After ten minutes with Ed Tettemer in the workplace of the organization he founded with his colleague, Steve Red, he begins to understand the enthusiasm of the office for greatness. Following an hour with Ed, he begins to understand the power of his zeal. He?s starting to get it but I have a tendency that, even if I?ve been open to him for a long time, you may not get the whole picture.
"Enthusiasm," the word, may seem undeniable and a confusing system of feelings and conclusions. Surprisingly, when we consider Ed Tettemer's enthusiasm for his organization and its clients, it seems logical. It?s just that you need everything to be smart: amazing customers, great collaborators, great motivational preparations, good assumptions, all the best.
"Where did you go to university, Ed?" (Inquiry most inquirers ask themselves without expecting a panic response.) "I never went to college. I graduated from high school and I never thought back. I got my technical education in the Elkman office and my higher education at Earle Palmer Brown."
Maybe it's best to start early. Ed was raised and "terrified of the city," living in a slim climate. His father was the district manager of Bucks County and his mother was appointed secretary of staff in the small municipality where they lived. They lived a simple, dignified life in an unthinkable community. He and his Father caught a ton of fish and ate what they got. The vegetables on their table came from their nursery without the mushrooms they were harvesting after heavy rains. It was for all accounts to have a direct presence far removed from the pressures and difficulties of a typical business, especially a promotional business.
Dad was mainly busy with his work and the local legal issues. Mother was even more convinced by the presence of Ed and his more stable sibling. None of the caregivers made strong assumptions about how Ed and his sibling dealt with them and established a vocation for them. They were very welcoming people and Mum, in particular, influenced the way Ed ended up. He was passionate about music and books. Ed is like that. He taught, "Keep your eyes and ears open." Ed tries to do that. All he needed from his children was contentment and he did not try to control everything he could. Today, Ed loves that.
His youth was happy. You have been kicked out of fishing. He played a ton of baseball. He was an ordinary American child. Then, while still in high school, there was a dramatic change. It was known as the Vietnam Nam War. Standing by the number of people who were feeling at the time, their well-established sibling left for Canada to protest the conflict. That has had a devastating, devastating effect on life in Bucks County. Overnight, the Tettemer family became unaffected. Friends abandoned them. A group of people has changed their view of them. The church has changed. Awesome things!
Evidently, the situation affected Ed's mind. He graduated from high school and spent more than three years traveling around the world. You've found ways to make enough money to make the most of the good and the bad. He was a confused young man who was invading the country during difficult times.
However, he never left his Mom and Dad, so, eventually, he returned home to Bucks County and found a new career line that filled him as a well-known champion of Doylestown Intelligencer. He ran a promotional move from paper to its small retailers. He says, "I think I was the lowest leader and I wasn't used to it." He passed on proof of advertising, started helping small stores with their promotional repetition, and soon discovered how those small retailers were doing their paper advertising.
Year in the paper, he became more acquainted and had the opportunity to agree with a large number of his clients. He understood that most of them had little confidence in the help they received on paper. Accept that he can help them improve the promotion, letting them know that it really works and can be followed. He has no idea why he accepted it and yet he trusted it.
You missed Pete's place in a negative way. Pete's Place was a restaurant in Ottsville just north of Doylestown. Their promotion was progressing in full harmony with the various cafes. All promotions were about the same size, distributed in a standard square, and had a large number of similar messages: good food, low cost, family environment, and so on.
Pete's land was equal to a ton of spots in that part of the country.
Except for something else. Their symbol and emblem were a large chariot wheel.
After Ed persuaded them to try to look different, their next ad was intended to be circular. Stand down nicely on the page in all square shapes. Someone once said that a big proclamation should run when opponents fall. Although Ed did not refer to that statement during our meeting, what he said about Pete's Place and Red Tettemer's work seems to help the "Zig on the chance off that they Zag". Ed points out, "I think I made six bucks for the work I did for Pete."
What was the result? He has worked with small retailers for a very long time and promoted a clear understanding of how a retailer looks and things to encourage customers to respond to information and development.