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Commuting Decision Flowchart For First Contact

No sooner had I blogged on how to gently open up someone you meet prospectside for the first time (inspired by workplace vicinity eating [http://salespodder.com/swap-agenda-for-food-spot-ideas/]) when I then saw this ad on a train. > Commuting Decision Flowchart; Q: Should I try and start a conversation on

Gambling TV's Attention Grabbing Big Number Slates

I saw recently that after midnight, the second-most watched tv channel in England turns over to gambling. Now celebrating a nationally humiliating ten year anniversary. I watched as many minutes as I could before onsetting depression threatened to prevent sweet dreams. What I did notice, was their approach to what

Your Deal's TSA Airport Security Screening Points System

[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/liquids-ban-over-new-scanners/] Sales Ops-types love a qualification checklist. Salespeople seem less enamoured. Many feel it’s yet another burdensome weight gnawing away at their precious selling time. And/or that its relevance is minimal given those that design them tend not to ever have

Don't Go Knocking Competition The Samsung Way

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPhetlu3f2g] Results for the tech giants’ latest quarters roll in. Samsung posted a drop for their electronics arm. Their latest smartphone evolution – Galaxy S9 – was it appears neither a significant jump from last time round’s S8, nor different enough from anyone else’s

Is Hope Your Hedge?

[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0916ghz/secrets-of-silicon-valley-series-1-1-the-disruptors] I saw a former banking insider turned Facebook product manager and also sold a startup to Twitter, who’s now a prepper. Chaos [https://www.inc.com/antonio-garcia-martinez/an-insiders-look-at-the-stupidity-of-silicon-valley.html] Monkeys author [https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/09/inside-the-ape-cage-with-antonio-garcia-martinez-author-of-chaos-monkeys/] Antonio Garcia

4 Slide Ideas To Gain More Buyer Likes

As this report summarises [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5971355/How-likes-Instagram-Experts-reveal-perfect-formula.html] , when looking at celebrity instagram feed ‘likes’, “food, holidays, achievement and pet posts garnered most attention”. They claim significant data depth. Yet results are based on taps for those with large followings. ‘Influencers’ who by definition might

What's Your Inverted Yield Curve Canary In The Mine

This week I learned of the dreaded inverted yield curve [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/invertedyieldcurve.asp]. Bluntly, its occurrence means a recession is likely coming soonish. Apparently this is a historical precursor to a significant downturn. It’s when long-term interest rates get lower than short-term ones. Especially

Courage Is A Muscle

Lewis Pugh [http://lewispugh.com/] is a remarkable athlete. An endurance swimmer campaigning for marine protection reserves. His latest challenge being to swim the entire length of the English Channel. All the way from Land’s End to Dover (25min explanatory vid [https://youtu.be/RI6RlUJwwjc]). I watched The Long

Swap Agenda For Food Spot Ideas

[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/18/anthony-bourdains-last-interview-trump-weinstein-and-travel] This above is a selection from the last interview before his recent suicide of innovative chef turned food travelogue presenter, Anthony Bourdain. I couldn’t help but feel the Sales parallel when first chatting with someone new to you when wandering

Ready To Sing Your 11 O'Clock Number?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiKWoesoRN8 The weekend I blog this the world it seems has gone potty for Mamma Mia. More Abba in the air can surely never be a bad thing. Hats off to the trio of ladies that made all this happen. The genre-creating first and