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Wanted to let you all know what May is going to look like as well as some upcoming events and some good news from around the network! If you'd like to join other amazing professionals growing their bu...
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Small Business Resources:If you have something you would like to add to the list, please email it to submit (at) myfirestorm (dot) comHow To Survive & Thrive Through This Pandemic – FREE 10 Day Tr...
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As the premier B2B networking organization, our mission at Firestorm® has always been to serve the small and medium (SMB) size business community. SMB’s are the backbone of the US economy. According t...
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This year we’ve been talking about and going through the steps of building your business. Last month we talked about How to Master the Art of Prospecting and we covered a lot of ground on how to defin...
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“Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.” ~James Cash PenneyI was having coffee with a friend the other day and the topic of sales came up. We are both salespeople and small business owner...
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“Commitment is doing the thing you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you.”I went skiing a couple weekends ago with my wife and a couple friends. One of my friend...
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Holy cow! Can you believe it’s a new DECADE?! That’s insane! I’m super pumped about it though. In fact, I’d like to start this off with a quote:“Most people overestimate what they can do in one yea...
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20 years ago, in December of 1999, I was selling Cutco knives in Minnesota. I was part of the Division office and we were in the running for a big award; the sword of Excalibur. If your office sold...
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My wife and I watched a movie recently called Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It was about a 94 year old sushi master named Jiro. He is the owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a restaurant in a Tokyo subway station th...
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When you make the decision to start a business, it is usually because you love doing something, you are good at it, and you see a need in the market that you have the ability to fill. Most people don'...
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Perseverance is one of my favorite topics. It's a word and a concept that I identify with. I love it because it doesn't insinuate that I need to be the smartest person in the room, graduated top of my...
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I went skiing with my wife this past weekend, as we do often. I've been skiing for longer than she has but we both strive to get better every time we go out. Go a little faster, turn a little harder,...
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My friend, Chris, was in town for work last week and we had some time to hang out. A few days earlier the Dallas Cowboys had secured a playoff spot and would be playing that weekend in L.A. against th...
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What can I say that hasnt already been said? Well, probably not much. But I can put my own twist on it.Youve probably heard and read a ton of stuff on 30 second commercials, or intros, or elevator pit...
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Have you ever struggled with the best way to make an introduction between two people? Or perhaps you were looking forward to being introduced to someone only to be totally disappointed with the intro...
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If you want to be successful in sales, you need to understand who your target client is and go after them! I’m all about efficiency and not wasting time and effort.I want an awesome ROI both on...
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Whether you’re building a personal friendship or a business partnership, it all starts with rapport.We’ve all heard that word (hopefully), but what the heck does it actually mean, and most...
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2017!! I hope you are every bit as excited as I am to attack this new year! I’ve got some big goals, both for my business, Firestorm®, and for myself personally...
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I woke up this morning and realized that daylight savings time had ended.I was super pumped to have the extra hour added to my day that allowed me to do something like write this post.At the same time...
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Look at the photo above. What do you see? A car? A dirt road? Old guys? It's a small group of young men, friends, on a road trip in 1937. The photo is taken in Dumont, Colorado. The gentleman holding...
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I get asked all the time about networking. What is it? Should I be doing it? Why should I be doing it? How do I do it? Along with some disgruntled business people that have tried and failed to “...
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