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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1257242" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>Guys with skills and money will be happy to pay extra. Guys with just money won't. Guys with just skills would but they don't have any money. Guys with low skills and moderate money are where your volume is but what their maturity/attitude spread is I don't know. The number of people that you'll be able to offer the improved 1:1 experience to will also continuously drop as those of us old enough to remember the rewards of hard work start to die off and be replaced by instant gratification types from the younger generations. We can lament this reality all we want but it's in fact reality.</p><p></p><p>I'd suggest going the direction of making this more like a fish-in-a-barrel trip for those that are incapable of doing the hard work but hook them up with the small fry management goats. For those that put in the effort visibly they get something special... family treatment. Don't ever tell them you're going to do anything special but do separate them from the rest of the client herd and take them for that proper trophy at sniffing range or for that long range shot they'll never forget. Don't tell them you're going to treat them different than anyone else and never admit that you did after the fact. Just actually treat them differently, the way they deserve to be treated. </p><p></p><p>I've had guides that do treat people basically how they deserve to be treated and what it gets from me is knowing that my guide is guiding me the individual for what I can do and deserve based on my actions and I come back to that guide, I build a relationship with them and try to not be a burden on him/her or to harm that relationship. I treat them like family and bring their favorite hooch or something appropriate as a gift. We might be in a business relationship but it's one of the few kinds that allows this currying of favor with the vendor. </p><p></p><p>What the millennial gets out of it is, their goat that year. They aren't going to G.A.S. if it's a monster buck or a midget as long as it's made out of meat, nor will they notice at all that all you did was put them on <strong>a</strong> goat and they won't notice at all that you treated them like a customer instead of like family. You never treat anyone badly but for those that honestly earn your respect, give them a little something special and you'll have repeat business till your dying day, and on that day you'll have a hundred big tough men at the service mourning the loss of a good friend and teacher and celebrating his life instead of just looking for a new guide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1257242, member: 96226"] Guys with skills and money will be happy to pay extra. Guys with just money won't. Guys with just skills would but they don't have any money. Guys with low skills and moderate money are where your volume is but what their maturity/attitude spread is I don't know. The number of people that you'll be able to offer the improved 1:1 experience to will also continuously drop as those of us old enough to remember the rewards of hard work start to die off and be replaced by instant gratification types from the younger generations. We can lament this reality all we want but it's in fact reality. I'd suggest going the direction of making this more like a fish-in-a-barrel trip for those that are incapable of doing the hard work but hook them up with the small fry management goats. For those that put in the effort visibly they get something special... family treatment. Don't ever tell them you're going to do anything special but do separate them from the rest of the client herd and take them for that proper trophy at sniffing range or for that long range shot they'll never forget. Don't tell them you're going to treat them different than anyone else and never admit that you did after the fact. Just actually treat them differently, the way they deserve to be treated. I've had guides that do treat people basically how they deserve to be treated and what it gets from me is knowing that my guide is guiding me the individual for what I can do and deserve based on my actions and I come back to that guide, I build a relationship with them and try to not be a burden on him/her or to harm that relationship. I treat them like family and bring their favorite hooch or something appropriate as a gift. We might be in a business relationship but it's one of the few kinds that allows this currying of favor with the vendor. What the millennial gets out of it is, their goat that year. They aren't going to G.A.S. if it's a monster buck or a midget as long as it's made out of meat, nor will they notice at all that all you did was put them on [B]a[/B] goat and they won't notice at all that you treated them like a customer instead of like family. You never treat anyone badly but for those that honestly earn your respect, give them a little something special and you'll have repeat business till your dying day, and on that day you'll have a hundred big tough men at the service mourning the loss of a good friend and teacher and celebrating his life instead of just looking for a new guide. [/QUOTE]
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