Furthermore (and this is without searching for any backup statistics) I am certain that these types of cards along with many other card types, being on sale are indeed purchased by young and old worldwide each day.
If your services or products is seen as
valuable and has many customers, you will get sales daily too regardless of what the newscaster on the
television, the newspapers headlines, the pessimists or realists say.
It goes without
saying that if in the eyes of your customers, you are not providing great value, no sales should be the first clue for you why the reasons for your latest non existent sales figures.
Also the non value element is another reason why your sales are slow or your customer base has dried up not because of the economy.
With so many other
choices available to your potential customer and because the world changes so
quickly – today's trend will be old fashioned tomorrow.
Ensuring that you are providing value will let you be one of those who are able to say:
Also the non value element is another reason why your sales are slow or your customer base has dried up not because of the economy.
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Ensuring that you are providing value will let you be one of those who are able to say:
- What recession?
- What economic slow down?
Have you read the story about
the man who sold hotdogs?
the man who sold hotdogs?
What I like about this story is, the metaphor on how the majority of people's belief system
operates and how it can make us do some
actions that when we look back all we can do is give ourselves a face palm moment.
Okay here's my adapted version of the story and apologises if already heard it.
There was a man who lived near the side of a road and sold
hot dogs.
He was hard of hearing so he didn't listen to the radio.
Having trouble with his eyes, he didn't read newspapers, however, he was good at selling hot dogs.
He put up signs on the highway telling how good they were and would stand on the side of the road saying to those that pass his stand; “Buy a hot dog,
mister? “Buy a hot dog, mam?
And people bought them in droves. Afterall he was selling in a good spot where people passed daily.
As business picked up he had to increase his meat, onions and bun orders daily.
As business picked up he had to increase his meat, onions and bun orders daily.
So much so, that he bought a bigger stove and got so busy that he finally asked his son to stop going to college and help him out.
But then something happened.
On the first day whilst selling with his dad, the son said, “Father, haven’t you been listening to the
radio?
"No son"
"No son"
Haven’t you been reading the newspapers? There’s a big depression going on. The European situation is terrible and the domestic situation is worse.”
The father thought deeply and concluded; “well, my son’s been to
college, he reads the papers and he listens to the radio so he ought to
know what he is chatting about.”
The next day he finished off his meat and bun and didn't restock. He took down
his advertising signs, and during the coming weeks, on some days he didn't even bother to turn up on the highway to sell his hot dogs.
Goes without saying that during the next few weeks, his hot dog sales fell quickly.
One day he said; “You’re right, son. We certainly are in the middle of a great depression.”
MORAL: You can't control all the many impacts around you but you can control the choices you make in the face of them. Observant sellers, as far as their income goes, have “never felt
a recession”. Become one of them starting today.
DECIDE TO GO FOR IT AND JUST DO IT
DECIDE TO GO FOR IT AND JUST DO IT
Listen, if you are waiting for the perfect moment to arrive to start (remember I spoke about this in the chapter titled: Excuses: It’s The Economy) you will never start because you will never be ready because as that chapter reminded you, if customers want something they'll buy it 7 days a week.
So do get started today and be of those who ask: "Is there a downturn?"
Already started and got your product / service out there and sales are slow? Then either scale it or do another version.
If not yet started, then just go all in and go for it and I bet you'll reach your goal quicker than not starting at all. Your customers will tell you if on right track
or not ;-)
For even more encouragement
against doomsayers, these recommended books can give you just that!
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
This is the story of Mark Burnett who left UK for the USA and his adventures whilst there starting from $0.00 and becoming the famous person we know him to be today.
Credit goes to him for shows like the Apprentice and Shark Tank.
Credit goes to him for shows like the Apprentice and Shark Tank.
Bob Proctor definitely shows you in his unmistakable matter-of-fact-way how to re-arrange your wealth mindset that you were born with and realise it. Also shows how your current mindset is not assisting you with meeting your wealth potential.
Stuart Wilde is another of my favourite authors who appears
to be talking directly to you, through this book pages, as if talking to you sitting across a table
in a restaurant.
I dare you to read this one without having a good belly laugh on his perception on this topic of money with many many lightbulb moments.
I dare you to read this one without having a good belly laugh on his perception on this topic of money with many many lightbulb moments.
Find out more about it here
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