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Don, You Never Cease...
to amaze me! ;o)
> First off...Congrats Joe Delbecq for taking > "just an idea and running with > it". Re: The EMAIL CLUB program. I hope > ya get that Pizza Chain. Thanks for your support Don. The meeting with the Pizza guys was interesting to say the least. I arrived, and was led to a conference room containing 12 gentlemen seated around an oak conference table. After introductions, the head honcho said, "you have 15 minutes... GO!" *gulp* ;o) I just got done reading Customer Centered Selling by some Zerox guru, and was ready with my "pad 'n points" of background questions I was going to start off with. I opened with a version of Mike Rodman's "take a way" opening, and told the board I'd like to ask them a few questions. I was immediately shot down with... "Well... we may not want to answer your questions, just tell us about your program" Ouch... so much for customer centered selling. ;o) But thanks to Mike and the Zerox guy... I remebered about personality types. And I cut to the quick. I explained our program and how it would compliment what they are already doing. The were receptive and asked many questions. We talked about a "pilot" program, starting with 6 stores. Then near the end of my 15 minutes... the president asked... "when do you need an answer by?" I replied: "Monday morning", and they agreed. So... we'll see. I think it went well. I was a nervous wreck. But the way I look at it... selling to a single store/single owner should be a piece of cake now! Oh yeah, BTW... at one point the president asked about exclusivity... meaning we wouldn't solicit other pizza joints in their market. What do you think... that sounds AWFULLY expensive to me. Should I offer something like that if they sign ALL 21 stores? How would that work? Well anyways... thanks for reading my ramblings. I'm off to do some Cold Calling this morn. Thanks again Don. BTW... what's your cost on the oak "specials" board? Looks nice. Kind Regards. Joe (day 5) Delbecq |
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