A couple suggestions as I watch and read these monster/pissing contest theads about Nuway, USAW etc ..
As a Sales Executive
http://http://www.arrow.com/ I have learned and developed a few positive habits with regard to competition. Andy Grove was a great mentor.
1.
NEVER become derogative about my/your competition, in personal conversation, not in public, not in the press... I let my actions and performance do the speaking. The trick is .... Out perform them.... simple.
By trash talking, all you are doing is undermine your own efforts. When I see Pirman, and Rock's nasty, inflammatory finger pointing posts .... you two are actually doing more damage to your cause, then helping it. Let your business success, performance, and standing in the wrestling community speak for itself.
2. Instead of trying to prove "My Company" is the best with my mouth or press, or slamming the competition, I do so with my actions, business execution and customer service and let the results speak for themselves.
3. Chill out, and reconfigure the market message to a positive message, instead of spending so much time presenting a derogatory image of you competitor ... You will enjoy greater success, and faster growth.
Granted, this is simply a Wrestling forum, not corporate America, nor the Wall Street Journal ... YET, it does get both institutions coverage. And people walk away with new opinions .. As an up and coming competitor, I would want those "new recruits" (read customers) to walk away with a positive opinion, not the reverse. Which is often the case with these inflammatory, finger pointing, personal attacks that I read.
As a side note .... I no longer really care for Olympic style wrestling, as it no longer represents wrestling in my mind and from personal experience. I cannot describe exactly what it is ... As a result I am a die-hard HS and College fan!! Maybe I'm OLDE SKOOL, yet when Gable won his Gold or John Smith ... It still looked, felt and smelled like wrestling.
