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Flick Your Luxury Light Switch

[https://www.instagram.com/p/BbMXYCQjZsZ/?taken-by=focus_sb_ltd] I was delighted this week to read anSME Sino-success [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/01/02/one-smallcompanys-first-chineseorder-offers-inspiration-forbrexit/] story. As well as the breakthrough export element, also because I love stories where high-end options thrive in commoditised, race-to-the-bottom, margin-slaying

When Being Made Fun Of Is Good

[https://www.inc.com/video/adam-bryant/if-people-make-fun-of-this-1-thing-you-do-as-a-leader-youre-doing-a-good-job.html?cid=hmpopwatch1] Here’s insight credited by an Adam Bryant (pictured above) on a 90sec Inc [https://www.inc.com/video/adam-bryant/if-people-make-fun-of-this-1-thing-you-do-as-a-leader-youre-doing-a-good-job.html?cid=hmpopwatch1] mag clip to a Marc Cenedella of professional careers site theladders.com. Something very much worth

Satan Goes Old School

O-oh. [https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/then_you_were_a_prospect_and_now_you_are_a_client_joke] Found myself at some pearly gates. Weird place. Didn’t feel real, obvs. Some old chap, perhaps with a long white beard, to a background of harps,

The Disneyland Close

I hope you are not (tap)dancing to this tune. Could almost be a scene out of Tin Men [https://salespodder.com/tin-men-a-salesmans-review/]. It arrives via a Nineties unethical home security salesteam around Los Angeles. You get a sense for the culture of said outfit from stories of how they

How Do You Name Your Meeting Rooms

Sales floors around the world have various meeting rooms sprouting around their edges. What they are called brings to mind the history of why countries got their name [http://salespodder.com/figonymy/]. Famous people from the arts and sciences. Towns or landmarks in the place of company operation. Product labels.

Planet of the Apps Pilot; 3 Slide Pointers

Commenting on the pilo [http://salespodder.com/planet-of-the-apps-pilot-pointers/]t of Apple’s business reality show where apps try to win funding, I sensed a seasonal bonus in sharing some slidework. Two emerging apps were highlighted. Starting with the headline insight. With the help of 750-employer Gary Vaynerchuk, here’s how

Planet of the Apps Pilot Pointers

[https://www.planetoftheapps.com/en-us] Much media chatter surrounded Apple’s first foray into “content”. They say they’ll spend a staggering $1bn [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-16/apple-said-to-plan-1-billion-investment-in-tv-shows-and-films] on their first year of tv output (the beeb muddles by [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/

Republica Britannica

It sounds like the title of some highbrow Oxbridge debate; “This House Believes An Unelected Head Of State Is Morally Indefensible“. With political change coursing through the European air, the British wish to vote for their ceremonial figurehead, rather than have one foisted upon them inherited through arcane birthright, seems

What's Your Stat Of The Deal?

[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/18/stat_of_the_year/] Statisticians. Oh dear. They’ve a bad rep. Deservedly. For the second time during 2017, stattos have made news. Earlier in the year, the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority no less embarrassed himself as utterly inept by

Are We Ready To Sell And Make Big Money

My heart sank the other day. When I heard that exact phrase of this post’s title. It was in a restaurant. A touristy kind of place for casual yet slightly upmarket dining, in a location to die for, fairly unencumbered by competition. In the area behind me, an impromptu