***Learn from Victor the Entrepreneaur***

Hi there - it's great to be back. Didn't know I'd been away? You didn't know because all of the last 4 bulletins were pre-written and loaded to come out sequentially using one of the many great features you get when you use SiteBuildIt! to build your website.. The bulletins may have seemed a bit formal and tutorial so sorry if that was the case. I thought the topic could be a bit of a refresher, I certainly got something out of writing them for you. My wife Wendy and myself are just back from a holiday in Russia, we had a great time. We flew to Moscow, spent a couple of day's exploring, how it's changed since we were there 10 years ago. We then flew down to Astrakhan and joined our River Cruiser for the cruise back upto Moscow, 3,000 kilometers on the mighty Volga River. On the way we visited numerous interesting historically important cities including Volgograd which as Stalingrad was the scene of one of the defining battles of the Second World War. Russia paid a heavy price in that war and I particularly wanted to do that visit. At another city, Kostroma I met Viktor the entrepreneaur. There is some amazing art in many Russian churches but a monastry can be a bit of a tourist trap. We had just visited the Monastry which like many Russian churches is being brought back into use. As we came out onto the street there was a line of people trying to get us to buy their wares. You know the sot of thing - hand made items ranging from shawls to carvings. We had a cursory look and I came across Viktor. He was displaying his oil paintings. Probably about 20 of them depicting Russian folk scenes. He spoke English and explained that they were his work and he needed to sell them. I have many items in my office from places all over the world that I have been fortunate to visit. So a small painting 8" by 6" would go nicely with the collection and I bought a little oil on canvass depicting some traditional Russian country cottages with the monastry complete with onion domes in the background. We rejoined our bus and moved onto the next part of our tour. A visit to a local market. Very interesting, but what to me was more interesting was as we came out of the market I spotted a chap on a motor scooter who was so like Victor that I remarked on it to Wendy. She replied "it's either him or his brother", and he was speaking to our tour guide. Perhaps your ahead of me but sure enough when we reached our next stop Viktor was there with his paintings all set out. We went for a walk about and when we got back to the bus I watched with great fascination. Viktor the entrepreneaur had a captive audience and made four more sales that I was able to count. As soon as the bus started to move off he was seen gathering his paintings together. Yes you've' got it! When we got back to the ship he was by the gang plank. I don't know how many more sales he made because I had a brief chat, complimented him on his initiative, shook his hand and went for lunch. He will have made more sales of that I'm sure. So what has all this got to do with my business bulletin? Just this. Analysts tell us that 60% of orders are secured after five attempts at a close. Viktor the entrepreneaur got his paintings in front of his targets at each opportunity and he made sales each time. No one taught him that in the backwoods of Russia but he had worked it out, took action and succeeded. I love it! So think about what you are doing whether at work or in business, get yourself and your abilities, products/services out there with energy, honesty and enthusiasm to achieve your goals. Ask for the promotion or order, 5 or more times if you have to, just like my friend Viktor the entrepreneaur. Tip Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. 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