Phone Sales: 6 Tips for Success

Phone Sales: 6 Tips for Success

A career in sales isn’t easy. If it was, everyone would be doing it. And despite technological advances in communication, including web chats and -email, selling over the phone is still the No. 1 method of selling in many industries. There’s an art to...
Picnic Pops: 5 Tips to Know Before You Go

Picnic Pops: 5 Tips to Know Before You Go

If you live near Grand Rapids and have never been to Picnic Pops at Cannonsburg Ski Area, you’ve probably at least heard of it on the radio, while in the check out lane at D&W, or from your great Aunt Sally. If you’ve heard of it but don’t really...
5 Reasons Why I Love Kids’ Baseball

5 Reasons Why I Love Kids’ Baseball

This weekend, my 11-year-old son’s baseball team won their final tournament of the season. The weather was beautiful, our hotel was great, and my son got a double and a made a nice catch in the outfield. It was one of those Michigan summer weekends that you just...
The Stupid Sh!t Bosses Say

The Stupid Sh!t Bosses Say

I’ve been pretty fortunate to have worked for some great people over the years, and I’ve definitely learned something from every single one of them—even the seventy-something woman at one of my first jobs out of college, who chain-smoked nonfilter Pall...