THALL10326
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Someone whispered in my ear, hey they brought the Stihl story back up, go reply.
Another part, lets jump to last year. 2008 was a year of layoffs and hardships for companies all over the world. Stihl on the other hand had another year of growth, no layoffs, nope, they were and still are hiring. The other major manufacture of chainsaws, Stihls only major competitior, laid off 960 employees. What this proves is the Stihl model of doing business works.
Another note of interest. Its said Stihl does not sell online and to a degree that is true. However in a varied way they do indeed sell online. They have set up thier website with a new feature that will take the customer to their nearest Stihl dealer. That customer can inquire with that dealer through e-mail and make a buying decision without leaving the comfort of his home. He does have to come get his purchase but the decision to buy was done online. The customer can inquire about anything with his nearest dealer all online. A feature that works. I've made many Stihl sales with this feature from Stihl's website. The dealer himself has to get up to snuff and make use of this feature. Not all dealers use it and they have no idea what they are missing out on, more sales. Who says there's more than one way to skin a cat, ME. There's more than one way to sell online too..
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