Article: Acquiring tools and learning to sell.

Byline: NOWELL C. WISCH, MAS

Several of my distributor friends and I were sitting around the remains of a roasted Beer Can Chicken, quaffing what was left of the Fosters beer and picking our brains on the issues du jour. As is typical of these kinds of events, our topics ranged from "Who comes up with the idea of stuffing a beer can up the backside of a chicken?" to "What do I do with all the junk I'm bringing home from 'Vegas?"

Thankfully the group has me, since I can provide plausible answers to each question they pose. First, Joe Huston, the owner of Kokomo Pens and a sales rep for Distributor Central, is the originator of the beer can idea. The idea ...

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