Do you have abusiness? How is your business doing now?

Philippines
July 2, 2009 4:18am CST
I have a small business of plant nursery. I have beautiful plants and and it is not doing well as of now. People don't have much money to spare. What should I do to make profit?
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7 responses
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
2 Jul 09
You can look for alternate business for time being when the market is not working right. Try to add fruit and vegetable plants so that you can earn more from the yield.
• Philippines
9 Jul 09
Oh yes, I am going to try that. I will be planting some sweet basil again. I want to try other herbs too. Thanks for that, looks like you've read my mind.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
2 Jul 09
My business is a small grocery store, aside from doing things here online. Well not so profitable but at least I am earning from this. From the little amount of profit I gain I was able to send my sisters, 1 in high school, and in grade 2 the other one. There are times I paid bills like electric and water bills out of the profit I earned from my store. To add a new source of income, I wanna save my earnings here in mylot for several months from now then, when I reach the desired amount to upgrade my membership in neobux. Yeah, that's another source of income I wanna try, hopefully!
• Philippines
9 Jul 09
Congratulations on your business and achievements for your siblings. I wish you all the best so you can still do good things for your family.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
3 Jul 09
I do not have any small businesses right now. I mainly earn online while my husband works outside of the home for us. I hope your business picks up soon. I know the economy sure is bad right now and alot of businesses are struggling just to stay open.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
9 Jul 09
I do for 3 years now. it's party gifts and decor. it's not making profit yet I'm still trying to pay off loans. my business is much like yours, people don't have much money to spare and over here lots of competition. It doesn't change much year to year though. you should go out more link yourself with local businesses and events as much as you can and keep your overhead as low as possible.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
2 Jul 09
Morning, Mr.Plus. It is nice to have a business of plant nursery. I love to see those beautiful plants in the garden. But I am sorry that people don't have much money to spare and buy those beautiful plants. Do you have some spare land for growing some current vegetables so that they will make some profit for you? Vegetables in our place are no cheap at all. But anyway, I wish your business smooth with lots of incoming profit soon.
2 Jul 09
Hi I run an online business (we are an SEO article writing company) and it is growing very fast. I am still working on the website, but people are willing to pay for good articles and seo. The best way to run an offline business is to give people something that is worhtwhile. That means making special offers, entering a competition where they could win flowers, also you could simply create an online shop where you can buy plants. Hope this helps somewhat..
• Philippines
2 Jul 09
Maybe one of the reasons for the slow return of your investment in your plant nursery is because people are more cautious buyers. With the economic down turn, people are spending less and if they do spend, they do it for things they need in their everyday life. What I can suggest you to do is try to reach out to your friends and family. Maybe you will have some buyer from them. Also, why not advertize your plants in the internet? In that way, you will reach buyers across the globe.