orange150
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- Mar 20, 2005
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- Fairfax City, VA
I did not know thisTraditionally X is what you can control and Y is the outcome.
I did not know thisTraditionally X is what you can control and Y is the outcome.
Why don’t they just play baseball?Watching the NCAA softball playoffs. With it being 2024 why do the softball fields not have the same dimensions as the baseball fields. Equal inequality.
What's the name y'all package under? Is it in stores locally?Today's bee work has been good. Me and the wife have discussed our habit of entering everything balls deep.....
On that note we are projecting north of 800 lbs of product.
"Balls deep honey co."What's the name y'all package under? Is it in stores locally?
Drop the “co” and it’s even better."Balls deep honey co."
You obviously overestimate the people I know.The vast majority of people you know are closer to being a millionaire than Elon Musk…….
Let that sink in for a minute….
We sold out last year's by word of mouth and one retailer. Advance Country Store. Our label is Johnson Apiaries and Farm.What's the name y'all package under? Is it in stores locally?
I can't stand new salesmen that stop by too often and/or want to be my friend. I don't have time to hang out with the friends I do have, no need to add more folks to the equation. I don't mind someone stopping by every 6-9mos, but dang, some of these younger guys seem to want to come hangout every month or two.
I hangout with some of my customers weeklyI can't stand new salesmen that stop by too often and/or want to be my friend. I don't have time to hang out with the friends I do have, no need to add more folks to the equation. I don't mind someone stopping by every 6-9mos, but dang, some of these younger guys seem to want to come hangout every month or two.
Mine get told quick, better bring breakfast or lunch. If not drop off whatever and see ya hahaI can't stand new salesmen that stop by too often and/or want to be my friend. I don't have time to hang out with the friends I do have, no need to add more folks to the equation. I don't mind someone stopping by every 6-9mos, but dang, some of these younger guys seem to want to come hangout every month or two.
Yeah, but you're self aware, intelligent, you listen more than you speak, and are generally fun to be around.I hangout with some of my customers weekly
That's usually a given around here, because it's on our personal time and not really wasted company time. I.E. "Lunch and learn" is best because it doesn't take away time from production. We've got to eat anyway, and if you want to use that time to hock a product, then have at it. Most vendors are smart enough to ask in advance what we'd prefer and send us a menu or take us to a cool place to eat. We greatly appreciate that gesture and in turn give them a fair shake.Mine get told quick, better bring breakfast or lunch. If not drop off whatever and see ya haha
I will just about guaran-damn-tee he wants to be there even less than you want him there.I can't stand new salesmen that stop by too often and/or want to be my friend. I don't have time to hang out with the friends I do have, no need to add more folks to the equation. I don't mind someone stopping by every 6-9mos, but dang, some of these younger guys seem to want to come hangout every month or two.
And calling on consulting engineers is a whole other world.Yeah, but you're self aware, intelligent, you listen more than you speak, and are generally fun to be around.
I've got a few vendors that I avoid like the plague. The MAIN reason tends to be because of the lack of one or more of the above qualities. The biggest one being the lack of self awareness. If all they can talk about is themselves and what they've accomplished/seen/experienced and are an overall blowhard, I'll pawn them off on some other engineer and make sure I'm never around or available when they come by. The second biggest turnoff is if they simply can't STFU. There's one vendor that's totally turned me off because his mouth doesn't have an OFF switch. It's one thing to talk a lot...Hell I talk a lot. I mean...A LOT. But I never intentionally talk OVER anyone. Or try and consume all the air in the room so no one has an opportunity to talk. That's rude.
That's usually a given around here, because it's on our personal time and not really wasted company time. I.E. "Lunch and learn" is best because it doesn't take away time from production. We've got to eat anyway, and if you want to use that time to hock a product, then have at it. Most vendors are smart enough to ask in advance what we'd prefer and send us a menu or take us to a cool place to eat. We greatly appreciate that gesture and in turn give them a fair shake.
I can think of few jobs I would ever want less than salesI will just about guaran-damn-tee he wants to be there even less than you want him there.
If there is one thing that sucks worse than being in sales, its managing sales people.I can think of few jobs I would ever want less than sales
I have a few salesmen that I really really like. Some I've had dinner with on personal levels with our wives and I've paid for THEIR meal, just to show them I truly appreciate them. And at those meals we discussed our careers in depth. Usually they've been an engineer, or at least went to school for it, so they're very familiar with our work, but are wired differently. I say that because they are comfortable with the possibility of making nothing for months at a time, and then maybe make an amazing sale that they have to put profits away for those months that they make nothing.
I'd be biting my nails. The lack of consistency would drive me insane.
And yes...we've spoken about their disdain for certain firms (and hell, having to deal with certain people in MY firm ) and it's challenges. All things that have me saying I'd rather staple my balls to a wooden chair and ride that chair on a train to California in a box car than ever do sales.
Hats off to y'all that do it. I'd be too tempted to tell a MF to consume a FULL satchel of Richards at their earliest convenience
Can you imagine trying to get @UTfball68 to do anything YOU want him to doIf there is one thing that sucks worse than being in sales, its managing sales people.
If there is something that sucks worse than that its managing sales managers.
And the only thing Ive found worse yet is managing up the ladder to CFO/CEOs.
Because women's softball is much more entertaining than baseball! It's such a faster game.Why don’t they just play baseball?
Can you imagine trying to get @UTfball68 to do anything YOU want him to do
and I’m all outta pretty.
Pretty easy really...Can you imagine trying to get @UTfball68 to do anything YOU want him to do