Friday, October 30, 2026

Taking A Place At The Table

 As I settle in with my cup of coffee ☕. It's nice not to be rushing out the door to a tradeshow. #PackExpo #FabTech #TheAssemblyShow #QualityShow and of course

#ChicagoBuild . 2 weeks of tradeshow fun, because, AI be damed, that's where the real selling action is! You want to play with the"Big Boys"? You want a seat at the table? After your company can afford using direct mail, the next jump is into the world, my world, of tradeshows, because that is where people come to buy and sell. 

Yet, here we are online, talking. I had an online company try to upsell me yesterday. I almost shut the guy down but in this world of AI and electronic media that can be a bad practice. I told you a few days ago I took care of the leaks in my marketing. I neglected my email marketing and my blog. SPAM is going out again. Anyone have contacts with Hormel. I'd really love to say the SPAM Museum is one of my customers. 😁 And my blog. Yes the good old blog. I had worked hard to get it Google rated and somehow it fell off my todo list. Well it's back on baby and views are climbing! 

Getting back to trying to up selling. I have a new service AI video and for another entry into that world I figured a little bot help would not hurt, right? The posted deal was just for commission. Funny how after our conversation he wanted to build me a new web site, do an SEO deal. Obviously he did not do his homework on my 2 sites rated 1st on Yahoo Google and Bing for my chosen key words. Even my cheap $10.00 a month website is a first page and AI is reading it quite nicely, thank you.  I bought the free but did not drink the koolaid  for the bells and whistles. 

My need and if you're like me, your need, is salespeople. 

People are the primary need of any company today. Right? Tradesmen, programers, engineers, carpenters, data entry, telemarketers, and yes salespeople.

Howard 

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