Category: Lessons

  • Is volunteering ever bad?

    I had a request by my wife yesterday to help a friend’s parents out with a handicap accessible ramp for their house. I had just enjoyed the morning being at the department of motor vehicles to see if my daughter passed her driver’s test (she did – Yeah!). I knew that if I did this,…

  • Tips for Presentations

    After rushing through creating a brand new 40 slide presentation in one day and driving 3 hours to present it on someone else’s equipment, I learned a couple things from the experience. First, if you have video clips in there, be prepared to test it, and after you test it, shut down the powerpoint program…

  • Exclusive sales territory contracts

    I had a question about exclusive territory contracts by a small company trying to get started. Here are some things to think about relating to exclusive sales territories. 1) only do one territory until they have proven themselves. 2) get their sales forecast as well as their marketing expense forecast. Bottom line is that you…

  • Something to watch out for with blogs

    About 3 weeks ago, I put up a blog using b2evolution. There were a few posts and a few people found the site due to it. Unfortunately, it has a feature that provides credit to people who refer visitors to the blog. Within 2 weeks, my site had picked up so much traffic that it…