While pitching the Nut guys at this Screw & Fastner convention, I overheard some of the competition reiterating the point of their agency's tagline, and it occurs to me that Baffington & Sellers doesn't really have one. My question is this: Do we need one? (I think so.) And what, if anything, should it be? (Oh, and Stan? "Where No Man Has Gone Before" has already been used. Go back to your little plastic dolls and ask for some real inspiration.)
Everyone, It's time to begin planning for this year's Spring Lead Drive. I've arranged to get bulk pricing on those wonderful Snuggie blankets, see below. I love mine! Anyway, we are going to have them monogramed with the initials of our best prospects and mail them this March 2oth, the first day of spring. Please email me your top five prospects for approval by March 9th. And please be sure to double check their names, especially those of you with poor spelling (Stan). A monogram failure would certainly be a blight on our image. Thank you, Trisha Dargan, OM CFO IT FM
I am detecting language in the transmissions of people from our Twitt Homebase which refers to "SEO". Please engage all staff to reply back to the Private Area with any and all information regarding this term.
An article on page 35 of today's Charlotte Business Journal subtitled, "Positive emotions close sales; negative ones will be a deal breaker every time" reinforces what I always say. People, if we don't remain positive and peruse our golds, we won't get there. How you think is how you are. I think I'm the greatest salesman in this city—and I am. I'm on the verge of closing some 20 prospects within the next week. Trust me on this, I've done nothing but succeed all my life.
I have begun noticing a pattern. Every time I walk over to Creative, I get the cold shoulder and just a bunch of questions about what I want. To be honest, they need a harsh lesson in communication. Today, because of an issue I had with a picture needing to be cut to size, I was forced into a situation whereby I was relegated to walk all the way over to the other side of the office to Creative in order to have an offline sidebar conversation with one of the art directors who shall remain unnamed over resizing a picture for a very important client in one of our most important core competencies and I can't understand a word they say. They constantly talk in circles around me, and to blunt about it, they think they are better than everyone. Then today, one of them called a client DIRECTLY. I would like to emphasize that this must discontinue. If you have to bring one of them over here to the Private Internet cause Nick needs help then so be it. How can we serve our clients better if I can't get a simple photo cut to size and colored with four colors like a child's color-by-number coloring book picture and text placed on it? As Mr. Sellers says, the client begins and ends with THE ACCOUNT MANAGER!
Mr. Kensington is curious as to why anyone in their right mind would deliver a case of door stops, athletic shoe soles, dog chews, stress balls, and toilet plunger heads to his office. If this is one of those mood boards Creative is always rattling on about, Mr. Kensington would like to state that his own mood is "steamed -- but good." Somebody tell those flatheads in Facilities to dump this crapheap down the mail chute.
Mr. Baffington, et al.
Through my contact Marge at Happy-O's, I've learned that the opportunities for new client acquisition are "ripe" in the Alfalfa industry. (Ha Ha)
Seriously though, I've taken the liberty of joining our firm with the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketers Association and registered us for an exhibitors booth at their premier annual convention, the Mid-America Alfalfa Expo.
Anyone who would like to attend and feels their presense at this event is expense-justifiable, please email me by end of day tomorrow, pending Mr. Baffington and Mr. Sellers' approval, of course.
I think alfalfa is such a cute word, and it's full of fiber too.
Trisha Dargan, OM
Had a great time at the HHHH seminar on business development. As a salesman and proponent of continuing education, I always welcome the opportunity to swim with my fellow sharks. According to the feedback I received from the HHHH chairman it looks like Baffington & Sellers is uniquely positioned to become Charlotte's number one marketing firm within six months. He also informed me, that based on our current business model and financial projections, we are among the top one percent of all marketing firms in the country. This only affirms what what we already know. B&S went into 2009 with more potential business than ever before in our company's history. We're on the right track people. As long as we think positive, we'll get there. Stick with me.
I would like senior staff to begin the brainstorming around how we can better serve Mr. Garin Kilpatrick. His Internet is located at garin.me. Once we have ample feedback, Webmaster will transform this private post into our Public Internet.
Nick, Take some notes: http://theoutsourcingking.com/