The Entrepreneurial Team is mostly the same as other businesses teams but the E’s team gets a lot more attention.  The Team will be made up of suppliers and customers, service groups and colleagues, family, associations and clubs, social media like Twitter and Facebook, School Alumni and on… WHO’S ON YOUR TEAM??

To the E (entrepreneur), it’s all about the team and I think the E will spend more time cultivating and networking the Team. It is important to create contacts, on the supply and service side so you can become the incredible supplier your customers need. The E has to be needed and will build his team so he is appreciated not only by the client but by the suppliers too. The E is a terrific networker.  The E understands that networking means helping people to get what they want and by doing that he will get what he wants.  Loyalty plays a large part in teamwork.

Industry and the Corporate world are like the sports world. It’s important to keep the good people in your industry and keep them working with you.

 I’m in the promotional products business so it would be remiss of me not to mention the importance of recognizing and acknowledging the people that make you successful.

Recognizing and acknowledging effort, success, good deeds, assistance, etc. is not expensive. As a matter of fact it’s not an expense… it’s an investment…  

Call Rod Winning
rod@winningfairways.com

Does Everybody Get a Trophy? Does Everybody Win?
What happened to the Champion being #1
Taking home the whole enchilada (so to speak)

In sports, there are a lot more trophies, plaques, medals and ribbons and of course promotional products than there used to be.

In the past there was:
A trophy for the winner…
A plaque for the top achiever…
A reward for the best salesman…

Now there is more emphasis on recognizing the whole team.

In schools & junior sports, participants receive a medal, ribbon or some form of recognition for the part they play in just being there. For effort, for the team. These aren’t actually awards. They are promotional products, designed to encourage the recipients to come back next time.   Create loyalty.

Does it cost a lot of money?? Not compared to the return.
Participation medals or gifts, help to keep those players coming back to that particular sport and it’s good because each sport is vying for players. An athletic boy or girl can play all sports well and each sport wants that player.

Same in industry.

That’s where Industry and the Corporate world are like the sports world. It’s important to keep the good people in your company and in your industry.

It’s not companies that succeed it’s the personnel.. but not just your employees.. Your team should also consist of suppliers and customers, service groups and colleagues, family, associations and clubs.. WHO’S ON YOUR TEAM??

Take a good look at your company or your sports team or your people and decide if you want to keep them. Wouldn’t it be nice if they were all on the same bandwagon you’re on.

Hertz did pretty well as second as a matter of fact there are a lot of blue chip fortune 100 companies that are not #1 but I’m sure they are #1 with their customers. I’ll also bet they are continuing to attract new customers, employees & suppliers.

Recognizing and acknowledging effort, success, good deeds, assistance, etc. is not expensive. As a matter of fact it’s not an expense… it’s an investment…

Call Rod Winning rod-fairways@hotmail.com or
info@winningfairways.com

Never-the-less it takes a community to raise a successful business. Everyone working in concert. Staff, Suppliers, Customers, IT, Couriers, Banking, Family, Mentors, everybody.

Do you really know what you want for your business or even from your business? Once you decide, and I’m not really the guy to tell you what you need, but you will want to find a way to reach your goals. Everyone knows that you need a goal and a plan. Pretty easy to say. Now just write it down and head off in the right direction.

My business is aimed at helping people who are helping themselves. Helping yourself probably started when you first had the idea to be in business or when you took on that new job.

If you want to get noticed amongst the crowd of competitors, suppliers and customers to promote your product, company or event, try advertising through promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to reward your faithful, loyal, hardworking, innovative employees, try rewards through promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to be remembered and stand out at a Trade Show event, try promotional products directed to the target.

If you want to succeed in general, try a promotional products program directed to the target. Just one target at a time? That’s up to you. Who, What and  Where is your Target? And don’t forget Why the Target!

The target is the person you need on your side all the way to reaching your goals.

The target is not just a customer but it is a supplier, tradesman, IT person, key employee, general help employee, their families, your family and friends. The target is the community in which you live and work.

AS IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A CHILD!

AND IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A FAMILY!

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS!  Even though you need all these people, The Community, the difference is that not everyone wants you to succeed. You have to be the leader of your businesses community. 

What if all the people in your business’s community were wearing your company ball cap or Tee shirt or Lapel pin or using your pen?  Do you think they would be thinking of you just a little extra?

Do you see the need for your own business community? Call Rod Winning www.winningfairways.com

Winning FairWays is ready to serve customers with quick, quality work. With personal visit and catalogs we continue to be competitive.

Why should you consider Winning FairWays?
There are many promotional products companies all competing vigorously, many offering the same products with excellent prices and service.

What does Winning FairWays offer that the others don’t?
The short answer is nothing. There are many similar companies that are just as good as Winning FairWays, by any objective measure. But bear in mind the following.. You didn’t search the world over to find your best friends. Your best friendships are fundamentally happy accidents.. chance combinations of compatibility, shared experience and time.

Likewise, it is meaningless to search out the “very best” possible promotional products supplier. A more appropriate approach is to verify that the company meets your technical & financial requirements, and then use your intuition about who you will be comfortable with.

Many business relationships are long distance affairs, by phone, fax and email, sometimes doing business for years without the people actually meeting face to face yet forming strong relationships.

At Winning FairWays a primary goal is to do business with people we like and respect.. Our plan—‘give the customer more than they expect’.

Rod Winning
President

Don’t be at the Airport when your ship comes in.  If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.
We’ve all heard these words of wisdom, more than likely as part of a joke or pun but there is so much truth in all the little sayings.   You just don’t know when that great opportunity will present itself.  Be watchful.  Be prepared.  How you do that is to have some idea of your own what you’d like to do.  If you don’t have a Goal list written, at least have something that you think about constantly.  That idea or goal will be ever changing so be ready to change with it.

In this economic time, my suggestion to everyone is to Look at Every Opportunity. Turn over every Rock. You will find something.  Get ready to recognize that something and get ready to be recognized as an entrepreneur.
Rod Winning  604-946-0644  rod@winningfairways.com