Green Selling Tip
This month, we present part one of a two-part series about a simple and cost-efficient strategy for reducing indoor air pollution that you customers are sure to appreciate.
Volume 2 Issue 8 - August 2006
Welcome to DestinationGreen!
Summer may be waning but Green Cleaning continues to surge ahead. Case in point (and an article you DON’T WANT TO MISS in this month’s DestinationGreen) is the latest news from New York State and Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). Also in our August edition, we present valuable green building case studies, low-cost and no-nonsense tips for reducing indoor pollution, insights from sales experts, critical facts about the spread of pandemic influenza and a NEW COLUMN – Sales Tips for Extraordinary Achievers (that’s you!).
All the best and happy selling! -- Steve Ashkin
Expert Insights: Rege Koslof, Project Manager for Central Property Services (CPS) at Carnegie Mellon Unversity
Rege Koslof admits that keeping all of Carnegie Mellon's 4.2 million sq. ft. of campus building space clean is "like managing a small city," but the Green Cleaning program he initiated four years ago is up to the challenge. In an interview with The Ashkin Group, Koslof explains how Green Cleaning succeeds equally well in providing a healthy and safe indoor environment for both the majority of building occupants as well as as a small number of students and staff highly sensitive to indoor air quality.
Expert Insights: Tom Murphy, RoVic Inc. Sales Manager
According to Tom Murphy, who oversees millions of dollars in sales of Green Cleaning products annually for RoVic Inc., successfully selling Green Cleaning products requires research, homework and foremost--selling the program.
NEW COLUMN!
Sales Tips for Extraordinary Achievers: Prove Yourself Every Time
We are pleased to present this new regular column designed for the executive, salesperson, entrepreneur and small business owner that wants to become an “extraordinary achiever.” This month, our “extraordinary achievement guru,” nationally renowned business coach and consultant, Larry Galler, reveals how the best salespersons maintain strong and lasting relationships with their customers.
NY State Publishes Green Specs for Schools
Love it or hate it, if you sell green cleaning products to schools in New York State, you’ll want to read this article. And if you sell green cleaning products for schools in other states, take note! All indications are it won’t be long before they adopt similar requirements.
H2E To Launch New Green Product & Service Directory
SELLERS ALERT! Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) is looking for “green” cleaning products and service providers for their new Product and Service Directory scheduled to go live September 1st at www.H2E-online.org.
Latest Office Takeover News: Going Green
It’s the latest news development in the escalating trend towards green –sustainable office furnishings, related products and services. More state and local governments are building green requirements into their procurement programs and businesses are demanding proof of sustainability from market office-furniture manufacturers.
The Liquid Explosives In Your Bathroom
Following the foiling by London police of a terrorist liquid bomb plot to bring down several U.S. passenger jets this month, have you taken a good look at your bathroom cupboards? Experts have been warning for years that chemicals found in most any bathroom could easily be combined to make a bomb.
Green Group of the Month: Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) provides education, tools and information about best environmental practices.
Ashkin Group News
Green Cleaning University (GCU) has just opened its online doors and is now accepting class registrations from Green Cleaning industry professionals worldwide!
