Are you invisible to your customers?

I knew a man, Stan that did his advertising by just going door to door and saying “hello” and leaving his number in the hands of his potential client. Stan was very successful at this type of work. He made a good living for him and his family, putting his kids though college and set up a meager retirement for him and his wife. Stan started working on his business at the age of 18 and retired at 67. (49 years if you are doing the math.) This was longer than he was married! Knowing he was happy with his lot in life I asked him if he would do anything different.

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