Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Personal Finance

  • Saving A Hospitality Business On The Brink

    Saving A Hospitality Business On The Brink

    Lockdowns have had a significant impact on businesses across every sector, leaving many facing impossible calls for diversification at a time when, in many instances, simply keeping operations afloat was a challenge. However, if we’re playing pandemic favorites (or not, as it would be more accurate to say,) there’s a very strong argument for the…

  • 4 Huge Shipping Mistakes That Your Ecommerce Business Needs To Avoid

    4 Huge Shipping Mistakes That Your Ecommerce Business Needs To Avoid

    When you run an ecommerce business, shipping is one of the most important things that you need to get right. Customers want fast shipping and they don’t want to pay a lot of money for it. In fact, if the shipping costs are too high, that can really put people off and it will have…

  • Top Tips To Show You Care About Your Clients

    Top Tips To Show You Care About Your Clients

    Businesses can no longer compete just on their product or price. Experience is a huge factor in a business’s success. If a client has a bad experience, they won’t likely hang around. For B2B companies, providing great customer service is even more important. You have more personal interaction, and the clients are looking for long-term,…

  • I bought a used car with cash, this is why

    I bought a used car with cash, this is why

    It has been about four years since I last had a vehicle. I have been very happy using my bicycle, borrowing vehicles from my car-sharing community and using public transportation, and yes, walking from time to time. But new circumstances created a need for a vehicle. In some of my previous posts, I contended that…

  • Your Retirement or The Education of your kids

    Canadian Version In Canada, education is mostly subsidized by the government. One whole year of tuition in one of the best known Canadian Universities (McGill University) costs only $3,000 Canadian Dollars ($2,300 US). This is the kind of money a student can earn waiting tables during the summer. Or a parent could very easily give…

  • How To Be The Landlord That Everyone Wants

    How To Be The Landlord That Everyone Wants

    Being a landlord does not have to be problematic. In fact, when your rental properties are managed efficiently and effectively, being a landlord can be a significant source of revenue. However, landlords often have a bad reputation, for being greedy, lazy, and uncaring. Make sure you are not one of them and have a queue…