We asked the merchant with 17 locations, “What sounds better?” 17 merchant accounts, 17 daily deposits, 17 merchant statements, and days of confusing book keeping messes. Or, 1 merchant account, 1 daily deposit, 1 merchant statement, and simplified book keeping. All he could do was smile and sign paperwork. When we first spoke, scrambling to […]

We didn’t let him land the account. But why not, I can make huge residuals? Because the merchant is already with us – been here for about 6 months, someone else got there before you. (Inside information: The guy who missed the deal has been with us a lot longer than the guy who has […]

One more load a month from Europe to America was the tipping point that made him a wealthy man. While everyone else used the standard of checking their location and correcting every few hours, our captain ratcheted down to hourly and then every 15 minutes. Zigzagging was reduced, speed increased, time decreased, expenses decreased and […]

Coaching little league: When I bought last year’s equipment most of the gear was cheap, but I splurged on a rather expensive bat. It was $99.95 and it came with a video link on how to swing better, along with some other baseball playing tips. I thought I’d give it a test. The videos were […]