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Help Wanted – Wholesale Fishing Tackle

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Fishing Tackle Customer Service Associate: If you love fishing and enjoy talking with Fishing Tackle Dealers, this job is for you. We are looking for representatives that will develop and maintain a good relationship with our network of Fishing Tackle retail dealers. A customer service representative, or CSR, will act as a liaison, provide product/services information and be responsible for addressing dealer needs and ensuring they have a good experience. Apply Here

The best CSRs are genuinely excited to help customers. They’re patient, empathetic, and passionately communicative. They love to talk. Customer service representatives can put themselves in their customers’ shoes and advocate for them when necessary. Customer feedback is priceless. Problem-solving comes naturally to customer care specialists. They are confident at troubleshooting and investigate if they don’t have enough information to resolve customer concerns. The target is to ensure excellent service standards, respond efficiently to customer inquiries and maintain high customer satisfaction.

Job applicants that enjoy outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, hiking, boating or camping will be able to better relate to our sporting goods dealers and meet their needs.

Responsibilities

  • Call our Sporting Goods Dealers daily.
  • Process orders for our fishing accessories
  • Identify and assess customers’ needs to achieve satisfaction
  • Build sustainable relationships and trust with customer accounts through open and interactive communication
  • Provide accurate, valid and complete information by using the email, fax, telephone and social media.
  • Meet personal/customer service team sales targets and call handling quotas
  • Keep records of customer interactions, process customer accounts and file documents using Microsoft Excel, Quickbooks and email.
  • Follow communication procedures, guidelines and policies
  • Take the extra mile to engage customers

Opportunities exist to participate in trade-shows & help develop social media content. Apply Here


Skills

  • Enjoys outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, hiking, boating and camping.
  • Social media creator and enthusiast including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram is a plus.
  • Strong phone contact handling skills and active listening
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills using telephone, fax, email and social media.
  • Customer orientation and ability to adapt/respond to different types of characters
  • Familiarity with using a Windows PC, Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Word is helpful.
  • Proven customer support experience or experience as a client service representative
  • High school degree

Training will be provided.  Knowledge of fishing is a plus. Experience using a Windows PC, Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and QuickBooks is preferred.

Must Have Reliable Transportation.

Interested Applicants Apply Here


Help Wanted – Wholesale Fishing Tackle Customer Service

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Wholesale Sporting Goods Customer Service Associate.  We are looking for applicants that will develop and maintain a good relationship with our network of fishing tackle retail dealers.
Daytime hours, M-F.  Part time/Full time.  Flexible schedule.  $12-$13/hr to start.

Established in 2002, Orin Briant, INC manufactures and distributes Stick Jacket fishing rod covers & fishing accessories.  OBI is located in New Lenox, IL and has a dealer network of over 700 retailers across America and the world.

The key to our success is our proactive customer service.  This position reports to the Customer Service manager and will work closely with others in shipping and sales.

The candidate will be responsible for addressing dealer needs and ensuring they have a good experience. 

Daily activities include:
1. Communicate & build a relationships with our retail tackle dealers
2. Process orders for our fishing accessories
3. Prepare dealer invoices using QuickBooks
4. Maintain dealer contact log
5. Process dealer payments
6. Provide feedback to management

Training will be provided.  Knowledge of fishing is a plus. Experience using a Windows PC, Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and QuickBooks is preferred.

Opportunities exist to participate in trade-shows & help develop social media content.

Must have reliable transportation.

Interested Applicants Apply Here

Got’em – Got’em – Oh, It’s a Good One !

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We got a chance to fish Camp Lake for the first time. A beautiful lake located in the heart of Minnesota and just west of Mille Lacs and south of Garrison. As our reward, this 500 acres body of water gave us an opportunity to record Matthew Beach’s Personal Best Minnesota Large Mouth Bass.

So please join the Stick Jacket crew at Camp lake as we share Matt’s Poppin’ Frog Action in the lily pads & his wrap-up.

Be sure to check out the new Skinny Tip on Stick Jacket fishing rod sleeves. Want to thank Accu-Cull, Chicago Wraps, Lews, GoPro, Canon Camera, Zoom F1 Recorders, KDENLIVE video editing software and the great music artists that filled in the sound track.

Gone Fishing June 17-22, 2020

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Gone Fishing | We will be closed June 17-22, 2020

We will be closed June 17-22, 2020. Orders will ship on our return on Tuesday June 23, 2020.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

GGs Old Fashion Ice Cream

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Two of my fondest memories from childhood include fishing with Grampa and eating Great Gramma Edith’s old fashion ice cream. Please continue and I will show you how to make GG’s great taste treat.

This seven pounder is the largest bass I ever boated. She won me the tournament. I know that sweet feeling.

But let me tell you, eating my Great Gramma Edith’s old fashion ice cream is pretty sweet too.

On special family occasions, Dad would get out the ice cream freezer.  Dad preferred the hand crank freezer because the ice cream came out frostier.  Us kid had our role to play.  My dad and uncles cranked away and kept the ice and salt topped off.  Dad would pad the top with a bath towel and my brother, sister, cousins and I would take turns sitting on top of the freezer.  Our weight would keep the freezer stable and make cranking much easier

Just like Dad’s Machine available on Ebay.
Me and Great Gramma Edith
Me & GG

Waiting on that ice cream seemed like it took forever.  But Dad would decide when the cranking was done.  Carefully, he would remove the crank, wipe the salt off the top and lift the cover from the can.  After a brief inspection, Dad would slowly remove the paddle thingy (dasher), taking care not to lose a drop of the vanilla treat.

Each taking a spoon, kids and men alike, would scrape the dasher clean.  Just a spoonful for the time being.  Dad would return the cover to the can of ice cream, letting it continue to freeze in the icy brine.

I could say that Great Gramma’s Ice Cream is a family secret, only known to a few.  But this ice cream is too yummy to keep it to myself.  I want to share it.  I want to give you an opportunity to make memories that will last a life time.  I hope you find this video enjoyable and will give this ice cream a try.  All you need is an old fashion ice cream freezer (I prefer motorized) and a few ingredients and you’re on your way. I hope you enjoy my video. Please like, comment and share.

Let me show you how to make Great Gramma’s Ice Cream and make your own memories.

Great Gramma Edith’s Ice Cream
6 Cups Milk
3 Cups Sugar
1 tsp Salt

3 Whole Eggs, Beaten
3 Envelopes Knox Gelatin

5 Cups Heavy Whipping Cream
3 TBS Vanilla

Heat milk on low until bubbles form around the pot, 150 deg F.
Stir sugar & salt into milk and return to 150 deg. Remove from heat.

Using a cup of hot milk mixture, disolve 3 envolopes of Knox Gelatin and set aside for a minute.
Beat eggs in a large bowl. Tempor the eggs by adding hot milk mixture, ONE cup at a time until the bowl is warm

Add Egg and Gelatin mixtures back to the pot of hot milk and mix thoroughly.
Add cold whipping cream and vanilla to the milk mixture.

Cool the mixture in the refrigerator or an ice bath.
Now you are ready to freeze your custard mix in an ice cream freezer.

Covid 19 help for your Bait & Tackle shop

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Our Mom & Pop Bait & Tackle Shops are the backbone of our favorite pastime.  They have been hit particularly hard by this Covid 19 outbreak.  Our small independent dealers have been there for us all.  They sponsors our tournament events, do special orders for customers, keep us up to date on hot fishing techniques, introduce us to new products (i.e, Stick Jacket fishing rod sleeves) and teach us how to tie a knot. 

Save our tackle shops. Tell your dealer about the programs available through the SBA and share this post.

When the coronavirus issue is behind us, your fishing tackle dealer will need your business to recover.  In the meantime, America’s Small Business Administration (SBA) has programs to keep them going and paychecks flowing.

Paycheck Protection Program

The Paycheck Protection Program prioritizes millions of Americans employed by small Businesses by authorizing up to $349 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses.

Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Loan Advance

In response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, small business owners in all U.S. states, Washington D.C., and territories are eligible to apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan advance of up to $10,000. Apply here.

SBA Debt Relief

The SBA Debt Relief program will provide a reprieve to small businesses as they overcome the challenges created by this health crisis.

Contact your banker, the SBA or me if you need some tips.

Save our tackle shops. Please share this information with your tackle shop owner, encourage them to take action today and tell them Stick Jacket sent you.