We've got four tickets to the Harry Friedman sales seminars to give away. These are worth £175 a piece and will help you sell more stuff in your shop. To be in with a chance of nabbing the tickets, simply email us the answers to a few easy questions

Friedman freebies up for grabs

Harry Friedman is the author of the best-selling retail training book No thanks Im just looking (now on its fourth printing). He has given sales seminars to 350 000 sales people.

Debbie Demeritte of the Wheelie Serious group of London bike shops is a big fan of Friedmans and has flown staff out to his US seminars.

The UK courses are in London (30th Oct), Birmingham (31st Oct), Manchester (6th Nov) and Leeds (7th Nov).

The winners of the free BikeBiz Friedman tickets can choose any one of these venues. The closing date for emailed entries is Monday 23rd October. If by this date you haven’t won the freebie ticket but would still like to witness Friedman in full flow, get your credit card ready and ring Geoff Hardy on 01344 843 430, or email him on tfgascot@aol.com.

Here are two questions plus a tie-breaker:

1. Harry Friedman is (a) Australian (b) American or (c) British

2. Debbie Demeritte likens Friedman to (a) a snake oil salesman (b) an inspirational Evangelical preacher (c) a used car salesman

3. Please complete this statement: "I would like to win a free ticket to the Friedman seminar because…"

Email your answers to freebies@bikebiz.co.uk.

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