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[edit] Cross-selling versus Up-selling.

I would like to discuss the content of two Wikipedia articles: "Cross-selling" and "Up-selling":

In my experience, up-selling is when a company tries to sell a more expensive product to the client. For example, the client wants a drink, and the restaurant employee tries to sell a hamburger. The hamburger is more expensive than the drink.

Now, cross-selling is when a company tries to sell a product that is as expensive or less expensive than the product the client is actually buying. For example, the client wants a drink, and the restaurant employee tries to sell a fried potatoes supply. The fried potatoes supply is less expensive than the drink.

Finally, companies combine cross-selling and up-selling in the following manner: First they try to up-sell, offering a more expensive product to the client. If the client refuses this offer then the company tries to cross-sell, offering a product with a similar price or a smaller price. This combined technique allows companies to greatly increase their sales.

This approach of cross-selling and up-selling is not included in the Wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up-selling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-selling

It should be included!

Best regards,

Luis R. Villegas H. Mexico. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LuisVillegas (talk • contribs) 04:06, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Good day, Luis....

Great points. However, I would like to add a couple more examples.

Up-selling -> Let's say that you walk in to a fast food restaurant and order a combo. The clerk asks, "Would you like to supersize that for an extra 39 cents?" That would also be an up-sell.

Cross-selling -> Cross-selling is huge in the electronics industry. If you buy a Blue Ray player, a good salesperson would also try to sell you some Blue Ray DVDs and high quality HDMI cables. The idea behind a cross-sell is that you try to add on accessories that go with the product.

Thanks for your points - they are much needed! Greg-RSM (talk) 16:32, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] think3

[edit] Usage

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[edit] History

Started in 1979, the company’s original name was Cad.Lab, think3 is one of the global player in CAD and PLM market. Building on successful 30-year European history, think3 meets the needs of small to mid-sized companies.

Thanks to a technology solution combining solids and surface, good presence in Europe and Japan, industry proven PLM solution and global experienced R&D team (Italy, France and India), think3 represents the new global generation of design technology, speaking languages of designers, engineers and manufacturers. Through consulting services, software tools and customer care, think3 helps manufacturers optimizing their entire product development processes and helps industrial designers creating better, more innovative products.

think3 provides technology that links three separate design areas: the concept, its development and the finished product. In this way, think3 enables thousands of company customers to innovate, to compete and to rise to the challenges of global markets, by the integration of processes, which helps to accelerate time to market and to reduce costs. Besides the USA and Italy, think3 offices are located around the globe in France, Germany, Japan, China and India. Additionally, the company has established strategic relationships with Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to complement its direct force.

[edit] Products & Solutions

[edit] ThinkDesign Engineering

ThinkDesign Engineering addresses the needs of mechanical manufacturing companies by offering productive and reliable tools. From traditional 2D design controls, to innovative and integrated 3D design functionalities in a single environment, ThinkDesign Engineering provides a comprehensive CAD solution that allows companies to define their products in an efficient and flexible way. Part modeling, 2D/3D transparency, integrated functionalities for the sheet metal environment, tubing creation and management, advanced assembly management, smart objects, animation, data exchange interfaces with other CAD systems, high availability of mechanical parts libraries, direct FEM/FEA interface, product data management, all in one easy-to-use product.

[edit] ThinkDesign Styling

ThinkDesign Styling with its Target Driven Design, it frees users form the technological constraints of traditional design systems. With ThinkDesign Styling, designers first set targets, either points, curves or even the exact highlight they want to get on an object, then focus on the product shape, anyway they want, and transform the project into a model that includes all technical and engineering aspects while preserving the original design intent. It is possible to create a preview of every shape deriving from a modification made with GSM3 (Global Shape Modeling) and select the required one only. It enables higher creativity levels while increasing and enhancing design processes. In addition to traditional creation and modification functionalities, ThinkDesign Styling’s rich capabilities include powerful tools such as Global Shape Modeling, Capping, Blending Curves and Blending Shapes, Associative Global Sweep, as well as Dynamic Morphing, Automotive Grid and Rendering.

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[edit] See also

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[edit] Shalom Weiss

This is an article on one of the few white collar criminals to get a sentence longer than Madoff, and it is an unspeakable mess. Please help.--JohnnyB256 (talk) 17:41, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia market research survey

There is a quantitative market research survey about to get underway, now being discussed at Meta Wikimedia. Personally, I consider the effort thus far to be scattered and amateur, and I am trying to lend a hand with re-design of the drafted plan. If there are any Wikipedians here with experience in the design and execution of population research studies, please come help me try to get this on a right and steady course. -- Thekohser 19:10, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] GA Sweeps Reassessment of Single Audit

Single Audit has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:29, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Easterns Automotive

I do believe as an ex-customer who was scammed by this company that they are trying to advertise thier business through here. Look under the one section where it discusses that they do accept trade in's,(which is a hidden advertisment) and that there sales people have been committed of being unprofessional. This is just Easterns way of trying to make it look better on themselves. I think that they should be deleted off of here and should have to pay for thier advertising. Missy12009 (talk) 17:12, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Expert attention needed at Netnography

The page Netnography defines its subject as, "the branch of Ethnography that analyses the free behaviour of individuals on the internet." It's contents primarily treat marketing and brand research. I am therefore addressing this call for expert attention to both WikiProject Anthropology and WikiProject Business. If it is more appropriate to some sub-group (such as ethnographic methods or market research), please help me attract attention from the appropriate group.

The page needs considerable attention, both in terms of general clean-up and for the correction/addition of specific information on the practice. Your help is most appreciated. Cnilep (talk) 17:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

is there any substitute for semiconducter devices —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.50.129.64 (talk) 11:22, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Article suggestion

Hi there,

My name is Alasdair Townsend and I work for Diffusion PR and Communications Ltd., a public relations company. I have read and am familiar Wikipedia's Conflict of Interest behavioural guidelines and the Suggestions for COI compliance and understand how these apply to me.

I appreciate that everyone in this project group is very busy but I wanted to start a new thread to ask for your feedback on an article that I believe would merit inclusion on Wikipedia. The article covers a UK based company called Coverzones which is a client of mine.

In consideration of Wikipedia’s COI compliance guide I have undertaken not to personally post, or edit articles about clients or their competitors (or their products or services). However, in light of the fact that Coverzones has been described by an independent industry magazine as the first company of its type in what I believe will be an emerging field, I wanted to propose the following text on the discussion page of my user profile for your consideration and ask – if you agree that it is relevant and impartial – if you might be prepared check and post the piece.

Any guidance you might be able to offer would be very gratefully received!

Many thanks for your help.

Best wishes, Alasdair

Alasdair Townsend (talk) 15:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

tetert‘ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.45.43.69 (talk) 01:43, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Relevant AfD

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbados Group. Thank you, Cirt (talk) 04:31, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please reassess the article Peter_Saville_(artist)

Peter_Saville_(artist) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - I recently modified a bit of the Peter Saville article, and then noticed it was assessed as 'stub-class', which by comparison to some other random articles seemed undue. I therefore request a reassessment to 'start-class' or even 'C-class' (I can't place an internal LINK to the Wikipedia definition of each of the classes here, there seems to be none existing... So I refer to the more general page named Assessment).

I elected to place this very same text on a page of each of 5 projects (Graphic design, Visual arts, ~~Albums~~, Biography, Business) that COULD be involved in the process of evaluating the article (it took me about an HOUR to find out about the relevant projects and their assessment particulars by process of going through the whole categories/portals/projects structure of Wikipedia). This in itself reflects on the poor inter-organization of WikiProjects: who SHOULD be responsible to assess the said article? HOW should I find out as a casual user? What if EACH of the 5 projects decide to assess it at the same time (I'm looking forward to THAT)? WHY are the Business and Visual Arts projects solely interested in 'Unassessed' articles but not in reassessment? By the way the Graphic design project does not seem to KNOW that it is part of the larger Visual arts project (at least it does not say so on its own web page)... I find it all a bit comical, to say the least. (Note- yes, you will ask: 'dumb ass', why don't YOU (me) assess the damn article if you are so intelligent and blabla...; well damzels and sirs, I won't in this case; I feel I don't know enough about the rating system yet, and besides I don't know enough about Peter Saville as a subject.) Thanks, --Alainr345 (talk) 23:29, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm replacing Albums (they don't WANT it) by England, Peter Saville is still English right? --Alainr345 (talk) 06:32, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Done. It's now start class. Ty 09:32, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] gentile

gentliness scale. gentile- means not jew, I think you meana different spelling , gentle, maybe?157.174.221.169 (talk) 18:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)margaret johnston

[edit] Household income in the United States GAR notice

Household income in the United States has been nominated for a good article reassessment. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to good article quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status will be removed from the article. Reviewers' concerns are here.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 15:31, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Please update the article Implementation Maturity Model Assessment

The new version of the Capability Maturity Model Assessment (version 1.2) defines maturity levels differently. Thanks a lot. 79.194.11.67 (talk) 14:25, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Broadway Video

Hey all. Just spent a good week or two taking the Broadway Video from a stub to a full-fledged article. Now I just need people to give it a once-over, mainly for grammar and punctuation. Thanks! Mainly.generic (talk) 12:50, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pulsar (watch) Article

This business article reads like advertising copy. I am a gems and jewelry editor here and my interest is because of the fact that I once purchased one in the '70's. I am not, however, a watch expert. We need a historical horologist to re-write the article to Wikipedia standards. This product is notable and deserves a better treatment. T.E. Goodwin (talk) 09:14, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Help?

Hi. My name is Sean Wolfington and i was told to write on this page to ask people in the business section to determine if the article written about me was notworthy because it was recently submitted for speedy deletion and then deleted. Over a year ago i recieved a message that someone wanted to delete the article but other people decided to keep the article after making edits and adding references. Since i am not very familiar with Wikipedia I wanted to find out if 3 peoples oppinion was accurate or if the article was noteworthy and did not warrant being deleted. In addition to not being noteworthy they said i was self-promoting. This is not true. I discovered this wikipedia page when i googled my name for something else. A freind showed me how i could update it and i updated it so there was more accurate information and then i was told i should not do that. Since that time i never updated it again. After a few years of the article being online it became the #1 result on Google for my name and currently the page says i was deleted because i am not noteworthy. It is ok if i am not noteworthy compared to others but it would be great if the page could be deleted altogether from Google.

Since i don't know alot about Wikipedia i asked a freind and they suggested i provide information to the people on this page of Wikipedia to get your oppinion of wheter the article is noteworthy.

Here is a summary of my background so you can evaluate whether it is noteworthy. All of this information is available through major news outlets and was referenced in the article that was deleted. Is it possible to view the old article that was deleted? The article had all the references from alot of major media companies which i thought was the criteria for determining if something was noteworthy... but again i don't know how this site works. Below is my background information, please tell me if any of this is noteworthy. Some of the information was not in the original article and the additional information may also change the perspective of the people who deemed it unnoteworthy.

My Background: I am an Entreprenuer and a film maker. I founded and sold 2 technology companies by the age of 34. The first company, HAC Group which operated as Cyber Car and Automark, sold for $200 million (article with info can be viewed at: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/18/business/company-news-reynolds-reynolds-to-buy-hac-group-for-200-million.html) and the second for $125 million dollars of enterprise value (BZ Results article- http://www.dealerrefresh.com/adp-buys-bz-results/ - there are many articles about these companies but these are links i just found). My company was recognized as the "Innovative company of the year" from Auto Success Magazine along with SAP (http://www.autosuccessonline.com/leadership.aspx) and I was a finalist for the Ernst & Young "Entreprenuer of the Year" when i was 34 years old and a few months ago was recognized by Haute Living Magazine as one of the top 100 most influential leaders in the Haute 100 (view at:http://www.hauteliving.com/?s=sean+wolfington). After selling the second company, I started a film production company where i financed, produced and distributed the first film myself (Bella)and it was the #1 top grossing film in its category. (here is an article i wrote for the Huffington Post about it- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-wolfington/what-i-learned-about-maki_b_102704.html and LA Times wrote an article about it - articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/04/entertainment/et-bella4) It also was the #1 rated movie on Yahoo, NY Times, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes while in theaters and it is currently one of the top 50 Rated Films of All Time on Yahoo and it was the #1 Rated movie of 2007 by the users of the largest film review site in the world, RottenTomatoes.com. After that i produced 2 other films including a new motion picture called Mighty Macks (you can view at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034324/ and you can view my film history at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2055676/). In addition to the film production company i currently own 6 companies in the technology, real estate and entertainment industries.

I can provide more information but this is a summary of my background. Please let me know if you believe this is not noteworthy enough to warrant a speedy deletion. Thank you.Seanwolfington (talk) 06:10, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Confusing categories - investment co.s

Can someone please explain the difference between Category:Investment companies and Category:Investment management companies? What are the criteria that seperate them. And if there are none, why don't we merge them? --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 02:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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