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![]() I sense a new "Don Alm" project comin' on. Hire a couple (few?) local gals to solicit jobs/orders and perhaps organize flyer distribution, etc. They could work for several different sales-shy entrepreneurs at the same time on some sort of commission basis. I'm sure you could work out the details a lot better than me. Sounds like an opportunity...
> I live in a high UNemployment area. Men > whose families were loggers for years are > now having to look for other ways to earn a > living. > I know a lot of these guys so I try and come > up with programs that takes little cash to > get going and has the potential to earn them > 10 times what they would be earning cutting > down trees. > Deck Renewal and Oil Stain Removal for 2 > recent examples. > I put the programs together AND even go out > and get them their first few jobs BUT...for > some reason they just will NOT even try to > get jobs themselves. I do not know what the > heck scares the bejeebers out of people as > to "Selling" something. > All they have to do is drop off some flyers > and they'll get calls....or just simply ask > the people where they just finished a job > (that I got for them)...if they can give a > name of a friend or relative who might want > to have similar work done. > Simply pick up the phone and CALL! Ya think > they'd do that? No way Jose! > They want ME to make the phone calls and get > the jobs. > Maybe their genes tell them that they are > ONLY to "take orders"...do NOT > initiate anything on your own...you might > fail. > Who knows. Whatever it is...they refuse to > even try and get jobs on their own. > Such is the mind of the "working > class"...I guess. > Don Alm |
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