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Thanksgiving approaches and half of corporate America is on vacation. Think I?m kidding? Try to get anyone on the phone this week beyond the receptionist and the night watchman. G?ahead. Try.
It?s time to ?make hay while the sun shines?, as the saying goes. Even though much of America will be cloaked against the reminding chill of approaching winter, there?s no time like the holidays to get our ?bidniz? done.
?How so?? you wonder. I?m glad you ASKed.
Timing. Gatekeepers are SO OFF GUARD during the seasonal celebrations and the ones that do answer (especially on holiday eves) are tipsy and loose-tongued. Think I?m kidding again? Take the time out of your coming Wednesday afternoon and do some calling ? you?ll hear what I?m talking about. Christmas falls on a Monday this year. The entire week before (especially beginning with the Winter Solstice on Thursday) and through the first week of January will find corporate America asleep at the wheel. Then, once they do return, it will take America two weeks to ramp back into gear; shed the holiday dregs and begin to focus. That?s a whole lot of time and advantage for us to be wending our ways up and down their empty hallways.
Remember that night watchman? He?s not so happy he has to be working when everyone else isn?t. Use that.
The gatekeeper? She?s likely to be a temp or someone who doesn?t usually man the desk. Use that.
The lonely employee whose single beacon of light shines on his darkened floor? He has issues. Use them.
Our country?s ?employee mentality? that?s been nurtured and fed on the millstone of dependency? Use it against them. You?re doing them a favor.
Happy Hunting Holidays.
By the way, if you?re ?leaving town? for the holidays, and need some work completed for your post January return, let us know. We have plenty of bandwidth!
Our goal is to save you time and help you succeed.
Maureen Sharib is a seasoned telephone names sourcer, names sourcing since 1997. She and her husband Bob own the names sourcing firm TechTrak.com and Maureen telephone-names sources daily as well as teaches telephone-names sourcing in her online telephone names sourcing course "The Magic In The Method." She can be reached by email at Maureen at techtrak.com or by phone at (513) 899-9628. Maureen will come on-site to your company to teach telephone names sourcing to your sourcers.
http://www.techtrak.com/magicmethod/onsite_training.htm
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That too Meg - "lunch" never seems to really wear off this time of year!
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Our goal is to save you time and help you succeed.
Maureen Sharib is a seasoned telephone names sourcer, names sourcing since 1997. She and her husband Bob own the names sourcing firm TechTrak.com and Maureen telephone-names sources daily as well as teaches telephone-names sourcing in her online telephone names sourcing course "The Magic In The Method." She can be reached by email at Maureen at techtrak.com or by phone at (513) 899-9628. Maureen will come on-site to your company to teach telephone names sourcing to your sourcers.
http://www.techtrak.com/magicmethod/onsite_training.htm
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Maureen: You are so right. I've found sourcing around the holidays so very,very rewarding. (those big office lunches make mice very sleeply:))
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