business to business sharing | Queen Creek Photography

I’m so confused, please help me understand… why would somebody NOT want to share business info?  Here is what I mean:

ME:  Hi, Mr. Retailer.  Can you let me know where you get your suckers?

Retailer: Ummm, no.

ME:  (completely baffled)  I am curious to know why you wouldn’t want to help another business grow.  I am interested in giving those suckers to photography clients.  I am not selling them (and then my mind went on to say, “and this is not what you business is about so why do you care?  people don’t come here to buy suckers, they come for what your core business is about.  those suckers are an after thought.”

Retailer: well, I order them for the store in bulk and the company is not interested in new clients.

I began to ask more and more questions so that I could narrow my search to find those suckers.  So, instead of giving me the name of the company, I learned all that I need to know about the company to find out who the company was.  Like a game of Guess Who?  Anyhow, when I hung up the phone, I found the manufacturer within 2 minutes.  I called-yes they love new clients and they like anybody want to be profitable and see success!

Why do people NOT want to share?  Isn’t that how we get ahead in the long run?  In any business, we can share!  There is so much to learn from one another.  We all have our own tweaked version but knowledge is power.  I love to learn and I love to share. 

Being fairly new to the business of photography, I found THIS ARTICLE to be so helpful and inspiring.  What a wonderful woman to want to SHARE what she knows and has learned.  I find tidbits like this, ideas for growth, ideas for success and support and I feel inspired to reach out myself (until I run across someone who doesn’t want to share the information about suckers).

We all learn that you need to give to get ahead.  What is a way that you can be remarkable in your business?  

I have to share something…  I learned today how important it is to be charging taxes and paying transaction privilege taxes on a monthly basis (to avoid problems along with late penalties).  You can find out more at AZtaxes.gov.  I filed for my TPT license which means I am officially and truly in business.  I am for real.  : )  I am a real business.  : )  The picture is to illustrate what it feels like to not know what to do about taxes and how to charge and what to file.  BUT ah-hah, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.