Regardless of business or personal, relationships are how things get done and impressions go a long way in that regard.
Need more business? Forget golf or country clubs or all that jazz; you have to build relationships. And a key part of that relationship building is impressions.
Take your client out to dinner. Always, order too much food even at expensive restaurants. If all the food gets eaten, then you failed. An empty dinner table means someone left the table hungry and you didn’t impress. But then, everyone knows that, so everyone knows you will do it and it’s not as impressive as you would like it to be.
Buy a new suit. Cost is no issue. Buy a $500 (3,500 RMB) Armani suit. It looks good and sure to impress. But then it gets so hot here you want to take off your jacket and that means removing your tie, and at that point you might as well take off your shirt and that never impresses. So unless your client is going to see you for only the first 20 minutes, well then maybe that suit wasn’t such a good idea after all.
So what to do?
About all that the only thing left is getting the best ride you can find to impress your client. So go for the transportation.
No not this one.
Get a car.
Not just any car, you will need THE car.
Sure, anyone can get an Audi A6, that CL Class Mercedes or possibly you have been wanting that full size Hummer (gas prices are for wimps) ...
But what really catches the attention of even the most discriminating of clients just might be the BMW M6. Nothing says engineering like a finely tuned German Automobile.
Or does it?
If all else fails and you have to stay one step ahead of the competition, I suggest you follow the Olympic Spirit and go for the gold … maybe just go red.
Nothing, and I mean nothing, says I want that all important relationship with you unless I can impress with the car of cars.
Buy a Ferrari. 
Is this China??
5 comments:
ok. I found an information here that i want to look for.
OK I have been there where are finding these cars .........Nice Ride is that what we will be driving to work?
Ok S'Mitch - thanks for that. Susan happens to be sitting beside me (a once-per-year father-daughter visit) and immediately decided that this was your company car.
I'm in the process now of digitizing the 1993-94 videos from Nantong... you are going to love it.
Who the heck is "buy stocks" - now you're getting spam posted to your blog???!!!
S.
Listen, if its not Olympic stuff for the next 2 weeks, I’m not reading it!
Bill D
Bill - I at least added an Olympic comment! That should be good enough.
...Mitchell
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