I am blessed to be a wife and a mother to my most amazing husband and four precious children. I am creating this blog to capture the daily joys of my life to share with my friends and family and to remind myself of the greatest blessing in my life which is to be a wife and a mother. So I learn from the wisdom of those before me... “The biggest mistake I made [as a parent] is the one that most of us make. . . . I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of [my three children] sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.” ~Anna Quindlen
Nick is a sub-rep for Kelly & Assoc. and has been a rep for soft goods for several years in the Portland, Oregon area. Nick is in his first year with Bio Skin. We spent a productive day working together calling on accounts and finding doctors interested in doing back Jack Pain trials.
Steve Simmons - August 20, 2008
Steve is a sub-rep for Kelly & Assoc. in the south Seattle, Washington area. Steve is one of Bio Skin's newest reps. He has a surgical backround and deep relationships with the military. We spent a day together calling on military bases and training. We are really excited to have Steve on board.
Russ McAffee - August 25-26, 2008
Russ is in his first year with Bio Skin working in Idaho. His company is called Performance Plus. He is an ATC by training and has deep relationships in Sports Med in Idaho. I spent two days in Idaho with Russ during which time we had a fantastic lunch with a Neurosurgeon and picked up some solid leads in Podiatry and Urgent Care. Russ is a great asset to Bio Skin and we expect to see big growth in Idaho.
Lane & Adam - August 27, 2008
Lane Maddock has been with Bio Skin for over ten years in Montana. His company is called Prime Medical. Lane has an ATC backround and works in surgical as well. While I was in Billings, Montana I met with Lane and his sub-rep Adam at the Prime Medical facility where they do fittings, bill insurance, and make custom orthodics and prosthetics. Lane has a great reputation in his area which has helped him be very successful. I want to congratulate Lane on his marriage which took place the weekend after my visit!
Tom Hoffman - September 2, 2008
Tom has been with Cropper Medical since its release of Bio Skin in 1994. Tom's territory covers all of North and South Dakota and North Western Minnesota. Tom drove to meet me in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where we called on Orthopedists and Physical Therapists. Tom has one of the highest penetrated territories per population for Bio Skin in the entire country. Tom, Please send me a picture of you!
Brian Bowen - September 3, 2008
Brian is a seasoned Bio Skin rep working in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. Brian is a certified Pedorthist. In addition to selling Bio Skin soft goods, Brian also represents a surgical line. Brian and I did a surgery with a big Tri-lok user and discussed Bio Skin strategy for his territory. For dinner we got our families together at a Mexican Restaurant. Our children had a blast together as they are similar ages and both of us have sons named Evan.
Barry & Joy Bowen - September 5, 2008
Joy is the Bio Skin Rep in the Chicago area. Joy's husband is Brian Bowen's brother. I had a great time working with Joy in the windy city. We called on two of the largest O & P shops in Chicago and made great headway towards getting Bio Skin stocked there. Joy's experience as an RN, her charasmatic personality, and her hard work ethic are bringing Joy great success in her Chicago territory.
Pain Management Conference in Nashville, Tennesse at the Gaylord Opryland Resort
I spent a few days at the Pain Management Conference where I met up with Tanner and Taylor Cropper from the Home Office in Ashland, Oregon, Marsh Demoulin from Northern Virginia, and Don McCall from North Carolina. It was an outstanding conference. Many great leads came out of it and the ambiance of the Gaylord Opryland Resort was spectacular!
Vicky Lurie - September 11, 2008
Vicky reps for Bio Skin in the Louisville, Kentucky area. Her company Pro Med has been selling Bio Skin for about 5 years first by her husband and now by her. We had a great lunch with a DME provider who was really excited about using the BackJack. Although it was a short visit, it was great to meet Vicki and work with her.
Richard McLaughlin - September 15, 2008
Richard has been the Bio Skin rep in Michigan for 8 months. We called on a Pain Managment doctor and picked up a nice BackJack order.
Bob Grote - September 17, 2008
Bob is the rep for the Dayton, Ohio area. We had a quick visit and discussed his sales strategy over dinner.
Dave Smith - September 18, 2008
Dave works in the Pittsburg, Pennsylvania area. Dave and I had a successful day meeting with doctors and calling on O & P shops. We enjoyed a lunch with Dave's top account.
Sydney Jackson, Marsh DeMoulin, and Heidi Smith - Sep. 19, 22-23, 2008
I had a successful 3 days working with Marsh in Baltimore, Maryland and helping him train his two new sub reps, Sydney & Heidi. Marsh has been one of Bio Skin's longest reps and is having another great year.
Jim Downey - Sep. 24-25, 2008
I had a great two days working with Jim in the Philadelphia area. We had a fantastic luncheon with an eleven man Orthopedic group (one of the most successful I've ever attended) and many other fruitful appointments.
Joe Jay with his wife Judy - Sep. 29, 2008
I had a great time visiting with Joe Jay in his home in Upstate New York. Joe is in his first year with BioSkin and is growing his business up. We spent a day working together and had a great luncheon with a sixteen man Physical Therapy Clinic.
Mark Stephens and his wife Joan - October 3, 2008
Mark is the rep in northern New Jersey. Mark is one of Bio Skin's longest standing reps. I spent the whole day with Mark focusing solely on the BackJack and picked up a nice order. I later heard from Mark that as a result of our work that day he received 3 more orders for the BackJack totaling 37 BackJacks!
Jesse Dimick - October 8, 2008
Herb Smiley - October 20, 2008
Don McCall and Steve Jensen - October 21-22, 2008
Dean, Steve and Scott - October 21, 2008
Dean Cropper and Scott Shumway met up with Steve and Don McCall in Charolotte, North Carolina for a business dinner.
4 comments:
We think you tour is EXCITING and a little scary at times too! I informed the family to look at our blogs and updated them on our info.
Is that pumpkin real??? I hope you guys have a safe and Happy Halloween!!
Nana checking in - I want to know too - is that a real pumpkin? Where will you be trick or treating this week? Love and miss you!!
no y'all...unfortunately it is not a real pumpkin...
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