10 GREAT IDEAS FOR YOU AND/OR YOUR BUSINESS

Since April this year, I've passed on some tips and ideas that would help some of you with your businesses.

Most of these tips are things I've done or learned along the way.

I started a 'service' business where I performed a service and sold a product. I bought an engraving machine and started a trophies and engraving business in my garage, built it up

to a full time business with 3 employees and then sold it off 9 years later for a profit.

Everything went with the business so when I wanted to start my present business, Winning Fairways Inc. Promotional Products, I had to litterally start over. New suppliers, New Clients, New Products and a new way of selling.

I've looked back over my blogs and listed out the following,

10 Great Topics to help you with your business.

-The Ideal Customers

-The Theory of Recognition

-Timing, Timing, Timing

-The Next Great Idea

-Inspired

-Need to Succeed

-Networking

-Ideaspotting

-How to differentiate yourself

-It Takes a Community to Build a Business

I keep thinking that there has to be more to it

but I think if you keep doing the right things,

your business will grow.

Focus on your business. Don't get strung out with

more new ideas than you can handle with ease.

Have fun, network, get other people to help you

while you are helping them. Build your community.

call me anytime for promotional products or just to ask direction.

rod@winningfairways.com

rod.winning@gmail.com rod-fairways@hotmail.com

NETWORKWORKING USED TO BE FACE TO FACE - Email and the Internet have changed that..

Network marketing was generally face to face.

This is changing with the times.

Network marketing has taken on a whole new look. You may not even know your network contacts personally, only by phone, fax, email, etc.

Internet & Email puts you right in your customers home or office. Now of course you can put your picture on your correspondence and even describe yourself if you like. You can put your full profile and let out all or some ofyour 'secrets' right on your website 'blog' or 'ezine'.

The good part of this is that you become a real person to whoever reads it. They can already relate to you in one way or another. Good or bad.

People doing business with people. Let's get back to the topic.

I spent a long time in the Steel Service Centre industry and did big business with steel mills all over the world. I recall meeting and dealing with managers but often my own buyers would not meet the suppliers office salespeople they were dealing with on a day to day business. The only thing they had in common was the product and the fact that they both new their manager managers had met and made an arrangement.

Often times a company will have a relationship or contract with another company for supply of goods & services. This would appear to be company doing business with a company, but it is really people doing business with people. If the people can't make it work, the contract ends.

A great portion of your business can be done with your Long Distance Contact. Someone who trusts you do live up to what you've said. Business will often follow the contact person when they leave the company and go to a competitor or start their own business.

Live up to their expectations. Give them more than they asked for, more than you promised, more than they expected.

Networking! It's all about people helping people.

I'm Rod Winning Winning Fairways Inc. Promotional Products

rod.winning@gmail.com rod-fairways@hotmail.com

RECOGNITION and the PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT

THE THEORY OF RECOGNITION -

Promotional Products help!!

Recognize and be recognized.

Wear a name badge wherever you go. Let other people know who you are

and what you do. Make it easy for them to remember you and your business.

Make it easy for them to approach and talk to you.

A little recognition goes a long way.

Whenever you give someone the 'pat on the back' attention, you will be remembered for giving the recognition. The event will pass and be forgotten but the gesture will remain.

When you help someone, you help yourself.

The importance of recognition.

Pay attention to the recognition process and it will take care of you.
Recognition causes friendly ripples in the pond of life. I think here, we are saying the same thing differently but the importance is there. It works for all concerned.

Recognition of an employee or a friend flows in every direction,
as does the imprinted promotional item.
It flows:
-Forward through the recipient to whoever they meet and talk to,
-Sideways to all the peers and fellows,
-Backwards to you,
-Friendly ripples.

Call Rod Winning for Promotional Products to assist in the success of your event.

info@winningfairways.com rod.winning@gmail.com rod-fairways@hotmail.com

It Takes a Community to Raise a Successful Business

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY To Raise a successful business
It takes a community to raise a successful business. Everyone working in concert. Staff, Suppliers, Customers, IT, Couriers, Banking, Family, everybody.

Do you really know what you want for your business or even from your business? Once you decide, and I'm not really the guy to tell you what you need, you will want to find a way to reach your goals. Everyone knows that you need a goal and a plan. Pretty easy to say but not so easy to do. Might as well get at it, just write it down now and head off in the right direction. Remember, the goal keeps changing. When you think you're getting close to your goal, take another look at where you started and where you want to be.
Things change eh?

My business is aimed at helping people who are helping themselves. Helping yourself probably started when you first had the idea to be in business or when you took on that new job.

If you want to get yourself and your business noticed amongst the crowd of competitors, suppliers and customers, try advertising through promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to promote your product, company or event, try advertising through promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to reward your faithful, loyal, hardworking, innovative employees, try rewards through promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to be remembered and stand out at a Trade Show event, try promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to succeed in general, try a promotional products program directed to the target. Just one target at a time? That's up to you. Who or what is the Target, your Target?

The target is the person you need on your side all the way to reaching your goals. The target is not just a customer but it is a supplier, tradesman, IT person, key employee, general help employee, their families, your family and friends.The target is the community in which you live and work.

AS IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A CHILD! AND IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A FAMILY! IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS!

Do you see the comparison?
Call Rod Winning www.winningfairways.com
Rod Winning is the president of Winning Fairways Inc. Promotional Products for Success
Rod has a background in business. contact at http://www.winningfairways.com
rod-fairways@hotmail.com
rod.winning@gmail.com