elf, "what in the hell do we managers have to do with sales?" I thought this because I knew that we didn't execute the 'blueprint' the way we were supposed to. You know the training, up selling, etc., and we didn't have the best serving crew the world had ever seen. SoThe title of this article has to be one of the most obvious statements ever uttered, but that makes it no less true. Because if customers can't be converted into sales, you obviously won't make any money. It doesn't matter what type of product you're trying to sell or what business you're in, converting customers into sales is a key to success.

For example, I know for a fact that having a great looking website means nothing if you can't convert visitors to that website into sales of some sort. Now those sales don't necessarily have to be dollars spent at that moment on goods or services, the 'sales' could be helping people find what they're looking for through the use of ads. The point is that there has to be some sort of sales or your business comes to a halt.

I spent about five years of my life as a bar manager for a fairly well known casual dining restaurant. I remember one time, when I was fairly new to the game, the owner came in and shook my hand and said to me, "You guys are doing a great job with sales, keep up the good work." And I thought to myself, "what in the hell do we managers have to do with sales?" I thought this because I knew that we didn't execute the 'blueprint' the way we were supposed to. You know the training, up selling, etc., and we didn't have the best serving crew the world had ever seen. So

hat business you're in, converting customers into sales is a key to success.

For example, I know for a fact that having a great looking website means nothing if you can't convert visitors to that website into sales of some sort. Now those sales don't necessarily have to be dollars spent at that moment on goods or services, the 'sales' could be helping people find what they're looking for through the use of ads. The point is that there has to be some sort of sales or your business comes to a halt.

I spent about five years of my life as a bar manager for a fairly well known casual dining restaurant. I remember one time, when I was fairly new to the game, the owner came in and shook my hand and said to me, "You guys are doing a great job with sales, keep up the good work." And I thought to myself, "what in the hell do we managers have to do with sales?" I thought this because I knew that we didn't execute the 'blueprint' the way we were supposed to. You know the training, up selling, etc., and we didn't have the best serving crew the world had ever seen. So

ve to be dollars spent at that moment on goods or services, the 'sales' could be helping people find what they're looking for through the use of ads. The point is that there has to be some sort of sales or your business comes to a halt.

I spent about five years of my life as a bar manager for a fairly well known casual dining restaurant. I remember one time, when I was fairly new to the game, the owner came in and shook my hand and said to me, "You guys are doing a great job with sales, keep up the good work." And I thought to myself, "what in the hell do we managers have to do with sales?" I thought this because I knew that we didn't execute the 'blueprint' the way we were supposed to. You know the training, up selling, etc., and we didn't have the best serving crew the world had ever seen. So

my life as a bar manager for a fairly well known casual dining restaurant. I remember one time, when I was fairly new to the game, the owner came in and shook my hand and said to me, "You guys are doing a great job with sales, keep up the good work." And I thought to myself, "what in the hell do we managers have to do with sales?" I thought this because I knew that we didn't execute the 'blueprint' the way we were supposed to. You know the training, up selling, etc., and we didn't have the best serving crew the world had ever seen. Soelf, "what in the hell do we managers have to do with sales?" I thought this because I knew that we didn't execute the 'blueprint' the way we were supposed to. You know the training, up selling, etc., and we didn't have the best serving crew the world had ever seen. So I wondered to myself how we as managers were in the least bit responsible for sales.

The situation that this restaurant is in is a fairly unique one. It's the only chain restaurant in a growing town, so sales aren't hard to come by. In fact sales in this particular town are easy to come by. This restaurant is the only name people recognize, so they go there to eat. That has nothing to do with the managers. Then, like a shot from a far away sniper, it hit me. The owner of this restaurant has seven more just like the one I worked at in various towns throughout the state. That fact alone shows that he knows a little more about this restaurant stuff than I do. And he was just doing what it is that he does; giving praise to the decent people that work for him. Where the sales come from doesn't really matter to him, but he is abundantly aware of the fact that without sales, it all comes to a halt.