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Making money by saving money

By Vince Thompson | Jul 22, 2009 |

Saving money seems more important today than ever. In fact…entrepreneurs looking to have their sales pitches fall on welcome ears are finding new ways to position themselves as money-savers and are a creating new businesses that specialize in helping consumers and corporations save cash.

One such business is Wireless Watchdogs. Mike Schwartz has taken his 20 years of experience in the wireless business and created some proprietary software to help him analyze his clients wireless bills and save them money.

In which ways can you help companies save money?

Watching Mike’s success and learning about his business you may find some of the elements of his model to be useful in your own endeavors.

 
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    JunkkMale

    07/22/09 | Report as spam

    Rubbish needn't be a dirty word (I guess Trash Talk in the US)

    Well, I am in the process of trying to show brands and retailers that a
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    in concepts) can very much prove a 'win-win' for both pocket and planet,
    and both consumer and marketer.

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    Julian Dufoulon

    07/23/09 | Report as spam

    Good insight

    Very interesting website thanks!

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    07/31/09 | Report as spam

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