The Week Ahead July 6 – July 10

Monday: June institute for supply management services index
Tuesday:
Wednesday: May consumer credit
Thursday: May wholesale inventories, Weekly initial jobless claims
Friday: May trade balance

Larson note: Are we at the bottom of this recession yet? I think so but it is after all summer. Last week saw payrolls drop, unemployment continue to climb with real unemployment sitting at over 16%.

We noticed an uptick in interest in our outgoing telesales work. A very good sign that says that companies are looking at plans and ideas to start to expand their or businesses rather than sit tight and wait out the rest to the recession. Now I will grant you this is totally unscientific, but to us and our clients it says the business world is starting to open up. Now if this interest translates into sales, that is where the rubber starts to mean the road. Stay tuned for next week’s exciting show.

For Larson & Associates our focused industries we are looking to add clients in for the month of July are Advertising Specialties, Trade Show Booth Builder, Sign Shop, and a Graphic Design Studio, and Printer (small and mid-sized) and looking to add more accounts in the eastern and pacific time zones. We are also looking for sales persons in New England, Texas and Southern California.

Howard’s out of office public schedule for the week:
Monday: Marathon Training 6:15amTuesday: Sales appointments
Wednesday: Marathon Training 6:15amThursday: No frills 5k SC race 6:30 PM
Friday: Saturday: Marathon Training Long Group Run
Sunday:

Trade show schedule:
> September 22-24 2009: Assembly Show Stevenson Convention Center
> September 29- October 1, 2009: Motivation show McCormick Place
> October 22nd, 2009: 2009 Midwest Fall Business Expo Serb Hall Milwaukee, WI
> November 15-18, 2009 Fabtech Int. & AWS Welding Show McCormick Place, Chicago

Time slots still available to meet & talk over coffee.

Howard Larson
Larson & Associates
Target Marketing & Telesales Professionals for new account acquisition
Making good businesses great and great businesses even better
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P.S. We make telesales for small business affordable by offering programs down to only 15 hours a week. Maybe you could add telesales into your marketing mix call today and find out.

P.P.S. We are offering 2 free (a $75.00 value) ½ hour consultation periods per week to talk about marketing businesses. Call or email to get your spot to pick my brain for 30 minutes today.