Author Archives: Deb Weidenhamer



Glendale Auction House: Surviving An Audit

Featured Author Deb Weidenhamer on Dec 20th, 2011  • 

We joke about it, rearrange Glendale auction business practices to avoid it and live in fear of it - that dreaded five-letter word A-U-D-I-T. But it is inevitable that in the Glendale auction industry that is full of cash transactions and tax-exempt resellers, your auction business will probably be audited.

Phoenix Appraisal Company: Your Year End Performance Review

Featured Author Deb Weidenhamer on Dec 11th, 2011  • 

I began preparing to do the year-end reviews for the staff at my Phoenix appraisal company, and it occurred to me that I will not be getting a year-end review. Whether you are a one person operation or the head of a large Phoenix appraisal company it is important to be able to rate your own performance and look for areas in which you had accomplishments and those areas that need fine-tuning.

Phoenix Auctioneers: Ode to the Color Purple

Featured Author Deb Weidenhamer on Dec 3rd, 2011  • 

Are you a Phoenix auctioneer? Are you interested in auctions or the auctioneer business? Then this article is for you. This article will discuss a person's ability to admit they are wrong specifically focusing how auctioneers at times must defer to other auctioneers who may have a greater expertise in a particular area.

Employees - The Arizona Auction House's True Customers

Featured Author Deb Weidenhamer on Nov 9th, 2011  • 

This article will discuss the importance of hiring Arizona auction house employees for life. The idea that we are not working for a company, but we are all riding on a bus. We don't always know the direction in which we are going to head or who is going to occupy which seat on the bus, what we do know is that we are committed to the bus.

The Great Brain Dump: Time Management & the Glendale Auction Industry

Featured Author Deb Weidenhamer on Oct 30th, 2011  • 

In this Glendale auction article I will continue to discuss my secret of time management called the "great brain dump." Remember this is the idea of using a few blank pieces of paper and then going through notes, post-its, emails, letters, bills, files and past day-timer pages and writing down everything that needs to get done.

Mesa Auction House: Growth for the Sake of Growth?

Featured Author Deb Weidenhamer on Oct 23rd, 2011  • 

Do you own, operate or work at a Mesa auction house? Are you interested in growing your auction house in a productive manner? Then this article is for you. This article will discuss the importance of growing as a business but not growing just for growth sakes. This article will provide information on how to grow your business without leaving customers longing for the "good old days".