Reflection for Monday

Ok, let see, what I have done for Monday.
Well, we do have a company meeting. You know, I always dread to attend the company meeting. Maybe because there is not much of progress I can show. Yeah, progress. It's a bane in my sales and marketing unit. I don't have anything against it. It is just I couldnt find the way to move forward with our sales figure.

Anyway, my boss's mood was okay today. So not much of pissing off happened during the meeting. But his analytic eyes wouldnt let anything go beyond his sight. But I respect him because he is the boss. He pays the salary for everyone.

I also went out to meet up with Malaysian who does business in Hong Kong. My boss and I discussed ways of our product to get market traction in Hong Kong. Had an interesting conversation with the Hong Kong guy. Well, let's us just name him a HK guy. He asked a real important question.

Hong Kong skyline at night

A question which we need to answer as a company. Why is it that we want to sell our solution so bad in HK? What is so unique about our product, that people in HK must buy from us, and not from anyone else?

Wow, tough questions eh? I thought so. I believe so.

He said, you need to sell benefits and advantages. Not features. It is Business 101. Ok, I wonder what is Business 100 then (judging from my other 100 courses in Penn State though).

Yes, benefits and advantages. That question knocked hard into my brain. I was struggling to answer that question.

And I tried to relate it with my accounting software. But later today I convinced myself, it's nothing to be ashamed of by copying others. For as long we learn to iterate and innovate, we are okay. Hahahaha..what a way to cheer me up!

Daily log thursday

I didnt do much today.

I attended a launching of eSentral new window apps in Cyberjaya. They successfully developed an apps to operate on Windows machine. Kinda cool come to think again about that.

Supposedly i was required to attend sales appointment. Unfortunately the guy whom i supposed to meet didnt come because my colleague dont have the right IQ to seek ways to communicate with that man. One part of me wanted to yell at her, but another part of me just said, let it go. She's not worth my rage.

By the way, i received sad news tonight. Tuan Guru Nik Aziz has finally passed away due to prolonged illness from cancer. It felt sad. So sad, and i silently cried without knowing why.

Funny eh?