The 6 years leading up to my discovery of the truth behind Kasp had been a pretty rough ride. All of the Board of Directors had become increasingly and openly hostile to its most successful sales people. Why was this? Well, there are a variety of reasons but I suspect the main one was simple jealousy. I and my fellow agents were able to achieve a level of sales that others could not.
Category: My Previous Business
The REAL Story behind Kasp Security
So, just to briefly recap from the previous post, the timeline was as follows:
Sep 2005 – we were officially informed by our Managing Director that Abus had decided after 40 years to end our sole supply agreement, and would now also supply 2 of our competitors. This had “come out of the blue” and was “completely the fault of Abus”.
Why I Dumped a Profitable Business to go Online – Part 3
If you are selling a product, whether that is face to face as I was for 22 years, or from a web site, a newpaper advert, etc the most important thing that you as a seller have is your integrity. Yes the product needs to be a quality one, the price needs to be acceptable, but if your potential buyer doesn’t trust you, then you don’t have a business. You may get the odd sale here and there, but this is not a formula for a successful long term business.
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Why I Dumped a Profitable Business to go Online – Part 2
The main reason for deciding to sell the business was of course financial. If you see your business earnings dropping by almost 75% over 5 or 6 years, then it’s fair to see there is a trend appearing there. I am a great believer in keeping things simple, the simplest description I have ever seen of how to successfully sell a product is…. Continue reading “Why I Dumped a Profitable Business to go Online – Part 2”
Why I Dumped a Profitable Business to go Online – Part 1
Before I get into the real aim of this blog, which is to give you a “live” or almost live commentary on my quest to make an online living starting from zero, let me firstly give you some more detailed background about my former business. This is so you can get to know me a little better and understand where I am coming from. Rather than have one long post I’ll divide this into a few parts to make it easier to read. Don’t worry – there won’t be too many parts until we get to the interesting and for you, more relevant parts.
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