[...] wrote a post about FISH!  and voila, here were people from the company that sells it visiting my [...]

It’s based on a little book we wrote (20-minute read, tops) that
organizations are using as a fun way to inspire and reinforce
a service-oriented culture (internally and externally).

It’s a follow-up to our book 212 the extra degree (how a little
extra effort can make a big difference). That video is available
from the link in my signature (3.5 min.)

Both our videos are free to forward to friends and colleagues. The training programs are under $400. Please email if you need anything at all.

Jennifer

Do you give the extra degree of effort?
http://www.Just212.com/be212 (212 seconds)

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Hi Jaime,

That’s right! You’re out that way too. Do you see them throwing the fish? I will be sure to stop by there when I visit. I have to now. LOL

Thanks for visiting,
Gwen

Hi Deb,

I was hoping you’d drop by to let me know if you’ve been there! Thanks so much for your comments too.

Thanks for visiting,
Gwen

You’re sure bringing in a lot of attention on the Fish Philosophy. I had never heard of it, but I have seen the Pike’s Place Fish Market in Seattle, of course, since I live in Washington state! LOL.

Your post was very informative and entertaining to boot and on top of that the conversation really got going with the comments. This is also a great display of what a blog is all about… interaction!

Hugs!
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Hi Mike,

Thanks for your comments. This is a good to see how you are tailoring your product to different needs of different businesses. This is very important for people to understand. Many people visiting my blog are small business owners and online business owners who have their own knowledge and philosophy to share (and I’m hoping they will create products to show). I’m glad you have described your product funnel to us.

Philosophies are built from observances of real-life situations and this is a good example (like I’ve tailored it for creation of products as well). I hope people reading this understand the value of doing this – especially those thinking they don’t have knowledge/expertise to share.

Once again I feel honored to have you visit my blog!

Thanks for visiting,
Gwen

Some have had great successes from the books (low entry cost) and some from larger investments in speaking and video programs (which vary from less expensive video streaming to DVD copies). The biggest investment is the time and commitment any company makes to improve its culture. To get a 10% income growth or cost decrease, or to find new innovations, or to overcome internal conflicts, a few thousand dollars may seem cheap to a business. The question is how much are you able to do yourself, how much more time are you willing to put into the training, and how much help do you want. The FISH! programs have pre-made powerpoints, discussion guides, leadership materials– learnings geared to different learning styles that go much deeper than simply repeating the four practices.

FISH! programs always have been flexible to provide a variety of benefits, and offering a variety of materials to achieve the benefits. The question is what do you want?

Hi Melanie,

There’s always a negative Nelly! LOL I’m so glad that Jay from fishphilosophy.com stopped by and explained “Bear’s” story. Very interesting.

Thanks for visiting,
Gwen

Hi Jay,

Thanks so much for commenting about Bear. He seemed pretty grumpy in the video What’s interesting about your comment is that you said they tried to work on him for a number of years – they didn’t give up did they! LOL He was there a pretty long time, so there was definitely something about the environment he liked.

I saw the FISH! video a few years back and it’s definitely inspiring, whatever the story may be. I think the philosophy can apply to so many different things – even online business!

I really appreciate you stopping by – and feel somewhat honored you did

Thanks for visiting,
Gwen