It is better to give than to receive. We've all heard it and many of us give in times of need or in times of emergencies. It's just what we do. Some even believe that it's good Karma.
Karma: the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
I think it was the third week in April that I made a $300 donation to a non-profit group that's one of my clients. In May of each year they have a walkathon and due to COVID19 they had to do a virtual walk and I could tell they were nervous about getting the funds they needed. I signed up for their virtual campaign and kicked it off with three hundred dollars and then sent invitations to friends. In total we raised $400. Not much but it was better than nothing.
A week later is when the orders started coming in for May. I can believe that those orders were from hard work in March and April or I could believe that it was the karma that I created with giving back. I'm a believer in hard work but also a believer in the harder you work the luckier you get. Indeed I thought I was really lucky with a few of those orders in May. It seemed more like I had the Midas touch because every touch produced an order. Strange times indeed.
On tap for today was zero appointments, it was a day that I should have been prospecting. That full day of prospecting eluded me again today, however I was able to schedule two appointments today for today. One was with the existing client where the deal went in the weeds when the DM thought they only had a few payments left on a lease. After chatting for a few minutes it was time to give back. This company was in one of the hardest hit industries that I know of, thus I added an additional incentive that came out of the GP. I knew that the were worried about incurring any additional costs. In order to make it a no brainer I threw in two quarters of maintenance and supplies. I'll have my answer tomorrow if this will move forward.
No paper work for the verbal I received on Tuesday but a call from the client promised the docs today or tomorrow.
Later in the day was a meeting with a net new company (major) that wants to buy local. We had been emailing back and forth through out the day and I got to the point and asked if we could have a tele chat meeting. That meeting went off about 4PM and lasted almost until 5PM. In addition another mfp could get into the mix for another location. I feel good about this one since this client has been a two year project also. Thinking this has a good shot at closing next week for about $20K
Another great thing happened today. I was finally able to secure a recent KM flat rate lease with T's & C's. I plan on reviewing this tomorrow and writing a blog about those T's & C's some time next week. I was also stunned at the price for a 30PPM color MFP. More about this next week.
Today was the day the wife and I had been waiting for. A new fridge was to be installed today, after 20 years it was sorely needed. The price? Well let's say it wasn't cheap. We had been kicked the idea around for a couple of months. It was two weeks ago when I reached in the fridge to get a drink and everything on the top shelf came with it. I said it's time! We did the research which is horrible to do on-line (I can only imagine what copier buyers go through) and we finally decided on one that was more top of the line.
Here was my thinking, the more I spend the more I'm going to want to replace those funds in a hurry. To me it was more like losing $2,400 bucks and I needed to replace that cash. Thus I created a "to do" on my list for "make up fridge money". How do you make up the fridge money? Find more opportunities!
Hoping tomorrow goes well. I could be at $8K for the week or $36K, hoping the karma stays intact for another 24 hours.
-=Good Selling=-
