Bill Guertin | 800 Pound Gorilla Blog on SalesGravy.com

It’s five years from today. Five years into the future.

On that morning five years from now, you‘ll wake up with the help of an ear implant that doesn’t disturb anyone else; take a shower with an antiterrorist body wash that wards off microbes of mass destruction; get into your 100 percent electric, nonpolluting car; and pull into your office or workplace drinking coffee from a reusable cup that knows how many times you’ve reused it and credits you automatically at the convenience mart the next time you stop in.

Pretty cool, eh?

What’s happened in the future is that the 800-Pound Gorillas of the world have taken action to make these new products successful. They were the companies that created the innovations, saw the market potential, and did what needed to be done to bring them to life. They were the salespeople in those companies who took the products, identified the markets, created the sales plans, and went out and made it happen. By their efforts, they made our lives a little easier, our planet a little more livable; and they made a few dollars doing it.

Will you be one of them?

From the book: The 800 Pound Gorilla of Sales – How To Dominate Your Market by Bill Guertin, the 800PoundGorilla. Copies available at Amazon.com by clicking here.

And to think I almost didn’t go.

I was going to meet a friend at a ball game while I was in his town, but he didn’t acknowledge my E-mail, and I was embarrassed to ask him again. I almost went to the game without him, but just on a last-minute whim, called him just as I was entering the ballpark.

He came down, we had great seats, and we enjoyed a great time together. We told stories, shared similar goings-on in our lives, and truly enjoyed each other’s company.

What are you putting off because you’re chicken?

Don’t miss an opportunity to do something great for others and yourself.   DO IT.

You’ll be grateful you did.