Although I cannot give you anything, my gift to you this year is business advice….and thousands of dollars’ worth of it.
My suggestions here are not to harm but to help you. Constructive criticism should always be taken in the spirit it is given.
Constructive criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an oppositional one. The purpose of 'constructive criticism is to improve the outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_criticism
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Pheromone XS: The website is clean, good looking and easy to navigate. Nice lifetime discount. (
http://pherotruth.com/Thread-Lifetime-Di...u-mean-it) Wow! As usual you are cranking out the Beta formulas. Remember quality not quantity. I got burnt this year with the beta blend Naked Gun. $70 down the tubes. Guess what? No more XS beta blend testing for me. It's too expensive. I could have crumpled up three $20 dollar bills and thrown them in the garbage. Maybe fix the beta test program to make it more user friendly. The unisex line seems to be almost useless to men. Bliss and flirt don't do anything. At least nothing to help me get laid. Odyssey does not seem to be what it is billed to be either. In general product descriptions need to be exciting (marketing) but they also need to be truthful (integrity). Otherwise, everything else seems to be fine. Panty Scorcher? The alliance with Shannon (Catlord17) is a good one but he has alot of catching up to do.
Pheromone Treasures: The website is clean and looks good. I loved the discount campaign where buyers had to hunt around the website for coupon codes. GOA seems to be the top product there. Thanks to Androcles I'll be testing it soon.
Love Scent: (DejaVu--these are the same comments as last year) Still loving those holiday sales! 20-30% off…yeah baby! Oh but wait…most of the products here are 9+ years old. In the pheromone world 9 years is a long time. In those 9+ years many products and new formulations have come along that surpass products like Chakra and WAGG in effects. Perhaps you can encourage the Vendors that you resell for to come up with new products. Yes, I’ve seen the new women’s line. Yes, I know LaCroy released New Pheromone Additive touch but the guys here are always looking for something new…that works.
Liquid Alchemy Labs: Oh boy Garry is in trouble. the loss of his payment processor is a tough break. Scrambling to sell on Amazon? Aren't there other online payment processors. I don't understand why this problem is now over 3 months old. Poor communication can ruin the company. there is no notice on the LAL website so people trying to checkout get an empty cart. No redirect to Amazon either. No communication with pherotruth users at all. Bad business.
Apex Pheromones: The website? The website is still not there. It's easy to navigate and fuctional though. The product labels are getting better. M3X is my all time favorite. I've had more lays with this than I've had with New Pheromone Additive. Who cares about a website when you can get laid. This is a one man operation but you really need help. As your business grows so should your staff. Here's some free web design software:
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/b...e-1138669. GoDaddy also has website hosting and a free website builder. i really like the fact that this business is forward thinking and always trying to improve. I got a box of Nerds candy in my last order and I put it to good use. the girl I gave it to loved them. Nice touch.
Androtics: I loved my grandmothers apple pie. Sadly, she passed away several years ago so I will never have my grandmothers apple pie ever again. Michael Harris seems to no longer be involved with Androtics. Looks like I will never have a good bottle of A314 ever again. For all of the bad things that was said about John Sebastian he was a good communicator. No one seemed to be as open as Jasmine was until John came along. The current company runner Brian F seems to hate when anybody says something bad about a product there (A314). Hey Brian, grandma did not substitute raisins for apples and still called it an apple pie.
Love Potion: Love Potion has been threatening to improve their website for a year now. This is the same thing that I said last year.
Alpha-Dreams: Um…..nevermind.
Mark-in-Dallas: Lots of trolls this year. All banned. Nice! Still have not gotten rid of Erox? It's been 2 years
General advice to all Vendors:
Quality not quantity: I see many Vendors that have at least 3 products that they could “retire” and only a 2 people would miss them. There is one vendor who has as many as 13 different products.
Transparency: So many producers are afraid to list what pheromones are in their products. I know it is to prevent competitors from creating a similar product. You can list your products. Look at food producers. They include a list of ingredients because they are legislated to do so but listing ingredients has not destroyed Campbell’s soup or Progresso or put Ragu, Prego, Newman’s Own, Classico…ect out of business. My suggestion is if you don’t already do it, just list the ingredients. It only helps the community to help you figure out what is right or wrong with new formulations. Personally, I would like to know what I am wearing. Many users like to combo products but if I know both products contain Androsterone, I’ll be prepared for a double shot of Androsterone. I may even opt to try some other combo first before I try and combine two Androsterone products.
Testers: You need good testers. This way you can get an accurate analysis on what your product is doing before you release it for public use.
Revisions: Don’t be afraid to revise formulas. If you figured out what went wrong with your first release, feel free to fix it and put out a revised version. Having good testers would insure a good first release but when something goes wrong make a revised version.
Communication: I like to hear from Vendors about new products that they are working on. I also like to hear about their thoughts on current products. Thundr, Steve O and Lovescent seems to be the best at communication. I get an email from Lovescent twice a month. Thundr and Steve O regularly post on their respective boards. Everyone else is a distant second.
Me: I am working on myself every day, trying to be a better man. If I called you out this year it was to make you better. I really have to learned to be more patient with everything. Glad some of the smarter members here agree with me on the issue of using EST in male products. I am still testing for Vendors and I love it. In fact today I am wearing something that a Vendor sent to me to test. I am so honored to be considered to be a good tester.
Community: Stop repeating what others have said. So many people are perpetuating phermone science myths. See for yourself. Research for yourself. Test for yourself. So many product sales are driven by "she smiled at me" and she was twirling her hair. Engage women in conversation more. Hair twirling is fine but what is she thinking about really. Is it an absent minded habit or does she want to talk to you. Don't imagine that she wants you. Don't be a Walter Mitty! Live life and enjoy it.
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