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Customer preference matter to all businesses really. They play a role in purchasing decisions, revenue, and brand loyalty. Knowing your customer base is part of understanding how to not only market to the right people but retain the ideal customers. You want to have people coming back.

Sleep issues can happen for a number of reasons. Stress, hormones, back problems, bad mattress, too much caffeine, vitamin deficiencies, sleep apnea, and so on. The list is actually quite large which makes it frustrating when trying to find a solution. Maybe start with going to the doctor and getting blood work done to check for deficiencies and hormone issues.

Oh I know, I have experienced this myself in the past. You have to be willing to code or pay someone to code a site for you to make up for some of the lost plugins and addons. It can be frustrating for people which is why it is easier to just stick with WP.

The holiday season makes sense as most businesses will be getting more income during this time period and can afford to do something like this. I have even seen 3 month contracts for some places just for the last 3 months of the year.

There are fees they kept adding on. Likely because these businesses expanded. Instead of taking from the people offering their services, they decided to put that extra charge on the buyers. I don't see too many complaints about it but the average for these fees seems to be around 20% which is a lot IMO.

I don't really make much use of stuff like this that isn't already packaged with or in something else. A quick search suggests that Collibra, Alation, Atlan, and Informatic are the best. I have only heard of Alation however.

I agree with this in most cases. WordPress still offers more even for bloggers but Ghost makes everything a lot less complecated. And it still looks really nice too. A lot of people use Ghost now simply because it is more secure - not because WordPress lacks security, but rather Ghost isn't targeted as much by threats. It is like comparing Windows ro Linux.

Well yeah, actually. AI can be used to create other AI models thanks to Automated Machine Learning (AutoML). AI can also make use of synthetic data generation and code assistance. The trouble is, most people cannot do this because they simply don't know how to. It is a bit more complex than just asking an AI model to simple "make me a new AI model".

I have been seeing a decline in birthrates here in the US for a number of years now. If you look at statistics, it would seem most people under 40 that don't already have kids, don't want them. I also read that over 30% of gen Z pregnancies ended in termination. So I have to wonder, has the market for baby and infant goods decreased? Is this why there is a rising cost for items like diapers and formula? I would imagine with any decline, companies need to adjust by increasing costs and cutting back on what they offer. While I don’t personally know anyone in this niche or market, I have read people talking about it online. Some of which said they lost their business because of the decline in people having children and inflation costs.

Platforms like this are great but they are hard to grow on and it seems they are charging clients more and more. I used Fiverr a number of years ago and the rate was flat, it was $5 and change and now the platform charge an extra $3+ per order as "service fees". This puts a lot of people off. If you can manage to run your own website for your service, you are better off. Trouble is, finding traffic and buyers.

Yes, this does happen. I have heard of people taking out business loans in order to pay for contracted work as people get overwhelmed and need to hire extra hands.

Yeah that would make a difference but I understand why they don't do that. It would just complicate things. Yes, and I don't need help with this. I have mild dyslexia lol

My brother said this years ago. It makes more sense to have corporations pay a higher wage because they can afford to. It makes no sense when it is a small business that just needs to hire a few people, forcing them to pay way more than they can afford to.

Holidays tend to be the staple but for a lot of companies, they will run a sale or have some kind of code for free shipping or a discount every 6 to 8 weeks. I think that is a good metric for spacing them out.

My sister is like this. No ad ever worked on her or convinced her of anything. But you know what does? A good sale. So I think sales help pick up the slack there. Even when it is something she doesn't need, if the price is really good she will buy it and put it away for a gift down the road.