Henry David Thoreau said: “It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, or so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere through which we look – to affect the quality of the day, that is [...]
#1 Knowledge of the Product Knowing your product is very important and the more you know the better you can sell. You did great in sales because you were passionate about the product and you knew the latest in fashion and you knew what looked good. Didn’t matter who that person is because you know [...]
I am constantly reminded of Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 rule for all presentations. It is crazy thinking I read this article the day it was posted and have followed the rule ever since that date. Over the past 6 years the rule has taken a life of it’s own so I call it the 30/20/10 note… [...]
Austin Carr wrote a great article for Fast Company about the CURRENT (I assume the trend will continue to fade) lack of success merchants have seen with daily deal sites and check in services. I agree 100% and in order to stick around for the long term, I feel in the near future, companies like Groupon and [...]
Trust me I know all too well, before you spend the money to create test the waters. T.A. McCann once said your first revision of your product should be a mock up of the future product to look at feel the way you envision the product to work (easy enough with PowerPoint). This visual will give the [...]