The President told me I should be happy paying taxes???

April 15, 2011

If everyone had to write checks on April 15, people would pay more attention to how much the government really takes from us. The government does not have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem.   Stop the spending, let us keep more of what we earn, and prosperity returns for everyone.  

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Get Customers Right Now

March 23, 2011

Last month I told you about Get Customers TV, the web TV that Jay and I are doing twice a month to highlight marketing strategies that retailers and main street businesses can use to generate new sales no matter what the economy. Today I am happy to announce that we have launched Get Customers Right [...]

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Get Customers TV!

February 17, 2011

The day has arrived when we are launching Get Customers TV, the best of the best customer acquisition strategies designed to get you customers right now.  We had a lot of fun with this and I hope you stop by and take a look www.GetCustomers.TV Three generations of Root’s all in one Web TV show.  [...]

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Cindi Williams from WHFA tells all about the all industry conference

February 3, 2011

Cindi Williams grimaces with the great deal she gives Mike… Mike Root interviewed Cindi Williams from the Western Home Furnishings Association about the upcoming all industry Home Furnishings Industry Conference. This is open to reps, retailers, designers, factory personnel, online retailers and any other suppliers to the home furnishings industry. It will be held April [...]

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Man on the Street Interview From Las Vegas Furniture Market

February 2, 2011

My fellow rep and friend Jeff Giagnocavo was kind enough to spend a couple of minutes during a recent furniture market telling me what he was hearing about the economy from his retail customers. Thanks Jeff

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Kevin Sauder’s Belief that Independent Reps ARE An Asset to a Manufacturer

January 18, 2011

Kevin Sauder’s Belief That Independent Furniture Reps Are An Asset to a Manufacturer In reading an excellent blog post on Furniture Today by Jim Green, (Reps and Breaking Ties article) I was reminded of an interview I did with Kevin Sauder, the third generation leader of Sauder Woodworking.  He leads a company that is one [...]

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My 7 Little Words for 2011

January 11, 2011

Today I want to tell you about a thought provoking blog post I read at www.ChrisBrogan.com.  In this particular post Chris suggested that the direction for the year can be guided by three words. I really liked the concept but as I began to narrow the words down I realized three words were not enough [...]

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The Big Goal Setting Question I Learned From A Funeral

December 28, 2010

Two months ago my father served as a pallbearer to a friend he’s known for 50 years.  Tomorrow he will repeat the process for another friend.  It’s sad to have close friends of my parents pass on.  These were people I knew since childhood, looked up to while growing up, respected for their business successes [...]

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It’s a Wonderful Life!

December 23, 2010

TV alert: this weekend It’s a Wonderful Life is on a couple of times. It’s one of my all time favorite Christmas movies.  It’s the story of a man who has big aspirations in his school years, but through fate of circumstances has to forego his dreams of conquering the world to help save the  [...]

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Notre Dame versus Army in Yankee Stadium

December 16, 2010

There is no more a storied football relationship than Notre Dame versus Army.  In the early days of college football both teams had tremedous respect of the nation and many a time in the early part of the 20th century, these two were top tier and battling for number one.  Over the last years each [...]

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