Issue 14 - September 2009

In This Issue...

Swim like Michael Phelps
Subscription Plan - Train for $10 a Month
FTC Joins Furniture First
Did You Know...

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Swim like Michael Phelps

Every day Michael Phelps jumps in the pool as he works to retain his title of Olympic athlete. He knows he has to keep training to keep winning. And that's why we've launched our new website; to help you train and keep training to keep selling.

From the outside the website looks the same. But log in and you'll quickly see the changes. In addition to the award winning courses you've been using, we've added logos and messages from your company, training schedules, tips of the day, podcasts and more.

Go ahead and "brand" the training so it feels more like you own. Company messages and logos can help build company loyalty and camaraderie. Give us a call, and we'll make it happen for you.

You asked for more complete training schedules and now we have them. Log in, print them off and your staff will be ready to go.

Tips and podcasts are a great way to fill in the gaps and help training become a daily part of your operations.

You might not learn to swim like Michael, but you will certainly continue winning like he does.

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Subscription Plan - Train for $10 a month

The Furniture Training Company courses and other resources are now available via a monthly subscription. Instead of purchasing a seat in a course, you can now buy monthly access to all the training courses. That's right. For a low monthly fee your sales staff can use all 65 lessons as much as they want, anytime they want. The regular price is just $20 per month per person. Act now and pay just $10 per month per person.

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FTC Joins Furniture First

We are excited that Furniture First recently announced that it is now offering The Furniture Training Company services to its members. Bill Hartman, president of Furniture First, says that having a well-trained sales staff is crucial for maintaining profitability. "On a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the most important), an on-going training program rates at about an 11," Hartman says, "Retailers that have a training program in place perform so much better during tough economic times than those dealers who have no training program in place."

Furniture Training Company is now endorsed by NHFA, WHFA, HFIA, FMG, and Furniture First. Thanks for making us the number one furniture sales training provider in the industry!

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Did You Know...

Thomas Chippendale is one of the most influential designers in the history of furniture. Working in mid-eighteenth century London, he designed gracefully carved chairs, often with cabriole legs and pierced splat backs. Chippendale's work set the standard for traditional furniture and still influences customers' tastes today.

Chippendale's influence is due in part to the fact that he arranged for his designs to be published in a book known as The Director. This book allowed other furniture makers to imitate his designs and spread his style to generations of furniture makers across the world.