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Thank You: Celebrating my 100th Waterloo MIN Blog

by Rick Baker
On Sep 1, 2010
Thank You - Waterloo MIN for providing me the opportunity to share my thoughts with people interested in fostering a vibrant local manufacturing community.
 
And Thank You - everyone who has taken the time to read my blogs, rate them, and comment on them.
 
For my 100th MIN blog I am summarizing the highlights of the MIN blogging experiences I have enjoyed over the last year.
 
The Top 3 posts
 
If #visits, ratings & comments are good measurement sticks then here are my Top 3 Blogs:
  1. Changing For The Better: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things #1
  2. 7 Powerful Answers #1
  3. P=2S+O #1
If provoking behind-the-scenes communication and obtaining polarized feedback is a good measurement stick then these would be my Top 3 Blogs:
  1. People Networking…Succeeding in the 21st Century #1
  2. To succeed in Sales I need…
  3. A Contrarian Thought About Creativity
If having fun writing stuff is a good measurement stick then here are the ones I would choose as my Top 3 Blogs:
  1. Don’t put the cart before the horse… - Part 1
  2. Did You Ever Wonder
  3. STOP THE PRESSES!
Some FAQs about my blogs:
 
Q: How do you find the time to write all that stuff?
A: I cut back on watching CSI.
 
Q: Why do you write all that stuff?
A: To share and inspire thinking.
 
Q: What was the funniest thing?
A: Some of the things that didn't make the 'Did You Ever Wonder' short list.
 
Q: What was the biggest surprise?
A: My little Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things video didn't go viral and get me spots on Oprah and Letterman.
 
Q: What's the #1 thing you've learned?
A: The more I write the more I read and the more I read the more I am impressed by skilled authors.

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Community | Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things

Sales Tweet #33

by Rick Baker
On Sep 1, 2010
Sales Tweet #33 Ernest Seller is playing the Sales Genie role: asking Probable Clients to lay 3 wishes on him today.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Now – this could be controversial. Ernest Seller thinks asking Probable Clients to tell him what they want takes him closer to getting the sale done. Some of us think he is dead wrong. We agree - asking questions is a tremendous way to obtain information. On the other hand, the questions need to be well-thought-out. When Ernest gets in his Sales Genie mode and offers to grant 3 wishes he regularly gets himself into trouble…the 3 wishes he receives are: lower price, lower price, and lower price. So, with that confirmed, Ernest gets a little carried away and he goes to his boss and asks for 3 price discounts for each Client.

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

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