For our anniversary this year, I bought my husband the Beatles Sgt. Peppers 50th Anniversary Edition recordings. Ok, yes, he bought it himself for himself and the anniversary thing was just an excuse, but the point is, it was vinyl. Vinyl, like we used to listen to back in the old days. There is yet another Spiderman movie about to be released – the same Spiderman some of us read about in comic books back in the old days. The Gong show is coming back – that Chuck Barris production that was so kooky – you got it – back in the old days.
We made it! It is Thanksgiving week! It is a time when our attention turns from prospecting, getting contracts approved, and goal setting; and instead turns to figuring out how we can slip away after lunch on Wednesday so to travel over the river and to the woods to grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving Eve dinner. This will be followed by you hosting the other family on Thanksgiving Thursday. Friday, work may cross your mind for a brief second as you are hoping the talent showed up to the early morning remote for your client, but your attention is back on your friends and family as you brave the crowds to get that Star Wars or Paw Patrol toy for a few dollars off. Then the weekend is filled with more family and friends and will fly by all-too-fast. Facebook will be filled with warm wishes for friends, real and virtual, and family holiday traditions will be the focus.
How do you prioritize your time and decide who's first in line?
Lining up for baseball seats, Pittsburgh, 1912. Bain News Service, publisher. Library of Congress.
How much did scalpers sell those tickets for?
Jim Cox, holding his All-Star ticket, July 1952. Library of Virginia.
Do you make sure your biggest fans get the best tickets?
Beatles fans with tickets at the Boston Garden,” DPLA Omeka, accessed May 6, 2014, http://dp.la/exhibitions/items/show/810684.
Not every offer to buy a large amount of inventory is a jewel. Use your media sales CRM and yield management software to decide which deals sparkle!
Interior of Bright's Jewelry Store, Duluth, Minnesota, 1910. University of Minnesota Libraries, Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Make sure your inventory is "fresh!"
Fruit and vegetable vendors, Indianapolis Market, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1908. Wit., E. N. Clopper Wit, photographer. Library of Congress.
Do you get updated inventory information daily from your traffic system?
Traffic cop, Newport, c.1912. Bain News Service, publisher. Library of Congress.
How do you avoid inventory spoilage?
Young boy tending fruit and vegetable stand at Center Market, 1915. The U.S. National Archives.
How do you price your inventory?
John M. Gonatos in his curio shop with assistant Niki Vasilikis, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1942. State Library and Archives of Florida.
