The success bug continues….I must welcome Brad Hermetet to the Franklin-Spirko sales team.  Brad started one week ago and after his first week of training from Crazy, he secured three appointments and closed his first deal today!  Amazing!

Now we should not really be surprised as Brad turned up to the interview with a presentation and a quota!  Put that together with Crazy's unique style of interviewing finishing with the words:

"It's real simple, you can either sell and hit your quota here, or not sell somewhere else"

…and you have a formula for success…or… 

Vintage words from a hugely successful sales guy turned even more successful Internet Marketing specialist!

I have today had what you could call a truly international lunch - yours truly from London England, with a Vietnamese lunch guest, in a Afghanistan restaurant, being served by a Turkish waitress and in Frisco, Texas!

~Neil 

Its been a record breaking week for staffing companies C-People, Dataworkforce and for Franklin-Spirko  I also want to acknowledge the successes of the people who make it happen! 

I partnered with Cary Tobolka to form C-People here in Dallas and Cary quickly added Scott Higby to the leadership team and this team has led to an almost vertical growth line.  James Clarence Grimes aka the 'Alabama assassin', has produced another record month and he is certain to smash his target this year, that is if Cary and he can stop talking long enough to make it happen!  Cary is famous for his stories, which he could turn into an award winning book or six and a movie - the famous 'Tales of Tobolka' cover every subject known to mankind and a few that are not!

The Dataworkforce team have produced exceptional results this week and I must firstly credit long serving (or suffering as she would say) VP and GM, Nadene Chaplin, who almost single handedly implemented a new CRM platform.  Van Phan aka 'The Black Widow', along with Ale Sanchez have completed what must be the fastest placement I have ever witnessed - taking a fresh requirement and moving through pre-screening, phone and face-to-face interviews and a start in record time - all done while traveling and solid support coming from David Solkhon and his team.

At Franklin-Spirko, we have sold a record number of DVDs featuring Val Riazanov, this time selling the first in the Russian health and fitness series, full credit to the marketing expertise of the team!

As an entrepreneur, you are always involved with everything in your business, but you must learn to hire the best people you can afford and energize them and I must say that the energy has been huge this week and now we have raised the standards even higher!

 ~Neil 

All is looking good for the book I co-wrote with Crazy Jack, The Inner Salesman .  This is the book that explains that each of us is already born with the natural ability to sell and that the art of selling can't and does not need to be taught, rather 'coaxed' out of the individual by showing the individual how to 'unlearn'!  We are busy working on the next book, on a similar line titled "The Inner Millionaire".  In this book we are talking along the same lines as the Inner Salesman, but expanding the theme to illustrate how what you already know, combines with the laws of the Universe!

One of our newer co-entrepreneurs (we don't have employees at Franklin-Spirko), the Viking, has a book in progress and this is around the theme of how there is an exact science to getting rich.  Now the Viking is a very wise old soul and has researched this concept thoroughly and is about to reveal to us how quantum physics and the laws of the Universe again, combine to show us exactly how we can all get rich!  Very interesting from the Viking, who has a series of other interesting ideas, one of which includes the use of 'harassing helicopters'.  I think the Viking has been spending too much time with Jack!

~Neil 

The new site will feature all of the websites I am associated with as well of course, as the businesses.  We have a lot going on at Franklin-Spirko and have just expanded the team with developers and sales staff, targeting local and national business as well as our own ideas and initiatives.  Our Martial Arts DVD, featuring Val Riazanov and yours truly as the victim, is still selling well and we are about to release two more, this time covering Russian health and fitness.  

I got in trouble from my Mother yesterday, for not commenting on the Calzaghe-Hopkins fight, which of course Joe won on a split decision - a great year for Wales with this and the Rugby Grand Slam.  I would rather face Joe Calzaghe and Hopkins in the same ring, than the wrath of my Mother any day!

On a more serious note, we are about to face very tough economic times around the globe, as the credit contraction finally takes it's toll.  We've been living on borrowed time as far as this is concerned, for a long time now and the real story is about to unfold.  For business people out there, this is where your real skills are created and tested, as surviving in a rough sea is one of the hallmarks of any successful entrepreneur.  For me, it will be the third recession I have experienced, so it is not uncharted territory, but without doubt, it is going to claim many business casualties.  Remember though, you learn very little when times are good!

~Neil 

Haven't posted for a while as I have been mega crazy busy ( the usual entrepreneur excuse)! 

I am in the process of completely revamping the website, so stay tuned - there are a lot of exciting developments in the Franklin world.

~Neil