Making the leap from $300,000, $400,000 or $500,000 in sales to becoming a multimillion dollar distributor can take some hard reflecting, tough choices and most importantly lots of planning. What it comes down to is this: Are you willing to go outside your comfort zone, pursue major accounts and challenge your sales team to follow suit?
Read MoreOn each and every Thanksgiving, my Father—a simple man, cowboy and alfalfa seed farmer originally from the Montana badlands—upheld his patriarchal honor to begin our feast with a humble short-and-sweet toast. From the time I remember him playing peek-a-boo with me, until the time he played peek-a-boo with his youngest grandchild (my daughter) until his passing 19 years ago, he would proclaim the same, simple wish for all: “May there be more of us next year.”
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Something I find refreshing is the trend of Facebook posts on what you are thankful for. This is timely at the Thanksgiving and Holiday Season. Life is crazy busy for most of us. Taking the time to share these things is worthwhile. Here are a few things I’m thankful for:
Read MoreI recently stumbled upon some archived readings; this one in particular came from IBD (Investor’s Business Daily). I thought the core of the article was brilliant and I would like to extrapolate my thoughts in hopes that it will help give you a jumpstart for the balance of your year and into 2014.
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Ten pieces of advice that I hope can help you be more professional and more successful. You won’t find “How to Make More Money” or “How to Sell More Products” among these articles.
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Edible, awareness, school and fitness promotion ideas for the New Year taken from some of the most popular campaigns of 2013’s fourth quarter.
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Hi there, all you Bold, Different and Memorable Sales-Type People. Ponder this scenario with me, won’t you?
It’s December 26 and the fourth quarter of 2013 is one week away from entering the history books …
Unexpectedly, I received an email from Delta “Re: Recognition of your recent travel on Delta”. The letter said: “On behalf of Delta Air Lines, I would like to offer my sincere apology for the multiple flight disruptions you experienced.” The entire letter was incredibly well done.
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In the promotional products industry, where products and pricing are similar, in order to stand out and attract more business you need to be doing more than just what is expected, you need to be remarkable.
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Applying lessons from the famous “walk-in kitchen inspections” of restaurant rehab shows to keep your business sparkling and impressive.
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