Hi Everyone. What a marvelous day I had again. We had blue skies the whole day. Hopefully weather wise we have turned the tide with winter. Not that winter was extremely cold anyway. I won’t put my life on it, but I surely hold thumbs for it.
I am back home after two really awesome days. Yesterday I was in Nelson and today in Blenheim. A town 110km from Nelson. Business wise today was in weather terms miserable. Blenheim hospital is also like Nelson a place where I am busy with a similar product trial and the feedback from the charge nurse was not what I wanted to hear. Some of the concerns she raised I had not experienced with other customers. There could be two reasons behind it. It could be due the fact that I was not allowed to do in-service training. Not that the product is highly technical, but there are some gems I could have shared. The in-service also provides a way of building trust and rapport with the end users. So I never had a opportunity to do that. The other could be that some of their objections are valid. I did ask whether I could speak to the relevant nurses, but the manager thought it was unnecessary. How in the world can I handle objections if I can’t even speak to the people. My plan of action is to type the manager a very friendly and assertive email to explain my frustration with the way the trial has been handled. How can a salesman not do training on his product and then expect a positive outcome?
Socially the weekend is still very much open. Friday eve will be spent at home doing some admin and the normal washing and ironing chores. Saturday I will make use of the fair weather by being outside somewhere. Sunday I will get together with the friends. We have not decided whether we are going to get up 3am Sunday morning to watch the Boks and Scotland. Might not be wort it, the way the Boks play.
I have included some more photos of my trip.
The ferry terminal in Picton
More at Picton
Hallo! Arriving at Blenheim Hospital
The hospital…
Beautiful park in Blenheim
One more photo of the park
Wietzke het gesê,
Augustus 31, 2007 at 2:30 vm
Good day!
Picton and Blenheim are realy beautiful!Again I am struck by the beautiful and CLEAN parks….I just love flowers and gardens!!Just as my and your mom’s!
Must also say that you look VERY professional in your work clothes!As they say,dressed for success!!Keep up the hard work and show them how we South Africans can work and sell!
All of the best!
Wietzke