To finish a series of events in a row I went to lovely Istanbul for the Distributors expo. It was a terrific event with around 600 people attending. This more than doubles the event held last year in June. In the pictures you can see the area outside the main hall, a line of new Silvers and our new Platinum Distributors. Turkey is an amazing place with amazing people.
Time for another visit to Turkey. It's a great place and was made a little more special by the snow everywhere. Though cold the people were as warm as ever. I love the differences in each country. At the moment we are trying to get eNikken up and running. The basics do work now, however credit card processing is a challenge. Most countries have one credit card processor to deal with. In Turkey we have to deal with many processors. The effect is to have many credit card machines (the picture is from our office in Istanbul)....now imagine the complexity of programming all those credit card interfaces (yes they are all different!!). Still that will not deter us, it'll just introduce a little delay as we deal with the processors one by one.
What a great time we had at the convention. Bob Richards was inspiring, the Turkish people were great and the whole day went smoothly. Not bad since Abdurrahman only became the manager 6 weeks ago. Turkey is on the move! I liked the idea that anyone who attended the convention also helped the environment. Part of the ticket price was used to plant a tree to create a forest. So those who did attend can have the effect of the convention last for a very long time.
The pictures show the product display area where the new jewellery was launched. It really looked good when worn by the lovely models.
I left a rainy UK and was greeted by the view from my hotel window the following day. Today's the day I'm with the new general manager in Turkey. Abdurrahman has already seen a lot of Distributors during his tour of major cities. He'll continue to go round Turkey and see nearly everyone. The excitement is growing, already we have been on TV because a local pop star uses the PiMag Maxi system. The next time I'll be in Turkey is with Bob Richards at the convention on 3rd November..See you there.
It is sad that people leave the company. Today the Turkish General Manager changed. Thank you Yesim for all you have done and welcome on board Abdurrahman Karahatay. Mr. Karahatay graduated from METU Industrial Engineering department and has an MBA from Cukurova University. He worked in sales and marketing for a number of prestigious companies in Turkey for over 15 years. I am sure Turkey will go from strength to strength.
WOW! The first ever Turkish expo. It was great. Distributors from Canada and Israel, together with local leaders organised a great event. The company was represented by Yesim, Asli and myself, together with a long distance contribution by Dave Balzer, all the way from California. It was 2am his time when he gave a presentation about Lactoferrin and Tri-Phase jewellery. Other top Distributors from two continents shared their success stories - including Royal Diamond Ahuva Simone. Nearly 400 people attended the event on a very hot Saturday. Over 120 guests joined as a result of the event. It also produced a nice rise in volume for everyone.
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