Top Secrets Of Promotional Products Sales

Michael Gerber and David Blaise speaking at The ASI Show (many years ago!) One of my earliest business mentors, Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth Revisited and other business classics told me that "many people leave their jobs because they're tired of working for a jerk. Then they start their own businesses and end up working for a maniac!" This is so true. No other person on earth could force us to put in the time, energy and effort required to build and sustain a successful business. No one else could force us to give up a steady paycheck, work unreasonably long hours, and deal with the unpredictable income associated with most small business startups. If anyone else tried to do that to us, it would be illegal! But those of us who choose it, do so willingly. And we often start at a point where we lack both the knowledge and the skills necessary to do it successfully. The scenario is similar for commission salespeople. We eat what we kill. So if we kill nothing this week, we don't eat. And many of the