Tagged With "Fifty-Six"

Tell me how this happens? My wife starting ordering food from a local company in New Jersey. I like it, she likes it and we're pleased with the service and the food. We started using them at the end of last year so it's not a COVID19 thing. One of the things I like is that in every book there is a recipe, instructions and a gloss brochure. Yup you guessed it..., the documents are printed in color and it means potential prospect! Maybe production also. Inspection of the box provided no phone...

Yesterday I had my first appointment in the field in more than two months. It was time to get back in business attire, that meant the dress shoes needed to be shined, the pressed slacks removed from the closet and of course that neatly pressed dressed shirt that's been on hiatus for the past 10 weeks. Looking in the closed I spotted a nice blue shirt with very think white lines and thought that would do the trick for the day. As I reached for the shirt I thought that this can't be my shirt,...

I received my early constant contact numbers from the email I sent yesterday. It was a little better than I thought for and much better than the first. 17% open rate and 5% click through. That translates to about 120 opens and 6 of the opens clicked through. I even had multiple clicks from multiple people. The plan is not to call the clicks right away but to collect some data on who is clicking what. I'm thinking after 120 days (4 campaigns) I'll be able to generate some net new leads. The...

Great to see that business is still happening if you go and get it!

I think we're going to make to an entire quarter of working remote in New Jersey. Phase two is schedule to start in two weeks (ten business days) and will be phased in over the next 4 weeks. As I said yesterday I don't see us opening up completely until Labor Day. Tonight I was on the phone with my good friend Jesse Harwell, he's the owner of Pahoda Imaging along with Perfect Copier . He tells me he's outfitted a really cool van and is taking a road trip east in 30 days. He wants to visit...

Short blog tonight please Yay I was able to knock out about 30 calls today along with maybe 20 emails. I was able to set two appointments and added zero opportunities today. Earlier in the AM I received the docs for the two small A4 orders I was waiting on. Thus I'm finally on the books for June and sitting at a measly $6K. One of my wide format net new appointments went well this AM. This is the one where I pitched the pre-owned MP W6700. Client told me they want it all they need to do is...

Have you ever finished a day and everything was a blur? Kind of how I felt after I clocked out about 6PM. I never been a big drinker and I might indulge once a month but I will be ready to tie one on after we've emerged from these uncertain times. Yesterday I made the first contact with an existing client via email to alert them to recent research that I completed about reducing their total annual costs. Those costs included the lease and the maintenance & supplies. The reply was "yes,...

Sales Journal Day 58 Yay, it's Friday and today was a good way to end the week, not the great way that I had hoped but we can't have everything our way. Not getting those things that we want will keep us on the path to the finish line. I had a bunch of items that needed to be completed before my 11AM appointment with a net new account. I was working by 7AM this morning working on developing a side by side comparison for the client. I took 6 key features that the client stated they had to...

One week from today New Jersey will begin Phase 2 of re-opening. Phase 2 will be a 2-4 week process. Out door dining, out door drinking (can you believe that) and non-essential business can now have people (limited) in their stores. No word on in-door dining, gyms, salons, barbers another other personal type services. Can't imagine eating out side and you're suppose to wear a mask when you're not eating. It's gotten to the point of why bother if I can't enjoy my-self. Rather easy day today...

I have such a terrible stress headache tonight. When I get these the only cure is to get some sleep which I will be doing shortly. Today at sixty-six days marks a full quarter since I was optioned to working remotely. One quarter of the year has passed, and I'm thinking we've still got a another 30 days of this. So far working remote has been a very very good to me. No interruptions, not as many breaks, I'm more focused and spend less time chatting with others while I'm in the office. When I...

A recent study by insurer Hiscox has revealed a six-fold increase in cybersecurity losses among businesses targeted in the past year, increasing from a median $10,000 (£8,051) per firm to $57,000 (£45,892). The international study, using findings from 5,569 companies across eight countries, shows a $1.2 billion rise in cyber losses to almost $1.8 billion, with the most heavily-targeted sectors being financial services, manufacturing and technology, media and telecoms (TMT). However, there...

I had one appointment today and that appointment was more of a holding hands session with their new copier. I didn't mind because I put the top down on the hardtop and worked on my tan for about 90 minutes with the drive back and forth from the home office. Every time I drive to this client I take the same route. That route takes me past the Garden State Parkway and Route 520 exit. The parkway is a major artery that leads to North Jersey and that's where many of the jobs are. At this...

US GDP dropped 32.9% in the last three months, the worst in US history. Until the US Gov't effects a coherent national COVID-19 strategy, economic activity will not improve and those parking lots will not fill up anytime soon.

COVID19 Remote Working Day One Hundred and Twenty-Six of Selling Copiers It's 10:24 PM with a cool breeze blowing in from the Ocean tonight. After a frustrating four day work week I finally packed it in about 5:30PM tonight. It had been a long week of phone calls, emails, inmails and texts. I was able to get docs for a small A4 black device late today. I'm hoping that will be the order that opens the flood gates with my 25 plus opportunities. I'm going to get a little off the rails here for...

Remote working days are everywhere these days. Coronavirus make us aware about our inner abilities and working capacity too. Anthony Constantinou CEO CWM FX likes your post.

Stay positive my friend! Keep working hard and you'll find success!

COVID19 Remote Working Day One Hundred and Fifty-One of Selling Copiers I'm not going to write about my day. Yes last week had it's ups and downs, with more downs than ups. Today marks the last week of the month and there are four days left to finish the struggle. Mind you I had no intention of posting anything today. However I could not resist the temptation of creating this video. The title is so apropos as to what we are all going through in this time of COVID19. Some peeps from our sales...

WooHoo! One more day we'll be at the seven month mark for working remote or least I will be. Am I happy? Not really because going we're now into the last two months of the fiscal year. In previous years you could do the research on your clients and pick those that you wanted to pay a visit to. In most cases these were the clients that you have the best relationships with. With most businesses not being in the office or sparsely populated in New Jersey that may not work this year. I guess the...

COVID19 Remote Working Day One Hundred and Fifty-Six of Selling Copiers Monday sometimes the best and worst day of the week. I'm in the camp of "I Don't Like Mondays", because I truly love my weekends and anytime off is a good time. However today was a Monday unlike many other Mondays and that's because I was sick as a dog last night. Not the COVID but more or less a 24 hour bug that was horrid. It was about 3AM on Monday went I finally drifted off. Yes, I woke up late and yes I had a...

What can I say there really hasn't been that much to write about the last three days. I think as I get closer and closer to the end of the year these blogs may slow down even more. All depends if I can pack a few solid orders away there will be much to write about. November 9th and we had a 75 degree sunny day here in NJ. How many more of these days can we get? Anyway it's a pleasure to enjoy and spring can't come soon enough. New Jersey retreated on some openings today. Technically we are...

If you love chess you should watch Queens Gambit on Netflix. Great series.

Today is 176 business days since I was optioned to working remote. Those 176 business days now totals eight full months that I've been in some sort of lockdown. Our Governor keeps toying with the idea that he may start additional lockdowns in the near future because NJ is now averaging 4K positive tests each day. I know he's blowing smoke out of his ass for two reason. One the State of New Jersey is flat ass broke, reducing the tax revenue stream will force a bankruptcy. The second would be...

COVID19 Remote Working Day One Hundred and Ninety-Six of Selling Where do I start since I've come to the end of my selling days for 2021? Do I start with the fact that I was down the last day of the year this morning and knew that anything can happen to screw things up? The year is finally over, it was the year that started when I got back from vacation this time of year. My end of year vacation is a stay at home vacation and it allows me to get some things done at home and just relax. I was...

Wow, how 'tight' can it be... Best wishes for 2021!

Please explain content opportunities a bit more. Do you mean like Docuware? Thanks,

COVID19 Remote Working Day Two Hundred and Fifty-One of Selling Copiers At this point in time could we get to three hundred days? I'm so glad this week is over because I snagged another zero in revenue for the week. It's been almost three weeks with no orders! As I mentioned a few days ago this is some light at the end of the tunnel but it seems the tunnel was a little longer than I anticipated. Now I find myself with seven selling days left in the month. There's an outside chance I might be...

Content for me can a multiple of solutions than include DocuWare, PlanetPress, GoldFax, EtherFax, and Sharepoint

My day started kinda slow with our weekly virtual sales meeting with the team. After that it was time to make the rounds with calls and emails to move some opportunities closer to the finish line. In the end I was able to get one opportunity closer to the ordering process and the rest of the calls and emails seems to have fallen on deaf ears today. Yes with five selling days left the thought of pulling a zero is weighing on me. My afternoon was supposed to be dedicated to calls and emails...