HE COULD SELL ICE-CUBES TO ESKIMOS!

       When I first got to know Bob Merritt one of the earlier things that happened that told me he was special or for sure different was the story he told when he was first divorced and had moved in to this single's apartment complex in Wes Moines.

        The very first thing he did was walk around door to door in this 24 plex and knock on the door and introduced himself to each tenant he met. Then, a few months later we went in with one other friend and put on a party at a park in Urbandale. Between 300 and 400 people attended. That was a party! We raised most of the money for it by selling tickets to whomever would buy one. We had a disc-jockey, magician, free beer, and a caterer served pork dinners. 

       When we got the tickets printed up and were ready to start selling them, we had met at The Ember's restaurant to kick it off. After we ate Bob got up and walked right over to an adjoining table and asked this guy how many tickets he would like to buy to our party. He simply asked he would like to buy "four or six" of them not the usually one or two.

        He usually was successful in his techniques and usually took no for an answer.  He was a super salesman. I always said the difference between Bob and someone like myself at selling was the following. Bob was a pure salesman. He could sell anything. I, on the other hand, had to study it and know that it was the best or at least know something about it and that it could benefit you in some way. He was one of a kind!