After much thought - experimentation - trial and error and some successes - shifting of views and rehashing over and over the various secrets - proposals and clues - thoughts and pontification by so many people on the art - skill - business of - management of and results of selling - it is my own personal conclusion (and this holds only true as it is my own personal conclusion) that there is no way to make anyone or encourage or cajol or even persuade someone to buy something if they are not already interested in buying it - all of this is futile effort -

and

there is absolutely no way that if someone wants to buy something - you can discourage - stop or hinder them from the process of actually buying what in their heart and mind they have set out to buy -

so I believe with all seriousness and conviction - that the only and best way for me to facilitate the process of a customer or client purchasing either service or image from me is to merely present what is available and to allow them the space to buy what it is they are interested in or want to buy -

or

from a more humorous point of view -

I have heard it said that --------

if you give a person enough rope - they will eventually hang themselves:-)

Walter:-)

How can we make every moment an exponential moment instead of a linear moment?

Today - The Dow - advanced like a rabbit then retreated like a turtle -

If - when this retreat happens - I could run to the pizza shop and get an old slice for 15 cents like the old days together with let's say a grape or lemon drink (that was sold for 10 cents back then) then I would definitely agree that everything is connected -
but there seems always to be a definite disconnect somewhere along the line when things are going in one direction as opposed the other -

The only seemingly cost that has really gone down for me is film and processing - but as one customer pointed out the other day - then there is the cost of the computer - the screen - the connections and all else - which may change the perspective and make paying for film and processing as you go along seem a lot easier -

It has been said by many artists and business people in general that business is hard slow - non existent etc. - on the contrary business is easy - fast and growing all the time - depending on how creative - patient and perceptive as well as how flexible and tolerant you are!

In no way is the amount of business you do with anyone limited - It is just a matter of perception and time until the next step in the ongoing relationship is ready to be taken!

When you are thirsty and you want a bottle of water - your perception of that water and it's "value" to you is such that you will pay whatever price is asked depending on how much you want that water - where you are and the current (and maybe future) weather - your perceived knowledge of the water supply chain available and other factors which effects your perception of your chances of getting that water in a reasonable amount of time to maintain your comfort level - which in turn changes with many different factors and over time - all of this perception and the business man along with his supply chain and advertsers have to then be there when you are ready willing and able to pay their desired price for the water -

how do all of these factors relate to the stock market if at all - an investment in a company by buying it's shares of stock (a future change in price - a guess in the health of a business climate in the future and a total gamble on the stabilty of world politics effecting the perceptions of fellow stockholders - the trading investors as a whole and various other players and speculators in the markets) - or is it a totally different set of rules when this type of perception comes into play -

more later!

How to show concern for a customer's needs!

Respond to the comments made or questions asked!

Every moment and exchange is an opportunity to continue an on-going relationship or to end it right there!

Although persistence has been touted by many as the key to a successful outcome - variations or minor changes to your approach or perspective when making the additional persistent attempts is very often necessary in order to achieve the desired outcome or even better - drilling in a hole where there is no oil at all or digging where there never was or never will be gold or diamonds will never produce diamonds or gold or oil in those locations - but a slight move to a different location can mean all the difference in the world -

A most effective means of securing a significant increase in business is the idea of:
N-L-A-B-M
ask what that means if you are interested -

Just Think!!!

If reaching the goal you have set is not as important as the journey you are on to reach that goal - then to a certain extent we might be able to delete the goal and just enjoy ourselves wherever we are in order to remain on the journey - better that than having the next goal's journey not live up to the one we happen to be on now!!!

If confidence is the key factor to achieving success in business - how long does it take for you to gain confidence?

Just as my images may be mutated on an infinite basis - a business or combination of businesses may now be mutated infinitely in order to continue serving the infinite growing needs of the humans it had set out to serve in the beginning of it's creation - however to continue mutating infinitely it might help for those running the business to be able to think back to it's beginning and realize all the possible choices that existed when that business was first initiated!

Does anyone realize just how integrated all the companies both public and private in this world are?

Without an Entenmann's cake or doughnut in the morning or that Dunkin Donut during coffee break and that Pizza Hut special for dinner while the geniuses of the world are working on their next great invention or programming miracle - how far would these projects go - Coke - a great stimulant that allows people to keep going and going and going is definitely responsible for some of the great progress in this world-

How quickly a business relationship can be saved with a quick response to a question at hand - it doesn't matter whether the answer is an unknown at the moment that the question is posed - the response at least indicates that the person on the other end is sensitive and willing to act to find out the answer to the customer's question - Anything less is unacceptable!

If today is the last day of your life - how long will you spend thinking about buying - going - doing any of the things that you have always dreamt about doing?

similarly - if today is the last day of your life - how much of these last few moments would you want to struggle trying to sell someone on buying something that they are just not interested in - or how many of these moments will you be trying to squeeze those last few pennies from their pockets?

Go ahead - buy it - go ahead let them have it - business will be the better for it overall in addition to your not wasting so much time trying to get more of a prophet when the profit will show up in other ways by not doing what you are doing -

Whichever way you look at it - get those clothes - buy the stock - go on the trip - buy that dinner and see that movie - your life will be better for it and that is the purpose of - the value in having - and the benefit of having money - saved - borrowed - earned - or otherwise - Getting something by giving your money - to an employee - a shop keeper - a ticket taker - a stock broker - is what that dollar - yen - or franc is for - you cannot eat it - you cannot wear it (unless there is some new fashion that I have not seen recently) and you certainly cannot in any way shape or form benefit by keeping it under that mattress - unless you have such a lousy mattress that you are using the money for extra padding in which case I am sure you could buy a cheaper substitute!

With all the intelligence and knowledge - skills and tools that are available today to the modern businesses - why is it that it seems that so many of the publicly traded companies run by extremely intelligent people are not doing that well in the business of conducting their businesses and yet many of the private companies are doing a great job of conducting both a profitable business and a well run one at the same time.

Is it that those who are running the businesses that are traded publicly are not able to keep their focus on two diifferent points and directions? And that the workers within these companies that are traded publicly are now sharing their interests and focus both on their jobs where they get their salaries and on their shares in these publicly traded companies where their futures and dreams lie?

So much more could be accomplished in this world if people on both sides of the fence got used to not selling but presenting the options available to the customer on one side - and that the customer only needs to buy what he or she wants or needs on the other - this new and improved way of functioning in the business world will prove a whole lot more efficient once the masses come around to functioning this way on the buying side and the salepeople get it that no one will buy from them any longer if they try to force or cajole or trick a person into buying something that they are just not interested in - on the selling side -

You've done your research - you're ready for your client - he shows up to make the order - he gives you all the information to fill out the order and then he tells you that he forgot his check - what do you do?

Know that if he spent the time showing up and filling out the order that there is a lot more invested on his part than the check that he forgot - let the check come when it may -

Remember -
the slower you go -
the faster you get
to where you want to be -
because
if you are enjoying where you are -
you don't have to go -
anywhere!

Just what is labor in today's world of so many diverse professions and jobs in so many companies in so many different sectors of this multifaceted economy making up this so diverse a society as ours?

Is it appropriate to label labor with one single word used to refer to all these different occupations?

Each person performing a specific job, profession, assignment or task deserves their own recognition for performing to the best of their unique ability and they also deserve to be recognized as unique in the way they perform that which they do with so major a part of their lives!