Psychology of Success…One View

Years ago when I had become the top producing salesperson for the company I was working for at the time, the other salespeople would always ask me “my secret” for selling more than anyone else. I would tell them, half joking, half serious and very few if any followed my advice. The ones that did….increased [...]

“But I Can’t Sell…”

I wish I had a nickel (or maybe $5 for inflation and the price of gas) for every time I’ve heard this statement…
“But I can’t sell.”
Now I hear this from every type of person out there… family members, friends to business people. In my early years when I was “selling on the street” as we [...]

7 Basic Strategies For Moving Forward In This Economy

The New Year 2012 is right around the corner. Everyone is talking about the current economy and seems that most of the talk among business owners is how to survive. In my view, I think surviving is not the right way to be thinking….grabbing the bull by the horns and charging through this economy [...]

Is Your Website Working for You?

I was talking with an acquaintance the other day and since I build websites, they happened to mention not getting many visits to their website. This person went on to say that they didn’t believe it was worth all the expense.
So, my first question was, how much are you paying to have a website? [...]

Teaching: Sales and Ventriloquist Figure Building

Early in my adult life, I had the idea that I would like to “teach”. It all started when I began my sales career at 23. The “bug” to teach was pretty strong at that time.
Now I didn’t want to teach kids in school. I wanted to teach to those who [...]

Websites, Marketing, Computers and Ventriloquism

Hello and welcome to my website.
This site is a “catch-all” or portal site for all of the things I am in involved in doing. Kind of an eclectic assortment wouldn’t you agree?
In a strange sort of way all the topics do have ways they interact with each other. I started out in the computer business [...]