Growth.

today we had 2 new suckers start.

Amazon: a guy under 30, maybe around 30. he is legit 6'8". he has some sold sales experience. my first impressions were nothing stellar. maybe because on some levels he is my competition.

red: a women in her late 40s to early fifties. i ask myself, why is she starting a job here at her age. why at TV station? i could judge, but in all honesty, i am seeing that there is not much upward mobility for mediocre TV sales dudes.

i had one sales pitch today to a start up in my hometown. it went well. one co-owner knew his shit about TV, so, there was no need to dumb anything down. it was short and sweet. will they buy what i am pitching? i give myself a 70% shot. maybe somewhat optimistic. we will call this company NASA for future references to a close/pass. the general gist of this meeting actually falls directly in this blogs title 'slanging (because selling was taken) to Eskimos."

CEO: Loman, thanks for traveling down here.
ME: Good to see you...insert stereotypical BS banter back and forth.
CEO: Loman, we got the same thing you are offering with TV station for free at Better TV Station. Why should we go with you?
ME: (in my mind, i congratulate him, and simply say, touche!). Well, you bring up a good point, to be honest, let me look at the show segment (i am selling product placement in a TV show generally speaking) and if it looks like you will get nothing out of TV stations deal, then, god luck.
CEO: Well, true, but lets see....

I could get into it, but i just love when someone has beaten me to the punch, tapped the proverbial keg before i get to fill my cup, and all around get me good. I still give NASA a 70% close possibilty due to my overall honesty, and general number crunching i get to have someone else do for me.

last 2 points. I have an assistant, and a few other people who i can get to do anything i want pretty much at the click of "send" on my email. Although i have never sensed it, i imagine being the age i am, and the age they are...they are not to stoked on the few (and i am talking bare minimum things) i ask of them.

final point. my level of productivity on a scale of 1-10 was a 7. I do not enjoy sitting on my couch eating dinner, thinking about the 13 people i have to call tomorrow to ask for "THE CLOSE". I have called the same people the past week. No call back. What is going on in their mind when they see my number on caller ID?

my blog is too long. i will work on that.