It's just a little after 5PM and the snow is coming down pretty good now. At the coast we're expected to receive 6-10 inches but being so close to the ocean there is always the chance for freezing rain or sleet to knock the totals down. Our roads are passable and just wet from all of the salt and brine that's been laid down in the last 24 hours.
Guess I'll find out in the AM if I have a snow day, wait a minute since I'm now working remote are there still snow days? Egads those snow days from school were just magical and unexpected day off, time to gather your friends for whatever outdoor activity you wanted. So do I still get a snow day if I'm work remotely now? Sorry to day but the answer is NO, unless you don't have an internet connection. Oh please it's the end of the year please don't let the power fail!
Appointment
I had that one appointment today at 9:30AM with an existing account to upgrade two of their current A3 Ricoh MFP's. The trip from my house takes just about an hour and I was relieved that I made the appointment on time.
Last night I spent the time developing the two sets of documents because of the two different locations that are involved for this appointment. I wanted to make sure all was ready for my DM to sign. I was able to print one page to my printer and was then notified with an audible alarm from my printer. When I checked the printer I was told that the printer was out of toner! WTF!
Yup I had ignored the previous warnings that the toner was low, however I really didn't print that many pages since the notification appeared. I pulled the cartridge out, shook it up and put it back in, and received the same message. Frak because it was too late to go out and get one because why would I have an extra cartridge in my house? Thus I moved those files to a USB Drive and figured when I get to my appointment I would ask to use the Ricoh copier and print them out.
There I am at the front door in the cold and the door is locked. It's 9:30AM why would the door be locked? I peered in the window to see that none of the lights were on and the office was empty. I then made my way to the one of the other doors to give it a go, on the way I called the DM and the first thing I hear was "are you at the office Art?" I stated "yes I am". In the next 5 minutes my DM apologized for forgetting about the meeting, I then asked "let me email the order docs and just sign them and email them back to me today, will that work?". Our DM agreed and that was that.
It was another hour ride back to the office, once at the office I had to set up the e-signature for the documents and off they went. I had the docs with signatures back by 2PM today. Another one down and hoping many more to go.
The rest of my day was spent with a few emails, a 90 minute wide format meeting with a net new client and the rest of the day was dedicated to that net new content deal I'm trying to knock down.
With 5 days left in the year it's more about how can I get some of these opps to the order process. What else can I do to make things happen? Six out of the ten opps sees me in a waiting mode, three out of those six gave me a date when I should expect to have the documents. The other 3 are still on the edge if I will be the one that wins their business. The other four need some addition work.
I've never shied away from work and I guess the only thing I know is to keep moving things forward. There is always a way to get it done, we just need to figure it out. That's what the last 5 days of the year will be about. Figuring it out.
-=Good Selling=-
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