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  1. Shonuff

    Marvel Universe Stuff

    One can only hope.
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    fixed that for you Shepard took Victor's position as slot receiver.
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    The Flash

    You guys complain about weird stuff.
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    Victor Cruz has been cut :(.
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    Supergirl

    This show is better since moving to CW. Mr Mxyzptlk anyone?
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    Is Netflix Considering A Revival Of 'Young Justice?'

    Young Justice Season 3 Is Finally Happening, Here's What We Know - CINEMABLEND
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    DC's Legends of Tomorrow

    This season is way better than last season. We met Rory at ComicCon last year, and I wanted to ask him WTF.
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    Home Theater/Game Room Thread

    I bought a soundbar for 1k for my bedroom last year. I promptly returned it and installed a 5.1 system. There literally was no seperation in sound. It sounded just like sound coming from a center speaker only. I've been reading reviews and listening to the hype that soundbar tech has gotten...
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    Your Team Declarations...

    Yes, you agree with me that I've been a fan at least since the 3rd Super Bowl. I was a fan before we won the first (yes, I'm that old).
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    I've spent so long in sales, that when I'm buying something, I can be pretty short. They try to get me to start agreeing with them, or they try to build rapport, and I LOL. I tell them if we are such buddies they can buy me a drink later on that night. No one that has ever sold me anything...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    A successful car dealer once told me that you have to be like a chameleon. 95% of the people want to talk. The other 5 are tapping their foot impatiently the whole time. You really have to be paying attention to their verbal and non-verbal cues. Alot of times, the ones that are impatient...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    One thing I've learned after 20 years in sales, if you didn't close the customer, you didn't make a connection with them. The company I was in, I managed about 1,000 salespeople. We did survey data. Lo and behold, the guys with the lowest close rates were the guys with the lowest scores on...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    But it's all about rapport. I remember when I started in my business, and was getting trained by the seller on how to run estimates. Ironically, we were running an estimate for a car dealer and his wife at their gated estate. The wife had a bunch of work going on around the house. I asked...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    I did like the other 80% I sold for my employer. If I didn't sell it, someone else would have been in my spot. And who am I to judge who likes what? Some people like apples and some like oranges. Part and parcel to sales is "putting lipstick on that pig." It's your job. I remember when I...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    Actually, when I close a big deal, it makes my dick hard. I imagine that it's like going to a bar trying to pick up some pussy. The bigger the deal, the longer and harder they want me to give it to them. Smaller deals are them allowing me just a quicky. When I close a day's worth of work...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    If you can't get excite about your product, get excited about your commission. Or find a product you believe in.
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    You are correct. If you love the product, it's infectious. If you don't, it shows and they don't buy. When I run bids, I tell people how many times other companies tried to get me to buy them. Since I bought one of them out, they all think I've got too much money. And every time they wanted...
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    Your Team Declarations...

    Do you remember me posting after they went 6-10 two years in a row?
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    Dealership style only works if you are dealing with a short sales cycle. Most people buy a car within two weeks of visiting their first dealership. So dealers can't let you leave, because they know they are losing a sale. Also, it only works if people expect that from your industry. I'm very...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    My employer paid for me to complete several different Dale Carnegie classes ("How to Win Friends and Influence People"). Zig Ziglar is also a good read. And I always asked for tips from the guys who were doing well. I made it a point of grilling anyone that was making six figures in sales at...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    I also did fuckton of sales training when I got out of college, to help me close. It's funny, I have the best close rate of everyone in my company, and they are all White, and I'm Black. When I ring their doorbell, if they can't see my uniform, they think I'm trying to break in. I still close...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    It takes time and thought. When I had a Manager and Secretary in place, all I did was plan things out. I wasn't visiting customers non-stop like I am now. I spent two solid days going over our selling points with a professional graphics company. I have a laser printed brochure on my company...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    I'm usually the highest price guy in the area. If someone is calling ten companies, including us, we are usually at the top. Yet I close 50% of every customer I talk to. I've developed a sales process over the last few years, that has worked. When I say I close 50%, that's either from being...
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    We are booked until March, so I believe it's safe to call it. We aren't losing our asses this Winter. In mid-March, everyone comes back into the market again. If I could go back with my knowledge of marketing now, my life would be entirely different. We lost $1,500 in this past December and...
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    Your Team Declarations...

    How do you some of you guys justify having two NFL teams at once?
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    The kids went to bed when the score was 28-3 halfway through the third. My son (who is barely six) predicted the Falcons would win. He was shocked to hear the outcome this morning. "They only had three points!," he said. He then asked if they cheated ROFLMAO.
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    Your Team Declarations...

    Apparently you don't know the difference, as you've accused me of being both for the same team in the last month. You just post any stupid shit that comes to your mind.
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    NFL 2017 Offseason - Where does Romo go?

    Hopefully no one feels bad for TO. He was a cancer everywhere he went.
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    Your Team Declarations...

    You'd have a point, if the Longhorns and Knicks were any good the last few seasons. If I was a bandwagoner, I sure as hell wouldn't be a Knicks fan. They've had like two winning seasons since 2000. But keep trying.
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    Your Team Declarations...

    If you are going to keep trolling, I'll just stop responding to you.
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    NFL Postseason 2017 - Where Romo Gets His Ring

    I agree partially, but it was still crazy to see the Pats come back like that.
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    Your Team Declarations...

    Disingenuous of you to only link my posts in the good years. Post some of them from the bad years since 2005.
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    Your Team Declarations...

    There have been plenty of calls of questioning people's fanhood on here lately. This is a valid thread. I was reading up on Brahma getting trashed over not being a Pats fan. I remember from FOH, he was a Pats fan then. That's just one example of many.
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    NFL Postseason 2017 - Where Romo Gets His Ring

    LOL at Robert Kraft taking a shot at Goodell while he was still on the podium.
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    Your Team Declarations...

    Since everyone says "bandwagon" all of the time, post yours here. When they change, let us know. I lived 20 miles South of NYC for the longest part of my life. My team allegiances have always been these teams. Barring unforeseen circumstances (like zombie apocalypse), it will be the...
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    NFL Postseason 2017 - Where Romo Gets His Ring

    What just happened?
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    NFL Postseason 2017 - Where Romo Gets His Ring

    They've been crowning Tom Brady as GOAT all day. Go Falcons!
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    Crew leaders manage the site. I need a guy who can float, like I do. 95% of my time is spent bidding jobs. When Spring hits, there will get busy enough to require two guys bidding jobs full time. The previous owner used to do it all, but he was logging 100 hours a week. No thanks.
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    He had his scans done that night and they were cleared. I hear you, though.
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    Adventures with Lyrical: Buying a Business (REPOST)

    It was multiple stories he's told me over the last few months, that when all put together make sense. And yeah, I'm apt to believe the guy, because I want to. Everybody loves him here. I'll consider getting a Doctor's note.