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| 2-28-06
| Normy
Posted on 02/28/2006 4:28:35 AM PST by normy
I own a sevice company in N. Texas and have considered using the phrase "We speak English" in some of my advertisement. I have competitors who have the "Se Habla Espaniol" and I am sure they recieve a good chunk of the non English speaking Hispanics business.
In Plano where I live there are a large number of middle eastern, Indian/Pak, and Asian as well as white and black Americans. I get complaints ever so often that homeowners can't communicate with the service men who show up.
I would love some input into this idea. It may cause more people to be offended than not and therefore be too big of a risk.
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Anyone?
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:28:35 AM PST
by
normy
To: normy
Interesting hypothesis..a question..
What percentage of your business now is to non-English speaking..? IOW..can you afford to lose it, and hope that you attract more from your ads to compensate
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:33:07 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
To: normy
How about "We hear you" or "We listen to you." You don't even have to mention English.
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:33:29 AM PST
by
Huck
(Roe/Kelo: You have a right to privacy IN your bedroom; you just don't have a right TO your bedroom.)
To: normy
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:33:50 AM PST
by
Michael Goldsberry
(Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
To: normy
"We also speak English, senor."
To: normy
To: normy
I see more and more ads saying they promise to have a supervisor on every job as opposed to just a crew people who don't speak a lot of English. Myself and most of my customers prefer to be able to at least communicate with workers on our property. Alas, many times, it's good We understand some Spanish. You may find a good niche there, go with it.
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:36:51 AM PST
by
wolfcreek
To: normy
Einstein. Learn German - it's relatively easy.
To: ken5050
My percentage of Hispanic non English speakers is fairly low. I do have alot of Middle Eastern and Indian customers and some of them have a hard time with English let alone Spanglish.
My white and black customers would probably love it but I hate to cause others to back off or become offended. This would be targeted to certain cities where the language thing is a problem.
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:38:13 AM PST
by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: normy
I do like the "We speak English"....but you could loose some customer base with that, sticking with a phrase like Huck's suggestion in post #3
BTW...what industry are you in? My husband lives in N Dallas and will I will be joinng him when our son graduated from HS...
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:39:59 AM PST
by
Kimmers
To: HiTech RedNeck
Not bad, but if I read that I would assume they spoke it as a second language.
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:40:21 AM PST
by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
To: normy
I recently saw a sign on a corner store in a neighboring town that read:
No shoes
No shirt
No English
NO SERVICE
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:41:21 AM PST
by
Momaw Nadon
("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
To: normy
Then I'd go for it...though probably restate it....along the lines of.."All our employees are fluent in English.., and se hable espanol"
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:42:16 AM PST
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her gene pool. Any volunteers?)
To: normy
How about an ad mentioning all the languages spoken by the folks who work for you, in all the languages spoken? You can mention English first :)
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:43:42 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Kimmers
We hear you in English.
Le oímos en español.
To: normy
Your proposed tactic is divisive. How that division will work is a marketing question, and, possibly, a legal question. I know it's a stretch, but people file suits for anything nowadays.......could such a business tactic provide the footing for such a suit?
Eleph-Rhino.
Personally, as an American, I like it! I believe that you would have instant recognition, publicity, and a corps of willing customers if you used such a saying. Who was it that said there's no such thing as bad publicity?
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:45:19 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(Republicans protect Americans from terrorists, Democrats protect terrorists from Americans)
To: ken5050
You stated the problem with his approach....perfectly!
This is very risky and I can't see the point other than annoyance from a segment of the customer base.
To: mewzilla
All my customers speak English to some degree. Many speak English + some other language, not Spanish. There are many companies who have service guys who speak Spanish + a little English. This poses a problem that really annoys homeowners because communication is so difficult.
No one in my company speaks any other language than English, besides a little Spanish and some Russian cuss words.
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posted on
02/28/2006 4:47:17 AM PST
by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
To: normy
I agree with the idea of mentioning all the languages in which you can conduct business.
We speak English
Se Hablo Espanol
E-ay eak-spay ig-pay atin-lay.
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