Comments on: New Kid equals New Camera http://inluminent.com/2004/12/09/new-kid-equals-new-camera/ my comments on business, marketing, advertising, email, CAN-SPAM, selling as a profession, photography, computers and other stuff... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sales Manager http://inluminent.com/2004/12/09/new-kid-equals-new-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1836 Sales Manager Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=978#comment-1836 (1) Learn the difference between you, your and you're. You can rant all you like about resumes and the lack of quality job seekers, but in the end your website is *your* resume. To be fair, you're very articulate; but all the same... (2) Your sales person left because you praised her too much. Happened to me about five times before I realized that praise is as counter-productive as micro-managing. If you tell her she's a star, she's passed the final test. Don't feel bad; plenty of newbie managers make the same mistake while they learn to develop a sales force. (3) You don't want stars, anyway. You want a system that works so well that any pretty face or wanna-be sales guy can't fail. It has to be completely transparent to the sales person - you can't keep them from leaving (in your class of work, anyway) but you can at least take some satisfaction when they move on and then decide it's too hard to be in sales after all. Cold comfort, that. (4) You need to remember that lesson about excessive praise. You have a kid, and the kid can't casually find new parents. But parenting is not my field of expertise. (1) Learn the difference between you, your and you’re. You can rant all you like about resumes and the lack of quality job seekers, but in the end your website is *your* resume. To be fair, you’re very articulate; but all the same…

(2) Your sales person left because you praised her too much. Happened to me about five times before I realized that praise is as counter-productive as micro-managing. If you tell her she’s a star, she’s passed the final test. Don’t feel bad; plenty of newbie managers make the same mistake while they learn to develop a sales force.

(3) You don’t want stars, anyway. You want a system that works so well that any pretty face or wanna-be sales guy can’t fail. It has to be completely transparent to the sales person – you can’t keep them from leaving (in your class of work, anyway) but you can at least take some satisfaction when they move on and then decide it’s too hard to be in sales after all.

Cold comfort, that.

(4) You need to remember that lesson about excessive praise. You have a kid, and the kid can’t casually find new parents. But parenting is not my field of expertise.

]]> By: Kevin http://inluminent.com/2004/12/09/new-kid-equals-new-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-1837 Kevin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://inluminent.com/?p=978#comment-1837 Learn to use the flash outdoors in daylight. It can make a good picture a great picture. Once the kid starts moving more, you're going to have to upgrade to a DSLR to get rid of that annoying shutter lag that is just long enough to lose the moment. I had a 230 which I gave to my folks, now have the 400 and the EOS Rebel. 2 very different cameras, but I love both of them for different reasons Learn to use the flash outdoors in daylight. It can make a good picture a great picture.

Once the kid starts moving more, you’re going to have to upgrade to a DSLR to get rid of that annoying shutter lag that is just long enough to lose the moment.

I had a 230 which I gave to my folks, now have the 400 and the EOS Rebel. 2 very different cameras, but I love both of them for different reasons

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