“What does not destroy me,
makes me stronger.”
–Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
German philosopher
Objections are a requirement to a successful salesday. It means you’re engaging your prospects and customers and helps you move the sales process along (or end the process with an unqualified prospect).
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Brussels is one of Europe’s best kept secrets. As Belgium’s charming capital city, many have enjoyed living there, ranging from Victor Hugo and Karl Marx to Jean-Claude Van Damme. Now, you can discover the riches of Brussels in a virtual 3D visit with Google Earth.
Several thousands of 3D buildings have been added to the city’s map. Using Google Maps with Earth view or Google Earth’s “3D Buildings” layer, you can now visit the city to experience its rich architectural history. See the KML tour in the Google Earth Gallery to take a virtual tour of the 3D landmarks for yourself.
The place to start is the Grand Place / Grote Market, Brussels’ central square. Its 17th century landmark guild houses are richly decorated with sculptures, gables and gold patterns and are said to hold the secret formula of alchemy engraved in its facades.
From there, you are only a virtual stones-throw away from the Royal Palace and its neo-classical Place Royale, which was built upon the ruins of Charles Quint’s palace and housed the famous Order of the Golden Fleece’s treasure. Today, you’ll find the Magritte museum there, beautifully presenting the life and work of one of the world’s best-known surrealists.
Swivel around to see the impressive Palace of Justice, Brussels’ law courts which presides over the city skyline.
En route you will pass the Notre-Dame-du-Sablon church, one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture in the city.
The next stop is the Cinquantenaire Jubilee Park with its arch built in 1880 to celebrate the 50 years of independence. The large warehouses you see next to the arch used to hold the Mundaneum: the largest historical attempt to categorize and organize the world’s knowledge and make its accessible to all, back in 1900.
Perhaps the most well-known landmark in Brussels is the Atomium, an all-metal building built in 1958, in the shape of an iron atom magnified 165 billion times. From the Atomium, turn around and look back for the best panoramic view on Brussels.
Before leaving Brussels, stop by the European Parliament where 27 nations are slowly but surely morphing into a prosperous and peaceful union. Google Belgium’s office is located nearby, can you spot it?
When you’re finished touring Brussels in Google Earth, head south to Antwerp, where citizens are actively modeling their city with free 3D tools from Google.
You think this is cool? If you’d like to get started modeling your town, you can get started quickly with Google Building Maker (where available).
The help files for Google Offers have also been expanded to now include actual details about the program. I have abstracted some of the highlights:
Google will pay you 80% of your share 4 days after your offer purchase period ends.
Changing scheduled dates and canceling live offers
Once an offer is scheduled, there is very little flexibility to make changes to your start date
Once an offer is live, you won’t be able to cancel or make changes to the details, copy or terms
Offers selection and scheduling
How you’re notified if your offer is selected
In most cases, you’ll be notified at least 5 days before your offer is scheduled to run. In rare circumstances, we may choose to run your offer a few days earlier. The offer will have been approved by you beforehand, so the only difference would be that the offer is advertised 2 days earlier than scheduled. We’ll notify you if this is to happen.
We have an Editorial team that will help create the copy and any creative materials associated with your offer, with information that you provide. You will be able to review the offer and must give your final approval before it goes live for sale.
Creating and customizing Google Offers
Offer customization
You can customize many aspects of a Google Offer for your business. Here are just a few of the elements you can specify for your offer:
Number of offers a customer can purchase
Offer redemption period
Amount of discount on the offer
Store locations where the offer may be redeemed
Payments and refunds for Google Offers
Receiving payments for your offer sales
We will help you set up a special account with us, where you will enter your bank account information. Google will automatically initiate proper payouts per terms you’ve agreed to. Once a payment has been initiated, your bank may take up to three additional business days to register the payout in your bank account.
Payout schedules
Generally speaking, you’ll receive a payout for 80% of your sales approximately 4 days after your offer runs, minus any refund requests that have been processed. Google will hold the remaining 20% for a specified number of days to cover any refunds that may be processed during that period.
Refunds for Google Offers
Customers may request a refund from Google for an unused offer within 60 days of purchase for any reason. After 60 days, Google issues refunds in accordance with applicable local law and/or at our discretion. Refunds may be deducted from your account per agreed upon terms.
A customer will need to print a paper voucher or show a mobile version of the purchased offer that includes the barcode or redemption code to the business. The redemption code is directly below the barcode on the voucher.
Redemption options
There are three main types of redemption you can utilize in order for your customers to cash in on their purchase.
Google Offers Program Policies
The policies note a range of items that can not be promoted via Offers and includes range of products and services such as tobacco, firearms and hacking