The 7th Sales-MarketingGroup Annual Member Gathering

Good evening everybody!

Finally I have time uploading video from Pak Stephanus and Pak Alwyn welcoming Sales-MarketingGroup's 7th Annual Member Gathering on 23 March 2013. It's a pity Pak Stephanus' video did not reach me before the event because of internet connection problem in Ayer Island where he had his company gathering with Pak Alwyn Emmanuel. Pak Alwyn has sent his own greetings video for Sales-MarketingGroup member gathering on 22 March 2013. Pak Stephanus has resent his video on 25 March 2013.

Please watch the video from Pak Stephanus Kurnianto. 

The 7th Sales-MarketingGroup Annual Member Gathering

Dear Pak Budi,

It's a pity you couldn't come to the gathering yesterday... Everybody enjoyed the moment Pak. Hope we could see you in next year gathering... Anyhow, long time no news from you Pak.. Please share on-line...

Dear Pak Prasen,

Yes, hope to see you next year. Your presence will enrich our off-line forum. I remember how wonderful our friends welcoming you in our gathering at MU Cafe, Jakarta, two years ago...

Dear Pak Ashish,

Thanks for sending email during our event today. It's a pity I was so busy with the event that did not take too much attention on the content of each email coming to my inbox. I just informed to the gathering participants that our two friends from India - You and Pak Prasen - have sent email today related to our event. Thanks for the email. I hope everybody who could receive emails on their mobile phone have read your email yesterday during the gathering time.

It's okay with the video recording. No problem. I played our friend's video recording - Alwyn - during the opening of gathering... He canceled attending the event because of his office's program hold at the same time.

Last year we failed doing video call, Hopefully next year we will have a better place for gathering with good internet connection so that we can do Skyping. I am imagining how interactive session we will have with that idea. We did the same thing in 2011 for our friend Maria in Japan. Now she lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.

So, again, thanks for the attention on the event. Hope to see on-line more frequently...


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The 7th Sales-MarketingGroup Annual Member Gathering

I'd like to thank you very much for the gathering participants who came to our event "The 7th Annual Sales-MarketingGroup Member Gathering" at Palem Cafe, SOGO, Central Park, West Jakarta, yesterday 23 March 2013: Priyalinov, Stephen Kurnia, Paula Koeswaningsih, Selamat Sunaryo, Chandra Irawan, H. Suwandi Sunaryo, Jonathan Sofian, Rudy B. Tjahjadi, Edhi Tjahjadi, Henry Sulistyo, Agung Setyanto, and our new friend: Bintang.

We missed our friends who have registered but could not attend the event: Fajar Adibowo, Alwyn Immanuel,  Santi, Stephanus Kurnianto, Emanuel Setio Dewo. Other registered participants did not come without news...

Thank you Pak Alwyn for sending video recording to say hello to gathering participants. Thank Pak Ashish for sending email to be read at the event. Thank Pak Prasen and Pak Budi Djunaedy for emailing us telling their regret for not being able to join the great event.

Thank PT. Bintang Toedjoe for sponsoring the event with its new product: NITROS. It's a pity the main sharing about social media with interactive discussion were cancelled because of the absense of the sharer from NITROS. Anyhow, we had a very positive interaction as each member told his or her opinion on social media as well as their practices on using socmed for their business... We felt that the discussion has not finished yet... so, shall we continue the discussion in our "on-line" forum?

Thanks to our supporters who support us with valuable gifts and free samples: KALBE Group (Promag GAZERO, Fatigon C-Plus , KECC - Kalbe Ethical Customer Care, Nutrive BENECOL), Kokonut Suites Hotel, Metrodata, CAD Solusi Cetak, PT. KNT (Kharisma Nusantara Technology) and GudangListrik.com.

Last but not least, thanks to our Top 10 Contributors in 2012 who have make our forum alive: 1. Selamat Sunarjo, 2. Alwyn Emmanuel, 3. Harianto H. Wijaya, 4. Maria F. G. Putri, 5. Fajar Adiwibowo, 6. Stephen Kurnia, 7. Chandra Irawan, 8. Priyalinov, 9. Emanuel S. Dewo, 10. Dhayan Effendi.

Prizes has been given to 4 out of 10 winners who attended the gathering. Others will be sent directly to the winners.

The party is over. Let's continue our gathering on-line... and, see you in the next 12 months in our 2014 member gathering! We pray for Pak Fajar's baby, and hope Pak Dewo in healthier condition now...

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Zettai Ryouiki Ads...

Morning Friends,

Greetings from Jakarta!

This morning I was surprised to read this from yahoo:
Japanese Women Rent Their Legs to Advertisers, Give New Meaning To 'Your Ad Here.'

A unique marketing idea. And, ... as of November 2012, about 1,300 women have registered their legs to be part of ad campaigns with Absolute Territory PR, the publicity team behind the bizarre media blitz. In fact the name of the PR company, “Absolute Territory,” is a translation of the Japanese phrase “zettai ryouiki,” used to describe the area on a woman’s leg between the end of her skirt or short and the beginning of a thigh-high or knee-high stocking, a style that has been popularized by Japanese Anime and manga.

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Test Drive in Car Competition...

I just visited Central Park Mall in West Jakarta- where our gathering will take place next month - and enjoyed a test drive for Mazda CX-5. Last week was my first time testing drive a car, at the same mall but wwith different brand of car: Mitsubishi. I tested Pajero and Outlander. Wow!!! It's really a good experiencial marketing. People can test a product - seems like people tried biscuits or snacks at malls and finally buy if they like...

The car competition in Indonesia is quite tough in the last few years. Some global brands launch many types or series of cars to fullfil the demandd of each market segment. Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, Daihatsu, etc... even the European and American cars like Peugeot, Subaru, Chevrolet, Ford, etc...

Oh yeah, I saw Mini Cooper too at Central Park Mall today. Two weeks ago I saw Bently and some other luxuttious cars at Pacific Place Mall in Central Jakarta.

As customer, we can use the test drive to explore more features of the cars by asking to the sales person what the differences of those features compared to other cars in the same car category...

As salesperson... Don't forget to follow up the test drive by calling the prospects a few days later, otherwise they might buy the car from other sales persons or, the worse is ... from other manufacturer... or other brand!

Anyhow, have you experienced a test drive?

Enjoy weekend, enjoy test driving...

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Your BlackBerry PIN, Please...

Morning Friends,

Thank you very much for some of you who have sent BB PIN to me! It really an appreciation to as in a short time I have had so many contacts! Interestingly, I posted the same sharing to my facebook account and I got some PINs too there... 

I begins to enjoy using BB... Not for chatting for killing time, but for quicker communication with colleagues. The only constraint is the small size of the smartphones! Rather difficult typing on small keypad! Hehehe.. Maybe it is because I have been usig the bigger ones: Samsung Galaxy 7” and 10.1”....

Anyhow, those three smartphones enable me to communicate better with colleagues as well as family and relatives.

So, don’t be hesitate to PING! Me.....

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Your BlackBerry PIN, Please...

THIS MORNING I wrote:

Morning Friends...

Long time no share yaaa... Now, I feel better with my time. Not so crowded this morning, but will be too crowded soon today... haha... as I have at least two meeting agenda this morning and plan to go to Jakarta Innternational Expo for CPhI South East Asia 2013 exhibition...

What am I going to share? Hmmm... just a light sharing... It's about - as you might have known before - that I have finally used a BlackBerry! Finally! Since two weeks ago. It's unavoidable! What's my impression after using it? So far so good. It's really a smart gadget! I have to explore more to know more benefits of this products... not for selling products ... hahaha... (but selling is what my daughters do with BB!)

For the time being, my I ask you a favor? Could you please send private email to me mentioning your BB PIN? Then I will add you as my contacts... I will prioritize adding contacts from those I have met or contacted before. This effort is also a response to some of you who have asked my PIN before...

Enjoy BB!

Cheers,
Solomon
Writing using Galaxy Note for Sales-MarketingGroup...

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Career of the Day: General Manager Corporate

Position: General Manager Corporate. Company: Info Gading Group. Send application to: hrd_InfoGading@yahoo.com. Source: Kompas, 16 February 2013

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Career of the Day: Deputy Head of Sales

Position: Deputy Head of Sales. Company: PT. Tiga Raksa Satria, Tbk. Send application to: recruitment.tigaraksa@gmail.com. Source: Kompas, 9 February 2013

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Blackberry, Android, iOS...

Dear Pak Candra,

 

I do hope so Pak...

In fact, I have had a "new" BB. It was my daughter's BB before she bought a new one to replace the old one with LCD problem. I just repair the LCD and it looks like a new one.... As soon as I informed my colleagues about my BB, everybody said congratulations to me! Can you imagine all my superior and subordinates already equiped themselves with BB. My wife and two daughters too. So, everybody is happy because of one person have BB... Quite strange yach??? Hehehe...

The most sophisticated B is still in my radar Pak, hope one day I will have a better one...

A few years ago any people have more than one handphone: at least one is GSM, the other one is CDMA. Now, very possible more people have more than one smartphone: at least one is BB, the other one is android or iOS.

Interesting article:

http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2013/01/31/1512245/Senjata.Andalan.BlackBerry.10.Lawan.iOS.dan.Android?utm_source=WP&utm_medium=box&utm_campaign=Ktkwp

 

Interesting to see the war in smartphone.

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"Cash on Call" that disturbing...

Hi Gustavo in Argentina... thanks! Calling in the evening? It shows how tough the competition in selling bank's product: loan. I agree with you that it must have low percentage of success. My question is, why the bank allows its salespersons to call its prospects in inappropriate time?

I found an interesting article how a victim of a cold calling fought back and won! This is the link: click this. Different case, just to give idea how customers could defend their rights to be free of unwanted cold calls...

Wanna try? Who dares win... 

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"Cash on Call" that Disturbing...

I can't wait to write it now...

I just received a telephone call from a telemarketer of Permata Bank, offfering me "Cash on Call" program... that is a credit of cash amounting 50% of the credit limit I have in my Permata Bank credit card. At what time she called me? It was 9:00 pm! It was quite strange offering such thing at that time! So, less then one minute I politely said that I did not need the Permata Bank's offer. I could not accept such offering in the evening when we normally want to enjoy our relax time...

How come a telesalesperson offers such product in the evening? Not in office hours? Even, at late night?

I am not so sure whether anybody here have the same experience...

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Incentive (Reward) Tour for Sales Force

Dear Pak Selamat and Others,

Talking about our company's three-day incentive tour (reward tour) that was conducted last week in Singapore... hmmm actually our sales forces deserved it as they have shown their best contribution to the company last year. The Animal Health Division of PT. Kalbe Farma, Tbk., has been dramatically changed in the last three years. From minus growths in 2008 and 2009, to surplus positive growths in 2010, 2011 and 2012. And, 2012 is our best growth that everybody could not imagine before, even the Board of Directors. Now we are ready for our next giant steps to make our division bigger and bigger...

The interesting part of the incentive tour is that we never promised to our sales force that we would go to Singapore or other countries if we achive certain point of sales achievement in 2012. So, it's a really an appreciation to their best performance. They're all happy with the tour. I do hope this event could stimulate them for a better spirit and performance in 2013.

We visited the "traditional" places for tourists: Orchard Road, Chinatown and Bugis Street, and the new ones: Marina Bay Sand, Garden by the Bay and the Universal Studio. We stayed in Orchard Hotel and Michael Hotel, World Resort, Sentosa Island. A "Wow" experience for many of our sales force...

Incentive tour could one of the most effective tools to boost sales force motivation for their best sales performance...

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Floods Paralyzing Jakarta...

Dear Pak Priya, Pak Prasen and other colleagues,

I just read a news that Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo on Thursday placed the entire capital under emergency status following the massive flooding that paralyzed the city.

Here is the links to the news with a picture of bad flooding in central Jakarta:

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/jakarta-in-emergency-status-until-jan-27/566042

Other links related to Jakarta severe floods in Jakarta:

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/pages/newsletter/click.php?link=566178

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/jakarta/workers-race-to-repair-damaged-jakarta-dike-as-waters-rise-in-bogor/566152?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jgnewsletter

Yes, we do hope Jakarta will recover as soon as possible...

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