April 20, 2024

Getting New Customers

Good Morning Last week I wrote about a way to have a free salesperson to work for you 24/7. This week I want to discuss different methods to get new customers.I have two friends who were salesmen before they started their own companies so they are used to selling. One likes to do prospecting the … [Read more...]

Difference

Good Morning   I write this well before attending the HEB Chamber networking breakfast (Good Morning HEB), which is being hosted by my friends David and Michael who own Forest Ridge Funeral Home.  I hope to see a lot of people there. There might be a couple of bankers, a few … [Read more...]

More People

Good Morning  My friend David who owns Forest Ridge Funeral Home is having an HEB Chamber networking breakfast (Good Morning HEB) next week. Getting lots of people to an early morning networking event is hard enough, but to get them to come to a funeral home? David knows this, and like the great … [Read more...]

Get There Early

Good Morning As you know, we are now in the holiday season. A lot of holiday parties can and do double as networking events. With that in mind, I'd like to go over some things I learned a very long time ago from a very dear friend with whom I used to co-teach networking classes for a few … [Read more...]

The Other Side of Name Tags

Good Day  Two weeks ago (April 12, 2018) I wrote about my friend and what he thought about name tags at networking events. He does not like name tags because he thinks that people use them to qualify or eliminate people before even interacting with the wearer. I got a call from my friend and … [Read more...]

Remembering Great Ideas

Good Day Contact First Name  Last week while at the multi-chamber mixer I saw a gentleman I had met a few times, Reed Chambers of Peerless Electric Company. As we were talking we got on the subject of coming up with great ideas and trying to remember them. This happens to me. I'll be driving … [Read more...]