7th July 2009

Go Out and Sell Something

Veteran sales professional, Rollis Fontenot III, has released his first book “Go Out and Sell Something – The Recession-Proof Guide to a Successful Sales Career.”

Available on Amazon and Createspace.com, the book comprehensively addresses a subject, according to Fontenot, that is of growing importance to sales professionals in every industry. The book also appeals to business owners and other professionals who are in charge of business development.

“With the economy continuing to falter, salespeople are having to adapt to a rapidly changing business environment that isn’t always clear or understandable,” Fontenot explains.

“When you consider the alarming rate of company layoffs, bankruptcies, bailouts, and restructurings, it’s understandable to feel uncertain and downright scared over what the future holds.

However, there are many salespeople who actually thrive in tough times. Their secret is developing the right thinking and mental attitude that successful salespeople possess.

The order of success in virtually any field of endeavor is BE-DO-HAVE. Our thinking or “BEing” helps us to take the right actions. Our “DOs” help us to receive, and our HAVEs are the results that we want. Our minds also need to be ready to receive the success that we want.”

According to Kari Schneider of Alliance Recruiting, “Rollis has a unique way of not only sharpening your selling skills, but also getting you mentally prepared to receive and retain the success you’ve been looking for.

His book is quick, simple to understand, and easy to implement. Rollis guides you through the slippery slopes of non-production in a recession. Basically, if you want more money – Go Out and Sell Something.”

Not just for salespeople, but for any business professional experiencing stress and anxiety over this current recession, the new book is geared to help those needing clear-cut solutions for taking proactive and positive steps to increase their sales, rejuvenate their careers, and improve their overall lives.

“Being in sales can be very rewarding,” states Fontenot. “In fact, one major advantage of a career in sales is that successful salespeople are the first to be hired and often the last to be let go. They are also among the highest earners in a company.”

While there are countless books about sales techniques and strategies, Fontenot has taken a refreshingly different approach to the subject. He has only included the most timely and relevant concepts and compiled them into an easy-to-use guide that includes recession-proof action plans that are designed to give straightforward actionable items that deliver immediate results.

“Fontenot shares his knowledge of selling in “Go Out and Sell Something along with the collective thoughts of some of the best authors in the industry such as Robert Kiyosaki, Dr. Stephen Covey, and Brian Tracy,” says Michael Waters, physician recruiter with Alliance Recruiting Resources.

“He provides an easy to read guide on how to sell from someone who has succeeded by studying the best authors, practicing their ideas, and developing his own along the way.”

“Go Out and Sell Something is an extremely useful book for the salesperson looking to not only survive but thrive in the current economy.

With unemployment at a near all time high, more people are getting commission-based sales,” says Ron Marks, author of “Managing for Sales Results” published by John Wiley and Sons.

“Fontenot’s book no only takes proven sales strategies and puts them in an easy to read format, he provides action plans at the end of each topic to help sales people implement the concepts presented. Don’t miss this book if you want to become a sales professional.”


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    5th July 2009

    Why Oil Price is going up?

    Burning crude oil itself is of limited use.  To extract the maximum value from crude, it first needs to be refined into petroleum products such as gasoline, or petrol.

    However, there are many other products that can be obtained when a barrel of crude oil is refined.  These include liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), naphtha, kerosene, gas oil and fuel oil.  

    Other useful products which are not fuels can also be manufactured by refining crude oil, such as lubricants and asphalt (used in paving roads). A range of sub-items like perfumes and insecticides are also ultimately derived from crude oil.

    Furthermore, several of the products listed above which are derived from crude oil, such as naphtha, gasoil, LPG and ethane, can themselves be used as inputs or feedstocks in the production of petrochemicals.

    There are more than 4,000 different petrochemical products, but those which are considered as basic products include ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene, ammonia and methanol. The main groups of petrochemical end-products are plastics, synthetic fibres, synthetic rubbers, detergents and chemical fertilisers.

    Considering the vast number of products that are derived from it, crude oil is a very versatile substance. Life as we know it today would be extremely difficult without crude oil and its by-products.

    Is the economy really improving, therefore driving up consumption of oil? Tracking the share market will not give you the real answer. In fact, we know the global economy has yet to recover.

    U.S. Dollar Drives Oil

    Oil is priced in U.S. dollars. According to OPEC, the relationship between oil prices and the U.S. dollar is almost mechanical. When the U.S. dollar falls in value, oil prices have to go up in U.S. dollar terms to stay constant in euro terms. Oil producers receive their oil revenues in U.S. dollars and need to be compensated for the fluctuations of the dollar.

    When oil price hit too high, consumers have to spend more for gasoline, petrol and etc despite that their income didn’t go up. That’s a high price to pay.

    ~Aaron Loh


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    3rd July 2009

    Leadership: On Making Mistakes

    Because we live and work in a society where making mistakes isn’t well-tolerated, it can be difficult to see any value in making mistakes. After all, mistakes often cost us time and money, and in small business both of these resources are at a premium.

    However, you might be surprised that some of the most prominent leaders in the world value mistakes-a lot. Take a look at what some of these leaders have to say about making mistakes.

    Gordon Moore, co-founder, Intel
    “One thing a leader does is to remove the stigma of mistakes. People who are afraid of making mistakes all the time just don’t try anything.”

    Sam Walton, founder, Walmart
    Sam Walton, famous for driving an old beat-up pickup truck to work even when his worth was in the billions, was fond of saying that if you keep expenses down you can afford to make a lot of mistakes!

    Robert Kiyosaki, bestselling author, “Rich Dad Poor Dad”
    In his book “Business School for People Who Like Helping People,” Kiyosaki recounts how he learned the process of selling: by making mistakes. In the context of sales, Kiyosaki calls it rejection. He and his sales mentor, Charlie Robinson, would make sales calls together. Robinson would say virtually nothing during the visit, but would simply watch Kiyosaki work. Then the two would return to the office and review every mistake Kiyosaki made that caused a rejection. During that time, Kiyosaki even volunteered at a charity organization, making cold calls, so he could increase his rejection rate and learn from them. The message? Make as many mistakes as you can because mistakes are how you learn.

    Herb Kelleher, co-founder, Southwest Airlines
    When one of Southwest Airline’s property managers made a mistake (he made an oral commitment of $400,000 to the City of Austin for the preliminary design of a new airport when Southwest had no intention of supporting the new airport), Herb Kelleher backed his manager with the money. Although the lesson was hugely expensive, Kelleher didn’t get upset. He just jokingly told the manager: “Now pal, this is a fairly expensive lesson. A $400,000 lesson-I hope you remember it!”

    Does that give you a new perspective on the value of making mistakes in your small business, and learning from them?

    Stephanie Valentine


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    1st July 2009

    3 Free Online Finance Software Programs

    Shelley Elmblad

    Online personal finance software is very convenient because you can use it wherever there is an Internet connection. And, these free top three online personal finance software choices offer security features for your personal finance data. With online software, you never have to install anything on your hard drive and software updates are done for you on the software company’s servers.

    Online Personal Finance Software Benefits

    Each of the top three online personal finance titles have a different feature focus, so look them all over and visit the web sites for more details. And remember that when you use online personal finance software on a public computer, you must log out and close the browser window before leaving the computer.

    How is This Personal Finance Software Free?

    ClearCheckbook is completely free but accepts free-will donations. Mint and MySpendingPlan are also completely free but each gets a cut on any of the money-saving offers presented to you. The offers on Mint.com are hidden unless you click on a tab to view them. MySpendingPlan offers are more upfront and in your face.

    ClearCheckbook

    ClearCheckbook is free online personal finance software that is far from bare-bones free software. ClearCheckbook has many features to manage personal finances.

    ClearCheckbook Features:

    • See all transactions, overall balances, reminders and notices on one page in ClearCheckbook.
    • Supports account transfers and split transactions.
    • ClearCheckbook spending limits provide a way to create a personal budget.
    • Search transactions by date, keyword, account or category.
    • Track your spending in ClearCheckbook with charts, graphs and spending vs. saving for all accounts.
    • Security: you do not enter your account numbers into ClearCheckbook.
    • Reconcile accounts and use time-saving recurring transactions.
    • Personal finance alerts and reminders arrive by email.
    • Use CheckBot to update your account while on the go with AIM, ICQ, MSN / Windows Live, Google Talk and Yahoo! Messaging services.

    Get ClearCheckbook free personal finance software at ClearCheckbook.com.

    Mint

    Mint is free online personal finance software that offers something truly different: Mint tells you how you can save money, and it has some nice automated features.

    Mint Features:

    • Mint automatically updates your banking and credit card transactions, eliminating the possibility of forgetting to enter transactions.
    • Mint automatically categorizes transactions as they are downloaded.
    • Label transactions to be able to quickly identify expenses that are related to work, hobbies, meals out, etc.
    • View all banking and credit card transactions and account balances side by side.
    • Mint works with 3,000 U.S. banks and credit card companies.
    • Compares cash and debt for quick overall financial reporting, and Mint offers spending histories.
    • Email and SMS alerts let you know about low balances, large purchases and other financial activities in your accounts.
    • Security: firewalls, encryption and authentication procedures protect your personal finance data.
    • Mint tells about banking and credit card deals and money-saving products and services you could benefit from using. This information is kept out of the way under the Ways to Save tab.

    Get Mint free online personal finance software and learn about managing personal finances at Mint.com.

    MySpendingPlan

    MySpendingPlan online personal finance software has strong personal budgeting features and a focus on building savings.

    MySpendingPlan Features:

    • Detailed budget set-up.
    • Manage budgets and spending for groups or for your household.
    • Bill tracking with email reminders from MySpendingPlan.
    • Set up savings goals in MySpendingPlan and track progress toward those goals.
    • Shopping features include shopping planner, online shopping deals, shopping lists, savings recommendations, online and in-store coupons.
    • Security: MySpendingPlan uses strong data encryption and does not require account numbers to be entered.
    • Pre-made templates for standard personal budgets or for planning for large, infrequent expenses.

    Get MySpendingPlan free online personal finance software and personal budgeting tips at MySpendingPlan.com.


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