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Creating a Dynamite Account Plan
Why do you need an account plan?When you first decide to approach a company through an introduction, networking event, or from your daily routine, you will need to put together and account plan. This account plan will be part of your power page and it will contain information about your own personal approach to winning the account and a plan on when to follow-up. An account plan is like setting goals. You have the ultimate target and the steps to get where you want to be. One thing about the account plan is that sometimes it takes a long time to get from where you are now to where you want to be, in regards the company you are approaching; sometimes we never get there!I put an account plan together and my target was a large corporation which shall remain nameless for now. The time between beginning the plan and actually fulfilling the plan was three years. I had to jump through a lot of hoops in order to get to the right people. The timing was also crucial, I

mmature and childish, now. But believe me," I assured him, "you can still learn a lot about rock 'n roll drumming from that classic In-A-Gada-Da-Vida drum solo."

I don't know if that is true or not, I'm not a drummer -- but to my credit, I thought perhaps it could be true when I said it.

"I can't believe this," Jim muttered. I don't remember if he actually said it aloud or simply implied it with another piercing look of profound disappointment in me, but I was having none of that. The game was on, and it didn't matter in any case -- celebrities are known to be bashful and sometimes reticent. Jim's acting squirrelly now could only enhance the charade.

The aspiring drummer produced paper and pen and even a clipboard, not believing his fine fortune on that happy day.

To his everlasting shame, Jim fell fully into the wicked spirit of the thing. His reluctance resolved quickly into alacrity. His eyes twinkling, Jim Ottea (Wow! the REAL Jim Ottea , it's HIM, man!) graciously produced an autograph that could one day be worth hundreds, perhaps even thousands of dollars -- if he ever actually does make something of himself.

Meanwhile, I grabbed the camera and captured the mome

Should We Use Brochures for Marketing?
Yes, brochures are good marketing materials. The brochures should be designed very well. It should be eye catchy. An experienced graphic designer and marketing professional can provide great ideas for designing an attractive brochure. A brochure is usually printed in both the sides and folded. Most of the companies use brochures to market their products and services.If you go to any event you get lots of brochures. These brochures are printed in normal or glossy paper. Brochures are used to promote products and services, so the text and graphics should attract the people. A brochure creates an identity so the design should be very good. The front page of the brochure should be simple and the corporate logo should be incorporated.Some useful tips for brochure designing:1) The headlines should be short and catchy. 2) The headlines should attract the target audience. Suppose if you are targeting children, include “Favorite cartoon characters”.

You know me. I tell only the truth in my stories. (Mostly.) So maybe this once I told a big lie, just so I could tell an even better story that's actually true (mostly.) Was it worth the sacrifice of my very soul? You decide.

Jim Ottea and I had been cruising through Colorado for several days, he on his Yamaha FJR, me on my BMW K1200LT. After almost two weeks on the road, the trip was nearly over, but the fun was not. As far as we're concerned, it's not over 'til it's over. People have been hurt trying to prove us wrong.

We'd been laying our bikes down low enough to kiss the pavement up near Telluride, traveling from Silverton to a little town called Ouray (pronounced "OO-ray") where the cutbacks are sweet and the drop-offs are steep. The roads were so fine we spent two days on them, staying more than one night in a nearby town so we could play on Highway 550 again and again.

Winding down into Ouray on our last day in the neighborhood, I rolled out of the final hairpin and pulled up next to Jim on a road-side pull-off, with Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gada-Da-Vida blasting out of the speakers on the Beemer.

"How many times have you listened to that record?" Jim asked, possibly annoyed for having heard it blaring at the last 3 or 4 stops. (I'm also not sure he was completely comfortable with my wanting to play my ABBA CD whenever we'd pull up near Harley guys in their leathers and do-rags.)

"About seven," I answered, "I just found it this morning in my CD case. Pretty nice stuff, huh? Ever hear this song?"

Jim snorted, and I continued, "The drum solo alone is good for 20 miles, even on these winding roads." I cranked it up a little more for his listening enjoyment, just in time for the song's big finish.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he winced, obviously jealous of my six-cd-changer. I shrugged, and we pulled back onto the highway and out of town, headed toward Gunnison and points east - the general direction of home, although neither of us wanted to face that ugly fact, not yet.

The next day we were on our way to raft the Royal Gorge, although we didn't realize we were on our way to raft it, for conceptually, that adventure hadn't yet occurred to us. We pulled into a little park where the Arkansas River storms past a wooden deck overlooking the water. On the platform stood a kid about 20 years old, snapping pictures of the white water rafters as they splashed along in the rapids below (to sell at outrageous prices when they returned to the rafting company's headquarters.)

While Jim went back to his motorcycle, undoubtedly to see where he might be able to mount a six-cd-changer and 8-speaker sound system on an FJR, the young man and I chatted about his job and his cameras, about life in general and about nothing in particular,

"Hey," the kid said to me, out of Jim's hearing, "Anyone ever tell your friend he looks like a rock star?"

I leaned back against the railing, taking in the full warmth of the sun, and replied with nonchalance, "Funny you should mention that. Which one do you think he looks like?"

I already knew where I was going with this. I am the Bad Ted, and this was just too easy.

"Well, I'm not sure, but he looks familiar. He just looks like some rock star I might have seen somewhere."

"Someone recently said he looks like Keith Richards," I suggested. "You think?"

"Wow, yeah," the kid agreed, animated now. "Hey," he added, more hopeful than doubtful, "He's not, is he? Keith Richards?"

"Nah," I laughed. "But..." I drew it out as if I was hesitant to reveal A Really Big Secret, then relented.

"Ever heard of a band called Iron Butterfly?"

"Yeah...?" ("C'mon," his eyes pleaded, "you're going to tell me he's someone really cool, aren't you?! I KNEW it!")

"Ever heard of a song called In-A-Gada-Da-Vida?"

"Yeah!"

"Jim played the drum solo on that song," I confessed, with dramatic reluctance. "That's Jim Ottea, man. That's HIM!"

"No shit? WOW! Hey, I play drums, too."

"Ask him for his autograph when he gets back, he'll be glad to give it to you."

About this time, Jim came strolling back along the wooden pier, and as he approached, I announced, "Jim, I told this guy you played the drum solo for Iron Butterfly on In-A-Gada-Da-Vida. Think he wants your autograph."

We locked eyes. Jim gave me a look of disbelief -- poor guy, he has a little trouble overcoming his own, deeply ingrained senses of honesty and justice and right.

"You gotta be kidding me," his piercing eyes accused. "Nope, not kidding," my conspiratorial wink replied, "You're in on this, like it or not."

"Sign an autograph for this guy," I coaxed aloud, "He's a drummer, too."

Then I explained to the kid, "Jim's embarrassed about that drum solo. Thinks it's immature and childish, now. But believe me," I assured him, "you can still learn a lot about rock 'n roll drumming from that classic In-A-Gada-Da-Vida drum solo."

I don't know if that is true or not, I'm not a drummer -- but to my credit, I thought perhaps it could be true when I said it.

The aspiring drummer produced paper and pen and even a clipboard, not believing his fine fortune on that happy day.

Meanwhile, I grabbed the camera and captured the momen

Article Wriing: How Can I Write from the Heart If I Use an Article Writing Template
Q: You talk about writing from your heart and your natural knowledge of your niche and yet you sell article writing templates. How can you write from the heart if you are using an article writing template?A: What a great question!The simple answer is:quite easily!Allow me to elaborate. The purpose of an article writing template is to provide you with a structure that allows you to write quickly and easily. An article writing template does not provide you with the content for an article.It's your job to provide the content, and I strongly suggest writing from the heart. Writing from the heart has several advantages: You are much more likely to write like you talk when you write from the heart. Writing like you talk is very appealing to the reader. The more you write from the heart, the more your readers are going to grow to know, like and trust you. When you write from the heart, you

annoyed for having heard it blaring at the last 3 or 4 stops. (I'm also not sure he was completely comfortable with my wanting to play my ABBA CD whenever we'd pull up near Harley guys in their leathers and do-rags.)