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151 Quick Ideas to Get New Customers

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Inspired Employees

Lead to Dedicated Customers

If you haven’t purchased and read the book, 151 Quick

Ideas for Inspiring Your Staff, I encourage you to run out and

buy a copy right now. Not because we want to make a sale, but

because it will help you in growing a group of excited people

who are ready, willing, and able to make your company a suc-

cess. Can you think of anything more important? The real se-

cret to inspiring people is to get them involved and give them a

reputation to live up to. Show them that you have high expecta-

tions of them, and then watch them follow through and prove

you right.

Jerry, the owner of a

Assignment mid-sized company, hired a
comptroller named Mae.
Analyze each of your He soon began calling her
people and decide what his human computer. She
unique gifts they have and was indeed a genius at or-
what things they do well. ganizing and running their

office, and he enjoyed

working with her so much he

bragged about her to everyone who would listen. Frequently,

Jerry would give tours of his business to prospective customers,

and he would always make a point to take them to Mae’s office

and introduce her. She became a partner in helping grow the

business and took great pride in her work. Give your people a

great reputation to live up to, and then get out of their way and let

them do it. It’s a successful formula that will not fail you.

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