Pro Installer June 2014 - Issue 15 | Page 36

36 JUNE 2014 PRO INSTALLER FIT SHOW PREVIEW FIT NAMES MADi AS SHOW’S CHOSEN CHARITY The most energy efficient composite door on MADi Fundraising, A special charity fund set up by window and door industry people, has been chosen as the principal charity for the FIT Show 2014. fa c t ! the market. There are trade doors and then there’s... MADi was launched by three Hope 66 riders, Solidor Group MD Gareth Mobley, Window Widgets owner Dan Gil and Universal Arches MD Leon Day, after Dan’s youngest daughter Maddie was diagnosed with bone marrow failure shortly after they returned from the charity US cycle marathon. Funds raised by MADi at the event will be passed to the Anthony Nolan Trust, which supports bone marrow and stem cell donations for people with blood cancers and similar disorders, and other fund-raising events are already planned for the near future. You can learn more about MADi The home of the insulated composite door Tel: 0845 2000 816 Fax: 0845 2000 813 www.distinctiondoors.co.uk Welcome to Solidor AR ® Solidor has launched an exciting new app utilising cutting edge technology which gives customers and suppliers a huge amount of interactive material when they simply point their phone or tablet at a Solidor Augmented Reality (AR) trigger photo or logo. High security, energy efficient composite doors | solidor.co.uk Download the Solidor AR app today Among other activities, FIT has donated a special stand for the charity to raise awareness among visitors and the show’s Gala Dinner will host a fundraising casino sponsored by Solidor. ‘Funds raised by MADi at the event will be passed to the Anthony Nolan Trust’ Fundraising at www.madifundraising.com or Twitter @madifundraising. The FIT team have also chosen to back a second charity, Life for Ella-Grace, to help fund surgery for a child with a rare circulation disorder, www.lifeforellagracefund. co.uk. www.fitshow.co.uk PAUL CLIFTON SHARES HIS GOLDEN RULES ON SALES Retu rning to the FIT Show for a second year as part of the FIT For Business seminar, sales guru Paul Clifton will be sharing his wealth of knowledge on how to enter the elite league of sales people able to convert more than 80% of their conservatory leads. Claiming that once you get to a 50% conversion you’ve got to un-acquire bad habits as a salesperson in order to get to 70%, Paul says: “You’ve got to take on good habits to get to 50%, let go of bad habits to get to 70% and you need some ‘je ne sais quoi’ to get from 70% to 80%.” With a conversion rate of over 80% himself, Paul is the perfect man to reveal the tips, tricks and sales secrets of the industry. Commenting on the FIT Show and its importance to the industry, the author of the book ‘What Master Salesmen Know That Av- erage Salesmen Don’t’ added: “It’s important to get people together and the FIT Show is the perfect way to do that.”