Scott’s Thoughts: Christmas Greetings

Everyone at BLI Rentals wishes you a merry Christmas!

Updated Information for the Open House

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We are getting really excited about having dealers visit on Jan. 9-10 for the Open House event.

And we have BIG NEWS! We had the opportunity to have the Open House in a historic Emporia venue — and we took it! So now please join us in the Emporia Granada Theatre at 807 Commercial St. in Emporia, Kan.

The Granada was built in 1929 for $350,000 (that’s more than $4 million in today’s currency!). At the time, it was one of the largest movie theaters in Kansas. It closed in 1982 and was put on the National Register of Historic Places. In recent years, it has been fully restored.

Not only will you enjoy the theater for our training sessions, we think you’ll also love the theater’s next-door neighbors — the Sweet Granada, a chocolate cafe, as well as the Granada Coffee Company. We’ll be providing some yummy treats from the Sweet Granada, and all the coffee served at the event will be from the Granada Coffee Company. Don’t be surprised if you want to stop in to these shops to take some goodies home.

We think you will truly love this venue! For more photos of the Granada, click here.

An updated Open House Information Packet is available on the home page of the Dealer’s Area of www.blirentals.com.

‘The Corner Post’ — December Poll Question

Here’s the poll question from the second issue* of “The Corner Post.” (Click here to read the issue.)

*We apologize for the error in our publication. This poll wasn’t available on Nov. 5 as printed. We’re glad you found it! Thank you for answering!

Join Us for Our 2012 Dealer Event

BLI Rentals staff members are busily planning for our upcoming Open House, scheduled for Jan. 9-10 in Emporia, Kan.

Some might be thinking, “Didn’t they just have an Open House in May?” The answer is, “Yes, we did!”

Because May seemed to be a busy time for our dealers, we wanted to plan our next Open House for a more convenient time.

In October, we conducted a survey to find out when to have our next Open House, and for most, January was the best month, so we’ve been in a rush to plan our next meeting.

We have discussed how the last Open House went, gone over your Evaluation Forms from it, and really tried to make this year’s event even better! We want this experience to be worth your valuable time.

This year, we will have more training from BLI’s CEO Scott Strahm, as well as plenty of time for networking and idea-sharing with your peers — especially during a Q&A session with a panel of BLI dealers. Another new addition to the schedule is an awards ceremony.

Last year, we were a host site for the Chick-fil-A Leadercast in an effort to provide dealers with a full day of training from world-renown leaders. This year, we’re taking a different approach. We hand-picked two great video sessions from the 2011 Global Leadership Summit, one from pastor and leadership author Bill Hybels, and another from author and leadership consultant Dr. Henry Cloud.

We are hoping for another great turnout of dealers this year, especially since — with your help — we’ll be celebrating our 10th “birthday”! There will be plenty of good training, networking, and — of course — food!

More information will be coming soon via an information packet. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us!

How else can we make this year’s Open House better?

Even if you don’t plan to be here for the Open House, we’d still love to have your best shots! Send those to dealers (at) blirentals (dot) com.

Scott’s Thoughts: Surprise! It’s December!

Have you been caught off-guard this December? Are your sales slowing down? What can you do to be more productive or see more volume?