by John Frenaye
Monday July 06, 2015

Independence Day has come and gone, and now we are looking down the barrel of the second half of the year. It’s halftime, if you will; and a perfect time to take a minute to look at what went well the first half of the year and what needs to be adjusted to make sure the second half performs as planned to make your goals.

In a football game, the coaches take the 15 minutes at halftime to formulate the next 30 minutes of play and so should you.

New Orleans is where I first read the four words in today’s title, and they immediately caught my attention. I was waiting for a flight to Atlanta while reading the Sunday edition of The Times – Picayune, wondering what the heck a "Po' boy" was on the breakfast menu.

Refuse to be bored read the headline.

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by Richard Earls
Sunday July 05, 2015

Recently, I was speaking to a colleague about a new sales person he had just employed. The sales person was complaining the company did not have a  presentation brochure. If only the company would produce a professional presentation, the sales person assured his boss, the sales would come flying through the door. My friend wanted to know what I thought, and I told him.

I told him he needed to better train his new sales person.

I've said before that sales and marketing knowledge will surpass product knowledge in a few short years in the travel industry. The best travel consultants of tomorrow, the ones earning six figure commissions, will be professional sales…