I have been a salesman most of my life. I started new and operated several business over the years. At one time, I owned a business selling and Installing Outdoor lighting. I also had a business in jewelry retail clothing sunglasses and tee shirts. I also sold these items wholesale to many retail outlets. I worked fairs festivals and set up in large retail stores giving the store a percentage of my gross sales.
I started out working for Remington Rand selling typewriters many years ago. The last time I worked for a large corporation was Clairol Inc. I was a key accounts salesman selling large carload orders.
I enjoy selling. Selling is more than just making money. my goal for my customers was to sell them products that would sell thru for them . The next time i called on them they were always looking forward in buying from me. For the person who loves selling , it is a thrill unlike any other. I invite you to follow my blog . I will be telling you about many things I have learned over the years.
Filed under About Me by on Mar 16th, 2007. 
I live in Salem , Oregon where it likes to rain a lot. However, the last two days I woke up to beautiful sunny skies. So, I decided to go fishing.
I decided to go to Lytle Lake located on the Oregon coast near Rockaway Beach . I like to fish for large, sea run, cut throat trout. They run from around 18" to 22" long. They are very smart and hard to catch.
I have a bucket full of special gear that I take with me to use just for these fish. I have an ultra light fishing pole with a 50 year old French made Mitchell fishing reel, with 4 pound test line on it. I grab my folding chair and my fishing net. I am now just about ready to leave but I realize one of the most important items I will need is my Polarized sunglasses.
I like these sunglasses because it is easy to see the fish in the water when you get them close to the dock. I bought these wholesale from an online company that sells sunglasses which compare to Kenneth Cole’s sunglasses. They are good quality and have American made lenses. They were only $36.00 per dozen so I gave some away to my fishing friends.
Well I am ready to go now. I will tell you in one of my next articles about how I rig my line and the best kind of bait for catching these excellent eating fish.
Filed under Fishing by on Mar 18th, 2007.
When I started selling the internet did not exist. I used my car or van to go out and drive to customers locations to sell my products. My territory was the state of Oregon.
My customers were always happy to see me because they knew that I always had something new and exciting to sell to them and also they had sold a lot of the items from their previous purchases.
My best selling items at that time was sunglasses . I had many styles including clip on sunglasses, children sunglasses aviator sunglasses and high fashion sunglasses, sport sunglasses were very popular then.
I gave quantity prices on orders of 50 dozen or more.
I feel the most important part of selling is to treat you customer as you would want to be treated and be honest , and caring about you customers business.
Filed under Selling Sunglasses by on Mar 19th, 2007.
It is a very rainy morning her, and I was planning on going to the grocery store. I was also going to water exercise and decided I needed to wear my
baseball cap.
A lot of people are wearing caps with different sayings on them, this has been a very popular item. Mine says SHERRIF on it. They are also nice to shade your eyes and face.
Filed under Baseball Caps by on Mar 20th, 2007. 2 Comments.
I have noticed my daughter Kim has been building a new web site which should be on line within the next month. She will be selling personalized kids gifts and a lot of nice baby clothes in sizes from new born on up.
She also has tee shirts for adults that have sayings that are embroidered on them, which are her own designs.
The personalized gifts include piggy banks, many other style of banks, door signs and a large selection of other items.
I recommend you check her site out soon.
Filed under Personalized Kids Gifts by on Mar 20th, 2007.
Humming birds are my favorite bird . I love how they can stop in mid air, back up, fly at high speeds. The males love to chase after the females darting around.
I have a humming bird feeder outside my living room window where I sit at my computer and write these articles . It is very relaxing on a nice sunny day to look out my window with my sunglasses on and watch them at my feeder. The male birds have beautiful colors on their body. The females are not quite as colorful .
A lot of people don’t know that the helicopter was designed from the hummingbird. Take time to enjoy the humming bird like I do.
Filed under Blogroll by on Mar 21st, 2007.
My son has a new extended model Jaguar car. It is a beautiful car. He bought it for his wife Jeni and she loves it very much.
I have rode in it about three times and it is so quiet inside you could hear a pin drop. The interior is very comfortable, plush , with many features that i have never seen before in a car. when you put it in auto drive if you get too close to a car in front of you it will slow down automatically .
The Jaguar has a lot of power that makes you feel safe if you need it. I will write more about his Jaguar later so keep in touch . DEL
Filed under Cars by on Mar 21st, 2007. 1 Comment.
Spring has sprung and the crocus and daffodils are in bloom and a new website is about to spring up on line called www.kidoodlesbykim.com.
Kim’s site will be selling kids products like infants shirts on up to children’s clothing and some beautiful tee shirts for adults with her own designs on them.
Kim also personalizes a lot of items such as banks door signs jewelry boxes for children and a complete line of sport banks, which include footballs, basket balls, baseballs, and soccer balls
The soccer balls are one of her best selling banks because soccer appears to be a very large growing sport in the United States. I will be writing more about soccer in more of my articles. See you again soon DEL
Filed under Personalized Kids Gifts by on Mar 22nd, 2007.
My life time friend Cheryl has written a book named Todays Self Sufficiency Food and Resources .
Her book is about how to become less dependent on commercial produced foods and manufactured products. The book contains many recipes on how to make your own meal mixes, beauty products,cleaning products and many many more.
Cheryl also has a variety of 100% Organic and Kosher Herbs, Spices,and Seasonings which will add a little zest to your life and will give you many healthy benefits. Her products include such items as Her fantabulous Steak Seasoning and Rub, Italian Seasoning Rub Pork Spice Rub and many more also has Organic Seasonings such as Oregano, Thyme, and many more.
You can reach her on her website www.edenspices.com Keep watching for more on Eden spices DEL
Filed under organic spices by on Mar 24th, 2007.
On March 28th I wrote an article about going fishing for sea run cut throat trout. In the article I wrote that I would tell you how to rig your line and what kind of bait to use.
I use 4 pound test line and I put the line thru a slip sinker “ one with a hole in it” then I tie the line to a swivel that has a small safety pin on one end. This will stop the slip sinker from going down all of the way to the hook which will be at the end of the leader. Now I tie a 2 or 3 pound test leader about 20 to 22 inches long to the safety pin end and then I tie a small egg hook to the end of the leader and now you are read to bait your hook
The bait that you use is a secret way to catch large trout. I use Berkley Powerbait Red Power Eggs and a combination of Berkley Powerbait Rainbow trout bait. I put the egg thru the hook and thread it up the line then I roll the rainbow Powerbait into a small ball big enough to cover the egg hook good, and then I slide the egg back down the line until it is tight up against the hook. Now you are ready to catch a big fish .
Filed under Uncategorized by on Mar 27th, 2007.
