Companies, and owners of companies, who want to grow should have a team of people working with them whose experience varies. In no particular order, okay, maybe my least favorite can go first…finance, design, R&D – or maybe you call Read More …
So what if it’s January? I don’t care what the “norms” are for the month – and neither should you. I bought a cheesecake on Friday from Termini Brother’s Bakery. I found (and ate) some Girl Scout Cookies over the Read More …
Oh, the offers you get for sales and discounts that drag you from the comfort of your home and make you go shopping! Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day – a holiday and a great day for retail sales. Read More …
This may seem like it was inspired by something else I read recently, but I assure you, it wasn’t. And no, I am not one of those career fibbers who will say anything to get you to participate, to buy, Read More …
Did you do as they wanted you to do? Shop till you drop… it may have not been their motto for the day, but it IS what all the retailers who were open today, wanted. They have been promoting their Read More …
Many of you, my peers and even younger, will think hmmm. The Children’s Channel. That’s PBS right??? Sure. It is (or it was when I was a kid.) Now it is YouTube, after Disney or Nickelodeon. My youngest watched PBS Read More …
It used to be something very special – to be invited to a private sale – but now, that could mean you and every other person in their e-mail database are invited. Or, everyone with the retail store’s credit card Read More …
No one offers you personal, one on one attention, like a commissioned sales person. Many companies, even retail stores at the mall, decide to go this route. Typically, there is a base wage, which is usually higher than the average Read More …
How gullible are you? Do you believe the sales person who says that the golf outing is just a little bit farther down the road… and 35 minutes later, you think you are about to drive off the edge of Read More …
All those things that you don’t even think about apply, but yes, they do, too! There are whole industries that offer similar products to the “every day” – like Monster trucks and tractor trailers – that involve the exact same Read More …