The Albrecht Advantage -August 1, 2014

Coach's Corner

by Fred Albrecht

I am energized, I am charged! Just back from the Proforma Albrecht convention and I am super charged. Why? It was invigorating to see our awesome sales reps and friends. We enjoyed 4 days together in a beautiful resort. We spent the time recharging our batteries and learning about the latest and greatest technology available to us from our great suppliers to bring new ideas to our customers. We spent 4 days sharing our experiences, our victories and our defeats. Together, we will take our sales BEYOND in 2014. If you need a reminder of the energy during that event, go ahead "make my day" - play my "Charged Video". It is my new "Good Morning Alarm Clock".

Charged!

Seriously, if you missed the convention for any reason, we are so sorry we missed you. We have included a quick recap compliments of our Proforma Marketing Department. Look who made the front cover, our very own Peggy and Don Johns. We will be rolling our more details and more great features of the entire event, very soon.

So the number 1 question we always get usually on the way home from our meeting, when and where is next years?

Well, here you go, mark your calendars, save the date and don't miss out on the fun and excitement of next year's Proforma Albrecht convention at Shingle Creek Resort in beautiful Orlando Florida. July 19 - 22. Yes, if you plan to come, you might as well come early in the day on July 19th and plan to leave after 6:00 PM on the 22nd or even take an extra day and leave on the 23rd.

Since a few left early and may have missed the Farewell Party at Austin Ranch, here is a glimpse of the fun you missed as our very own Cory Short accepted the challenge and participated in and WON first place in the Armadillo races. Check out the video!

Cory Wins the Armadillo Races!

Proforma Albrecht Convention, Sales Meeting and 2014 Awards Celebration, July 19-22 2015 Orlando Florida!

Get Charged!

Fred

PS. I have placed "Charged Buttons" through out the office, every time we get an order valued at $5,000.00 or more, the Charge is sounded, let me hear the music!

Proforma Convention Wrap-up 2014

Hi Fred and Suzette,

First of all I want to thank both of you and the Albrecht team for making this convention such an educational and exciting event. I'm only sorry I haven't attended these in the past. It really was an eye opener for me and I'm now trying to sort things out.

Thanks again Fred and Suzette for this wonderful event. It was fabulous!!!!

Best,

Bob Sanzenbacher

A record-breaking 850 Owners, Sales Representatives and special guests experienced more than 90 educational sessions, interactive panels and personalized sales training with Master Sales Trainer Eric Lofholm, as they learned how to get BEYOND where they are today in their businesses at the 2014 Proforma Convention!

Click the image to see highlights from another successful Convention!

A Great thanks to Teresa Ratterman and Alicia Patrick from Jo Puckett - Albrecht Team Saves the Day!

Fred, while we are giving credit, I want to tell you what happened yesterday. Hit was to deliver an order yesterday for a Safety meeting for Georgia Power in Macon Ga. The order was going to customer in Atlanta to drive it to Macon and be there by 9 o'clock. Hit did not get the order out when requested so it was not going to deliver until sometime today. Teresa was on the phone with Hit and UPS off and on for most of the day trying to come up with something. She finally got UPS to let customer pick up this morning at 8 o'clock. This would not really work because it is 95 miles from the UPS Hub to Macon.

We then went to plan B. By this time it is 2:30, so we decided we needed someone to do a new order and get it there Red by this am. We tried every vendor that we thought Albrecht would have any "big" pull with and no luck. Now it is 3:45 and we get Alicia involved to help us. She tried a couple of Vendors with no luck and then she called Innovation-line. Michell Abby and Andri Magellanz said no problem, we can handle it. The order was put in at 4:27 and arrived in Macon at 9:00 am this morning in time for the meeting. What Great service and how Special Teresa takes care of me. A big Thanks to Alicia for jumping right in to save the day. We have an Awesome Team at Albrecht and I am so lucky to be a part of it.

A very Thankful Rep

Campaign Updates

Attached is this week's Albrecht Advantage Support Center update featuring the September Sales Automation program.

Please click on the image for a full size PDF with links to the website information pages.

Up Close & Personal

My grandson Tyler went to the KY Speedway yesterday to do his ride along which was part of his Christmas gift - it was so much fun!!!

I won't bore you with all of the photos but wanted to show these two. The second one is him in the car going over the finish line. What an awesome day.

I LOVE to create memories!
Cindy Hite

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New from Norwood!

Hello, I hope all is well and you all have returned safely from Texas! Thank you again for including Norwood & BIC in your awards night. Every detail was perfect and we greatly enjoyed the entire evening. I greatly appreciate the wonderful and beautiful award!

Please see attached an electronic presentation created to display the new Leatherman Items added to the Norwood Family.

Also visit www.norwood.com to view our 2014 Gift Guide, New Mid-Year Product Introductions (that include more than 150 plus items) & Newly Added Closeout Items!

Thank You

Regina P Harrington

Account Manager Northern OH & Michigan

Click the image for a full size pdf.

If you would like to review any of our past issues, we now have them archived.
Click Here for the archive page.

Fred Albrecht

513-753-2580

Proforma Albrecht & Co.

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