Happy Mother's Day

Hi everyone, just wanted to wish a very special and happy mother's day to all the wonderful women in all our lives. Thanks for all the support and strength that you have and continue to provide to us all. Make sure to thank your mother today for all the blessing she has given you and to reach out to all the important women in our lives.

Hopefully everyone can enjoy some quality time with the ones they love today.

Thanks

Steve Fischer
President
Vend NW Distributing

GOLF SIGNUPS

Ok people 4 days left to get a hold of us and put your name in for the golf on Saturday!! But just remember if you don't sign up that just gives me a much better chance to win all of the fantastic prizes that we have amassed for this years awards!! :-) I can't wait to see you all on Saturday out at Lewis River!!! Curt

BEING PREPARED

Recently I was "on the road" speaking with customers and was reminded of how important it is to be prepared with information on the wares that you are trying to sell to your customers. I was in a particular customers office catching up and trying to sell him on a line of product. This product was kind of set up through a third party so I really wasn't aware of all the info he was given and I wanted to just touch base with him and let him know that we were going to go ahead and start bringing the items in.
In a very nice and professional manner(as not to hurt my feelings)customer "x" proceeded to explain to me his "selling" techniques and the power point that he uses EVERY-TIME when courting new accounts. This really got me to thinking about all of the ways and tools that we have now days to help us in our careers. As in any career it is very important to come off extremely professional and to be knowledgeable of what you are doing. Customer "x" then proceeded to tell me the story of a salesman coming in and wanting him to purchase a certain line of product but had no sell sheets or any kind of pricing info whatsoever. Ultimately he refused to buy and gave the salesman (i assume) the same lecture as I had just received. Anyway thats it, I wanted to remind us all that it is very important, critical actually to have all of your ducks in a row before sitting down in front of customer "x" .

Regards
Curt Wokal

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

How do you know that the choice you have made or are about to make is the right choice for you and your business? Answer; You don't. But you do know how it makes you feel to choose the way you did and really that's all that you can go by. If you feel it was right then all that you can do is nourish and guide that decision to hopefully the outcome that you were expecting. If not then you should reverse the situation and change course. There is no disgrace in admitting that you were wrong and doing everything you can to remedy the situation. We all have choices to make in life that are sometimes easy and a lot of times hard, what matters is not whether those choices were made right or wrong but instead of how you handle all choices. It is much easier to deal with the wrong choice made when you have friends, partners, family to help you navigate through the decisions. We at Vend NW understand this and that is why we pride ourselves in the relationships we have with our customers, we all understand how important it is to have somebody standing by your side through the good times and the bad! I personally make the wrong decisions sometimes just like everyone else, but I have learned that it is much better to admit to everyone that it was the wrong decision to make rather than just keeping on in the same wrong course that i am heading. I really believe that you will find(as i have) that your friends, family and colleagues will respect you and stand by you without hesitation! So go ahead and try it......Lean on somebody ! We are all on this journey together and sharing it with people is always better than attempting it alone.

Regards
Curt Wokal