Sunday, October 29, 2017

Cooking with gas!


 

                                                                                       Edition 403 Monday 30/10/17

 

Hi,its official we are now members of two Community organisations responsible for saving lives.Fletcher is our latest volunteer following in his Mums impressive footsteps by joining the Muriwai Surf Live Saving Club as a ‘nipper’ (see attached pic).So the obvious question has to be asked about the missing link….yours truly….well as you know behind every life saver there has to be an equally effective back up crew…..look no further…go team Muriwai!

Fletcher reckons he didnt mean to tell the class his father was a piece of garbage when asked what his Dad did for a job?...he meant to say he was a Waste Industry Professional!

Something funny about the Mother and Father reveal re occupations/vocations was that the class was told his Mother owned a Hotel in the City!!So what if the truth gets in the way of an embellished story at least imagination and fiction is alive and well at Primary School!

It has been at least 2 years since I had to negotiate Airport carparks, check in and the like.I have heard a lot about Uber this and Uber that but no idea really so opted for the good old taxi on a last minute trip to Christchurch last week. It was a rather stressful precursor to a North Island hop skip and a jump this coming week.I think I have it sussed but don’t miss those days when the domestic terminal was my second home.I don’t envy those for whom every or every other week domestic travel is part and parcel of the routine….Im over it !!

Have a great week, look out for Halloween and Guy Fawkes in your hood!…Cheers Jonesey.

 

Kate Henderson reckons the Uber app is a must for a switched on ‘with it’ Exec!!

 

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“Either you run the day or the day runs you”.Jim Rohn

 

Selling is simple….if you want it to be.

How simple?...so a lead or referral is received and you act on it immediately..job done!



If it is that simple why are we not all amazingly successful and wealthy?
Simple (that word again)….because many of us don’t act immediately and we lose out.
I had a couple of situations last week where we missed out because we hesitated.
Then there were a couple of others where we won the business because we responded immediately to the new enquiry.
Then there was the request we got for assistance by one customer who was so impressed they referred us to the customer they were doing work for……double whammy!
Yes there is a cruel truth in the saying”He(they)who hesitates misses out” and“the early bird gets the worm”or maybe “never put off till tomorrow something that can be done today”.
I know…bla bla….but it is so true, selling is about building positive momentum!
Seems simple but it isnt……why?...because we get caught up doing easy stuff rather than putting in the the hard yards needed to keep making new sales and contacts.
I recently had 3 pairs of shoes resoled because I had worn them out walking the streets banging on doors….yes because that is where the hard yards are done.
Buy good shoes with leather uppers and keep resoling them as the doors keep opening!
It doesn’t have to be that hard…nothing does,it just needs focus and discipline.
I have spoken often in this segment about allocating time for new business hunting daily.
10 new business prospecting phone calls before 10am is still something I strive to achieve!
That’s 50 new business phone calls per week with a hit rate of 1 in 10 = 5 new sales.
Add to that some new face to face meetings per week and you are cooking with gas.
So keep it simple,don’t settle for second best and you will be “selling the sizzle”. Good luck!
 
“Timid Sales People have skinny kids”. Zig Ziglar


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