started in April 2009. Here is the E-mail they sent to our almost ten thousand different customers (buyers and sellers).

Ansgar John

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Geachte klant van verKoopwinkel.nl,

Het is alweer 3 jaar geleden dat verKoopwinkel in Zaandam de deuren van de eerste Marktplaats Handelspost opende. De unieke winkelformule,
waar je gebruikte spullen kunt Kopen en verKopen, waar je kunt zoeken op Marktplaats.nl en in een echte winkel kunt kijken, proberen en vertrouwd kopen is snel aangeslagen in Zaandam en wijde omgeving.

In de afgelopen 3 jaar hebben we veel enthousiaste klanten mogen begroeten en hebben zij veel geKocht en verKocht .
In September 2008 konden we zelfs al de tweede winkel openen. Vlak bij de bekende Beverwijkse Bazaar staat nu een tweede, extra grote winkel vol prachtige artikelen.
Ook deze winkel is uitstekend bereikbaar en heeft gratis parkeergelegenheid, net als Zaandam.

We hebben in de afgelopen 3 jaar veel geleerd en geprobeerd. Sommige dingen waren meteen al goed, andere moesten we ontdekken, proberen en verbeteren. Nu na 3 jaar zijn we met al deze ervaring op een nieuw punt gekomen: een nieuwe lente, een nieuw begin en veel nieuws!

Nieuw! Nieuw! Nieuw!

VERLAGING COMMISSIE:
Met ingang van 1 mei 2009 zullen wij de commissie op te verkopen artikelen verlagen van 40% naar 25% van de verkoop(vraag-)prijs**.

Daarnaast voeren wij vanaf die datum een nieuw tarief voor staangeld in, en rekenen we een bijdrage in de advertentiekosten.
De opbrengsten en kosten voor het verkopen van goederen bij verKoopwinkel.nl zijn dan als volgt:

Commissie: 25% van de overeengekomen vraagprijs
Staangeld:
25 eurocent per artikel per dag voor kleine artikelen (kleiner dan 1 m2 vloeroppervlak)
50 eurocent per artikel per dag voor grote artikelen (groter dan 1 m2 vloeroppervlak)
Advertentiekosten: u betaalt 2,50 euro per artikel voor advertentie- en administratiekosten: voor het maken van foto’s, het schrijven van de advertentietekst en de juiste zoekwoorden voor de beste vindbaarheid van uw artikel op Marktplaats.nl en de plaatsingskosten.
Zoals al het geval was, zal het totaal van kosten nooit hoger zijn dan de verkoop-opbrengst van het artikel.
ANDER NIEUWS:

Tegoeden: opbrengsten van uw verkochte artikelen kunnen weer contant worden opgehaald in de winkels, 14 dagen na verkoop van het artikel.
U kunt ons ook vragen het over te boeken op uw bank- of girorekening.
Ophaaldienst! Hebt u iets te koop maar kunt u het niet zelf naar Beverwijk of Zaandam brengen? Bel de winkel en informeer naar de Ophaaldienst.
Om onze winkels meer bekendheid te geven, wordt in lokale bladen, op evenementen, in de pers en natuurlijk via internet vanaf 1 mei uitgebreid geadverteerd.
Daarnaast zullen vanaf de komende week meer in de winkels te beleven zijn: meer verKoopwaar, meer publiek en meer keuze. Zo zal op veler verzoek de aanvoer van Antiek en curiosa toenemen!
Natuurlijk kunt u nog altijd de vertrouwde artikelen Kopen en verKopen bij de vernieuwde verKoopwinkel.nl.
Op veel verzoek van onze kopende klanten, vragen wij verKopers speciaal Antiek en Curiosa in te brengen!

VERNIEUWD TEAM
Oprichter Ansgar John heeft per 1 april het stokje overgedragen aan een nieuw team van eigenaren. Samen met het vertrouwde team van verkopers in onze winkels zullen zij U blijven voorzien van de beste gebruikte artikelen om te kopen en de beste kansen om snel en met hoge opbrengst te verKopen.

Wij nodigen u van harte uit om al dit nieuws met eigen ogen te bekijken in Zaandam of Beverwijk. Of natuurlijk op Marktplaats.nl of verKoopwinkel.nl. En dat u uw waardevolle gebruikte artikelen te Koop wilt blijven zetten bij verKoopwinkel.nl en vertrouwd komt kijken, kiezen en Kopen in deze unieke winkels!

Tot snel ziens,

Het team van verKoopwinkel.nl

** alle artikelen die voor 1 mei 2009 in de winkels stonden vallen nog onder de oude prijzen en commissie. Alle nieuw ingebrachte artikelen vanaf 1 mei 2009 vallen onder de nieuwe prijzen en commissie regeling.

Dit is de eerste e-mail die u van Verkoopwinkel ontvangt. U ontvangt deze e-mail omdat u bent ingeschreven in het databestand van verKoopwinkel.nl en heeft aangegeven nieuws te willen ontvangen. Stelt u geen prijs meer op nieuwsbrieven van verKoopwinkel.nl, klik dan op deze link om u uit te schrijven.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

Click here for Wolram|Alpha's answer to "Mountains Holland".

The Polaris Hill 335 meters high near The Hague does not exist. The notion that it was first climbed in 1959 is also a bit silly.

And where is the other half of the province of Flevoland ?

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Gebruikte spullen, antiek
verKopen en Kopen in onze winkels:
Zaandam
(vlakbij Hornbach)
Beverwijk
(vlakbij Bazaar)

én op marktplaats.nl


Voor de lokale huis aan huis bladen.
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The chief executive of Craigslist has a message for people who try to use the popular Internet advertising site to commit crimes: You're going to get caught.

Violent crimes linked to Craigslist ads in Boston and Minnesota have made headlines, but CEO Jim Buckmaster said Wednesday the site is an "extremely unsafe venue for criminal activity because you're virtually guaranteeing that you're going to get caught."

"That's been the case with nearly every serious violent crime that's been connected with the site," Buckmaster said in a telephone interview from San Francisco, where Craiglist is based. "There's an electronic trail leading to yourself. So don't use Craigslist for crime unless you want to go to jail."

A Minnesota man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole this month for the 2007 slaying of Katherine Ann Olson, who answered a phony ad he posted for a baby sitter.

And this week, a 23-year-old Boston University medical student was charged with robbing women who advertised erotic services on Craigslist and killing one of them, Julissa Brisman.

"We were shocked and saddened to learn that a horrific crime like this had any connection to the use of Craigslist, and our hearts went out to the family and friends of Julissa Brisman," Buckmaster said.

Philip Markoff, 23, is accused in the death of Brisman, a masseuse from New York City who was found dead in the doorway of her upscale hotel room after being bashed in the head and shot three times. Markoff also is accused of robbing and tying up another woman, and police have said there could be more victims.

Defense attorney John Salsberg has said Markoff isn't guilty.

Buckmaster said the attention Craigslist has received because of crimes linked to it is partly a function of how heavily the site is used and the relative newness of the Internet.

"There are 50 million people using the site every month, and the site has facilitated billions of human interactions over its history. Compared to human society as a whole the risks of Craigslist are low, but they're not zero," he said.

Buckmaster declined to say much about how Craigslist is cooperating with authorities investigating the Boston case but said, "We make ourselves 100 percent available to them and provide them with any and all information we have that they may request."

Law enforcement officials generally ask that Craigslist not comment on what it's doing in specific cases, he said.

Buckmaster defended Craigslist's inclusion of the "erotic services" classification on its sites. He said users requested it so those ads would be posted there, where users can avoid them, instead of being scattered among other ad categories. He also insisted that illegal activity is "absolutely not welcome there."

He said Craigslist will donate 100 percent of its net revenues from those ads to charities, under an agreement announced last November with 40 state attorneys general, though he said figures aren't available yet.

Craigslist's city sites include tips on personal safety and avoiding scams and fraud. Buckmaster said the Minnesota and Boston cases provide an opportunity to remind people that it makes sense when meeting someone found through an online ad to take the same kinds of precautions they should take offline.

"Anytime you're going to meet for the first time choose a public place where there are other people around. ... Consider bringing a friend along. Let someone know where you're going to be and when you'll be returning. Take your cell phone along. Trust your instincts and report suspicious activities to authorities," he said.

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark will attend a benefit concert in Minnesota on May 3 for a scholarship fund at St. Olaf College in memory of Olson. The 24-year-old was slain by Michael John Anderson, 20, who used a Craigslist ad to lure her to his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Savage.

Buckmaster said Craigslist officials were inspired by the Olson family's efforts to keep the focus of the case on Katherine Olson's life and what she meant to her family and friends.

"When there was an opportunity for Craigslist to participate in some way, that was something we were excited about doing," he said.

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

You can see me in an innertube in the last 3 seconds. Great fun !

verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

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verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel

MIT student develops unbelievable mobile Internet tool. WATCH this video, especially the last part.
verKoopwinkel Amsterdam: Kijken op Internet, verKopen in de winkel