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By developing a friendship and showing interest in their business and the struggles and opportunities that they face you can become a solution and not just another fix.

There are many things that you can do to foster relationships with your key customers such as sending them thank yous after appointments, sending birthday cards to them and their staff, and knowing what they like to do outside of the workplace. When sending cards I would highly recommend that you customize and spend the extra few dollars so that the customer feels that you took the time acknowledge their special event. Sending a customized birthday or special event card with your companies branding on it can help create goodwill and foster that business relationship. Simple things can add up to huge advantages to help you stand out from your competitors and develop a longer lasting partnership with you and your customer.

All it takes one small change in the way you approach life or particular task in life to make the difference between ordinary and extraordinary. While I was in sales I found myself getting in a rut, so a suggestion from my mentor was to write down a small goal that I wanted to achieve and put on my bathroom mirror so that I was sure to see it everyday. He told me not to make it too easy, but something that was attainable. It was shortly after that I approached my customers with more confidence and began to have the most successful year in my young career. A bio of a coach is one who pushes you to attain things that you would not normally think you could do. Business coaching is an art and those that can do it and inspires and motivate people have a gift. If you can impact and change just one persons life, then you have accomplished more than most people in this world today. All you need is the focus and will to succeed and your on the path to fulfilling your dreams.

If you are like millions of Americans you access the web through a high speed connection. High speed internet provides you the ability to view streaming videos, watch your favorite shows, and stay up on all the social networking sites and blogs. I cannot imagine what life was like when we had dial up and had to try and navigate the web. Many companies are pushing video content out to the web and even major movie studios are allowing downloads of their movies for a fee. This is not possible with slow internet access or dial up. Many of the major providers are now bundling their services to VOIP to help their customers save money on their phone bills. Plus many are looking at ways to have more content pushed through their existing systems to become the one stop shop for their customers when it comes to internet, TV, and phone. There are few major companies that are the leaders in providing high speed internet access and Charter Cable is one of those providers. They have launched an interesting campaign to put up for bid ” to receive Charter High-Speed® Internet for Life” with the bid starting at $10. If you think about this you pay on average between $45-$65 a month depending on where you live so saving approx. $500 per year can be quite a deal. Now for those not in the Charter service area you are unable to participate, sorry!.

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A new poker game that I was introduced to at our monthly neighborhood poker is called Monday Night Football. This is a seven card stud poker game where you are trying to get the highest point total. All face cards are considered a touchdown, all aces are worth one point if you have a face card to pair it up with. Threes are a field goal, and twos are a safety. All the other cards are not worth anything. SO you proceed with the dealer dealing two down, then four up, and the last card down. You bet after each up round and the person with the highest score wins the pot. If there is a tie then it goes into overtime in which those players are dealt seven cards again, and they attempt to outscore their opponent. An interesting game to break up the hold em type games that we will play.

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In business you have one chance to make the first impression and I am amazed at how many will show up with home made company brochures and sales pieces. These are newer businesses that are trying to compete for larger account and they will come in with unprofessional pieces that do not sell their business or product. There are also those companies that do not create and capture their brand through their brochures and sales pieces. Larger organizations and start ups that thrive are able to make that connection from the brand to every piece of advertising that they hand out. Brochure Printing should not be something left until the last minute and should be an early part of any new marketing campaign to make sure there is continuity between the product and the brand. I have been in deals with competitors and the lack of professional looking materials has brought into the question of the company and their ability to do what they are saying they can do. The customer will tell that they are not basing their decision on the brochure,but if the impression that the company or sales person does not care enough to present their best when trying to earn the business what will they do if they actually get the business.

If you are a small company and want to create a new brochure without breaking the bank them finding Cheap Brochure Printing through online companies like Wholesale Printing Direct can be your answer. They offer multiple Printing Services that include brochures, posters, newsletters, and stationery to name a few. They will accept orders as little as 250 pieces and provide support to in getting your piece the maximum impact it deserves. Their team can make recommendation like going with 4 color on the back and front to get the most draw and then going B&W or 2 color on the inside to minimize cost. Any small business can appreciate a vendor who can help make suggestions in areas where they are not experts.