Hello all you busy sales associates. I wanted to let you all know we have a new website with some new functionality. Here are some of the highlights of what our new site can do.

1) The New Page is Easy to Update: this is important because in the past we had to manually code the page any time we wanted to make a simple update this was a lot of work and resulted in fewer posts. So now you can expect to get updates very regularly we expect to have at least one post a week, and we hope you make this one of your permanent resource in your toolbox of sales ideas.

2) New Post Comments Area: Beneath each Blog Post is now an area where YOU can get involved in the discussion, if you like what we have to say we want to hear your input, and if you have constructive criticism we are more then welcome to a different perspective all we ask is that you keep it respectful.

3) New information request form: We are in the process of adding a data gathering form so we can better understand your needs and give you the information you need to make that extra sale. This form will be primarily used to determine what you want to see on the site, and in addition there will be occasional drawings and giveaways to those who fill out the form. We may occasionally use this to send out an e-mail to those who are interested but as always you can opt out of receiving these updates from the watercooler.

4) New Product Spotlight Segments: Once a month we plan to have a post devoted to an in depth look at one of our best selling Products. This will take several perspectives on the product and give you several scenarios for how you can market it to your customer.

5) New Blog Post Ideas: We are throwing around a few other ideas for what we might post in the future and a few of these may include:

• Tales From The Sales Office - Humorous or amusing stories from Sales Associates.
• Tips and Tricks - Quick and easy ways to make your Job or just your life easier.
• Top Notch Sales Techniques - Sales Techniques we have found work time and time again.
• Guest Blog Post - We hope to have people send in their submissions for any of these areas.

6) New RSS Feed: I am a little new to how RSS works but what I can tell you is it is a new way to gather news from across the web using a news reader this way you can get updates from Bob's Watercooler without even stopping by the site, all you have to do is get a news reader and upload our feed to it. Here is a link to the RSS wikipedia page that tells all about RSS Feeds and how to use them.

Our hope is that with this new functionality and our new stance on making this site an Entertaining and Informative resource for the distributor we will be able to make this a community where we can all grow our business together and have some fun while we are at it.

Just Remember Nothing happens in this economy until the Salesman makes that sale.  So Get out there and Get to work!

-Randall