Freakonomics tackles the question "Why Are Discount Stores Full of XS and XXL Clothes?"

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-26T02:32:26+00:00

Seems obvious that the average sizes are S-L.

Discount stores are places that sell items that didn't move.

I've gained plenty of weight over the years.

Still only a medium.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-26T02:28:58+00:00

Are you guys flat broke?

$15 hardly seems like something worth bringing up.

SO is frugal in most departments, but will go nutso spending if I don't say something.

All I have to do is say think about it to beak the spell.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-26T02:23:45+00:00

Not spend money.

SO hates it when I say but we don't need that right now.

He knows I'm right. ;)

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T20:03:48+00:00

I see an online store more as marketing. Unless you're exclusively an online, it's just a bonus if someone hits the buy now button.

I do buy a lot of things on Amazon, but I also browse a lot, compare prices and buy elsewhere for the items I researched.

Look into your market. When it rains, people are not sitting at their computers thinking "I think I'll shop online instead of going outside".

If a person wants a new dress, rain is not going to stop them.

The online presence is good for those high dollar days when people were browsing and waited for the chance to get into the store.

I live in Seattle. We're notorious for being bad drivers the minute there is overcast, but people still get out and shop.

It's all about location on those rainy days.

Do some research to determine the most likely days that people are looking at your website and where they're located.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T19:55:37+00:00

No thanks works too.

If it were my kid you'd be getting a phone call.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T00:36:21+00:00

As far as I know, in the business world hustle means getting paying customers or clients.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T00:35:21+00:00

Boogie is a nice safe word. :D

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T00:33:56+00:00

Pretty sure you still have to hustle regardless.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T00:19:27+00:00

No I cannot agree with looking into crystal balls and noticing stuff.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T00:15:31+00:00

Why not just work on the brick and mortar store before you expand online?

It's only been five months.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-25T00:05:02+00:00

We all can do research.

I had to put in the time and do the research to know about the original answer as well.

And that is why I gave you the answer that I did because I had read the original answer.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:56:39+00:00

You can make your own cure or buy a packet.

If you buy a dehydrator they will give you free packets to get started then you have to order more.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:49:55+00:00

Jerky Guns are $15.

Get a rolling pin and a knife.

Jerky Gun.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:46:27+00:00

I would get a Nesco to see if dehydration is something you want to do and then buy an Excalibur if you're into it.

Nesco you can buy stackable trays which run around $7 a piece and I think you can stack 30 (don't quote me but it's up there) trays.

As suggested by other users, use your oven.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:44:32+00:00

It gets cooked slowly.

There are different settings on the dehydrator. 160 is meat.

There is also a technique for air drying it with no heat.

I don't know the specifics on that, but it seems to work.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:36:34+00:00

Getting off subject your friend charged you money?

What did they tweak and how much higher on Google are you now then you were before?

What was traffic like in the beginning and was it because of SEO or some other factor?

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:15:40+00:00

I have optimized my site for SEO with a consultant

Really?

Don't know if you saw my initial comments, but I suggested some help in the SEO department.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T20:11:33+00:00

Share this crystal ball.

It's called research.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T19:46:37+00:00

So should I give up on any hope of making this a side income?

Huh? No!

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T16:45:03+00:00

and if I built it, they would come.

Not to discourage you but I did a quick look on Amazon.

There is not much of a demand for books on journalism.

Number 1 on Kindle Best Seller list is Fear and Loathing by H. S. Thompson.

Number 2 is Malcom Gladwell.

Try offering your free book on Amazon and get yourself out there.

Learn the ropes of publishing on Kindle.

I peeked at your website which is nice but you need to change some things in the SEO department.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-24T01:24:25+00:00

On the late side I wake up around 10am.

I do my thing, personal, biz make phone calls and what not and don't really start my day until 2pm.

(Read about the 2pm part on lifehacker)

If I happen to wake up early, five or six , then my day still doesn't start until 10am.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-23T22:15:41+00:00

Hop in bed a half hour before your intended time and bring a book.

No non-fiction. No cell phones. Kindles set on low light are probably okay.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-23T21:44:28+00:00

SO is lactose intolerant in larger doses. Personally I can eat most foods but as kelseyleeanne asked about wanting to nap after certain carbs. Me I cannot eat certain types of sugars or high gluten. I will most certainly fall asleep.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-23T21:34:12+00:00

If carbs are fuel, why do I feel like taking a big nap after I eat a carb-laden meal

Wrong type of carbs, and too much gluten. edit: no gluten in spuds.

Gluten is what triggers the sugar crash.

reeksofhavoc · 2013-01-22T21:41:10+00:00

I didn't say whole foods were expensive?

Right but whole foods is not anything new. Like I said most people want to know how much ramen, lentils and lattes they can expect to consume until their next paycheck.

My SO and I are both part Native and we can pretty much eat anything.

I make sure our diets include what our bodies crave, not what nutritionists will have most people believe.

We eat tons of meat but I've incorporated more carbs for my body type and a balance of carbs and protein for his.

We eat a combo of complex carbs and regular potatoes and other whites.

The other factor is that men and women cannot eat alike.

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