REP TALK is a personal resource for independent reps, their distributors and their principals.  You will find management tips (how can a rep make more money and make his principals look good! – and vice versa); operation tips (how to make things run smoothly); and special material for those who are not certain how well they really work with reps — or distributors — or principals, as the case may be.

The operation will be based upon over 25 years experience as a rep owner/manager; 7 years an ERA Chapter Office Manager; a working blog, which will provide us a ready means of exchange; and personal desire by the author, Bob Parsons to give something back to a business that was very good to him.

• A “ready exchange” can be defined as (1) a response to posts in the blog or (2) communications in personal media [LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc] and (3) the ultimate contact, telephone and face-to-face interviews.
• We need to know what you think about subjects of interest and give you an accounting of how you stack up against your peers.  We’ll look for regional differences.  How do things in New England compare to, say, Chicagoland.  We will mostly keep everything anonymous, unless the addition of a name will add something to the value of the article – and/or we have written permission to use it.

And, we’ll try to put out information that may be of immediate interest — links that will reach other, perhaps even opposing views. As time passes, objectives will become clearer.  We have enjoyed the association with this unique group of people for a great many years and it looks like we’ll continue to do so, via the internet.  Rep Talk will continue to be the focus of our lives, substituting for work – which, it turns out, may have been life’s focal point all along.

• Don’t laugh.  There are a lot of us out here who can’t spend days playing golf or (God forbid!) watching television.  Further, there are limits as to how often one can wash their car and/or tend to a garden.

We have a few technical steps to take.  There are techniques we must use to get answers from you all while protecting your privacy.  So bear with us while we pass along some of these tricks and get some interesting feedback at the same time.

424 So. Monroe St.,
San Jose, CA 95128
408-246-4582
rparsons@reptalk.com
www.reptalk.com