Really small businesses... How to attract customers?

[theveed]

My wife and her brother started a small BBQ stand in Marikina in front of Marist, they chose the place coz my BIL used to study there and they got a space in front of a store/eatery who's charging them P100/day of operations (so kung sarado, no rent).

It's really a basic BBQ cart like those sa "branded" fishball cart setup. No signage since ang dating ng cart is part of the carinderia...

How can they attract buyers since it's not really a big-bang business and the product offered is pretty "normal".

As a BBQ addict, their BBQ is good, they're like P10 a piece as well.

Any tips and experiences will be appreciated.

(Kung napadaan kayo try nyo din hehe)

[baiskee]

free taste...pag daan namin ng ortigas. :D

dapat medyo masa tingnan, the price is ok for P10. siguro wag lang pork bbq, they could also add up diff kinds of bbq. (isaw, etc.)

dito rin sa area namin daming bbq-han...at halos magkakatabi at magkakatapat sila...dami kasing dorm, university belt area kaya isang bbq lang tapos kanin pwede na sa mga estudyante.

[theveed]

Bai: May isaw din sila (galing UP yung sikat hehe)...

Ang issue ko dun sa pwesto nila kasi is that their main customers kasi are students (highschool), so budget is really limited.

It's their 3rd day palang, first and third day sobrang low volume, pero yung 2nd day ubos benta nila...

[CLAVEL3699]

Veed,

medyo tagilid bro kung highschool student ang main customer kasi nga limited ang budget nang mga kids.

Dami din ba bahay or dorm dun? dun ka medyo kikita dahil pwede pang ulam yan. hindi na kasi merienda ang bbq ngayon pang ulam na sa kanin sa hirap nang buhay ngayon.

Dapat malaman din sa buong area na may nagtitinda nang bbq dun.

[theveed]

Well, nung malakas benta the other day, madaming taga village bumili, mga nagsusundo, mga driver, etc... Iilan lang students... kaya they were quite optimistic about it...

I told them nga din to give out flyers, baka pwede din sila mag deliver sa Rancho subdivisions sa gabi...

Pero sasabihin ko din icheck kung may dorms nga dun, kasi may college din sila pero yung tipong scholarship type... hehe

[baiskee]

Well, nung malakas benta the other day, madaming taga village bumili, mga nagsusundo, mga driver, etc... Iilan lang students... kaya they were quite optimistic about it...

I told them nga din to give out flyers, baka pwede din sila mag deliver sa Rancho subdivisions sa gabi...

Pero sasabihin ko din icheck kung may dorms nga dun, kasi may college din sila pero yung tipong scholarship type... hehe

ok na yan kung may taga village na bumili... kakalat na yan. di lang pang ulam yan ok din pulutan sa mga nagiinuman. :toma:

[ghosthunter]

for a BBQ biz... try to make more of the smoke go around. Its like free advertising. If people smells the BBQ smoke, they will come to find you. Just make sure you are visible.

[theveed]

Told them to be patient wag madiscourage agad, hehe... hirap din kasi low-price retailing parang ang liit ng kinikita until maka serious volume ka na...

GH: Pinagiisipan nga din nila how to get electricity sa stall coz wala sa usapan yung kuryente sa rent nila hehe.

[ghosthunter]

GH: Pinagiisipan nga din nila how to get electricity sa stall coz wala sa usapan yung kuryente sa rent nila hehe.

Well, if you need a fan and have a car battery around (or even two 12volt 6Ah SLA batteries) you can power a 12volt car fan. A simple job to screw it to a piece of plywood as a base. That should help get some BBQ smoke flowing around.

BTW, the price of P10/stick is really low. It might be possible to have a bigger size at a slightly higher price.

I also suggest that you can accept bulk orders for parties, etc.

[mrpink]

bigay ng student discount ...

[theveed]

liit lang margins sobra ng P10/stick hehe can't go lower

[CLAVEL3699]

sobra nga liit nang tubo kailangan madami ka mabenta.

Bili ka electric fan tapat mo dun sa ihawan sigurado kalat yung usok nun mangangamoy bbq yan. advertisement na. hhahahahaha

[mrpink]

well .. you can price it (if possible) at 9.50 or 9.75 .. may psychological factor din yung hindi double digits yung pricing eh ...

handa lang kayo ng madaming barya .. hehe ..

another thing is magpa-softdrinks kayo .. para may added value kayo ..

[theveed]

yun ang issue pare, di pwede yung drinks kasi yung pinepwestohan they sell those na...

actually i told them nga that use this space as a trial muna as to how the biz can be ran, kasi nga low overhead and wala din naman masyado losses kung di nagclick kasi transferable yung cart and wala naman commitment sa rent...

But hanggat pwede, sana kumita sila dun...

Pero pwede nga nila pagisipan yung 9.75 thing for students... thanks.

[OTEP]

Siguraduhin mo din na hindi mag-aamoy bbq ang customer. Yun kasi madalas kong naririnig sa students kaya ayaw nila bumili dun sa bbq cart. Nababalot kasi sila ng usok. Pagkabili nila, amoy paninda na din sila.

Solution was to put a fan that drove the smoke away from the customers. Ok na.

[Tikoyman]

Magdala ka ng attractive/***y alalay to attract skul boys around. Siguradong ubos paninda nyo.

[Flagg]

Hmm, mga HS kids pang-fishballs lang meron mga yan.

AFAICR, yung Marist medyo tago yata? Di ko na nga maalala how to go there... Baka mas ok kung sa Panorama nalang mag-locate? Tamang-tama entrada sa mga Rancho.

Try rin kaya mga weekend market. Yung Ineng's sa palengke and weekend markets lang nag-start, ngayon bongga na.

Aba isaw... baka makadala you sa EB sir theveed...

[noj]

sa kanto namin meron bbq-han, kahit minsan di pa ako bumili, dina dayo ko pa yung 3 blocks away kasi dun mabango yung usok. yung sa malapit samin di ko gusto ang amoy. hehe, kaka enganyo din yung amoy syempre.

[chua_riwap]

Nag-uumpisa naman sa maliit yan eh. Yung Aling Nene's (along Vito Cruz Ext. ata ito) nakilala ito sa masarap na BBQ. Talagang dinarayo ito ng mga tao. Ngayon, lumaki na yung pwesto, pinaganda pa.

[ILuvDetailing]

veed: mura na yung 10 petot, just maintain the quality babalik balikan yan. Ok pala yung arrangement niyo ng landlord.