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Tell Me Something Nobody Knows

A Summer of politics like no other in my birthplace. The post-Brexit progress sensationally provided a new Prime Minister this week. The day this fell into place, the ever-reliable Eddie Mair interviewing a confidant of the new Leader asked; > tell us something nobody knows about her… Amid the chuckles,

Is Your Deal Colour A Shade Or Tint?

[http://www.colorhexa.com/4b96b8] > A shade is achieved by adding black to any pure hue, while a tint is created by mixing white to any pure colour. Definition from the sales presentation maker’s friend, colorhexa [http://colorhexa.com]. From it sprouts an idea to enliven and change

3 Delicious Selling Lines From The World's Favourite Wine Buff

I like wine to such a degree I can hardly believe there was a distant time when I frowned upon it. I have Capetonians and their winelands to thank for reversing that scandalous misperception. So I recently got a new book. In part – I’m not ashamed to admit – because

7 Solution Sales Crossovers From TV's Billions Real-Life Traders

After seeing the first half of (the excellent) Billions, I noted the odd Sales steer [https://salespodder.com/how-to-sell-ideas-like-the-stars-of-tvs-billions/] . I’ve since read how a trading insider feels Billions is the first show that gets Wall Street right [http://observer.com/2016/01/billions-is-the-first-show-that-gets-wall-street-right/] . Some of the jargon used has

How Latest Brexit Resignation Reminds Solution Selling About Successful Lobbying

The man without whom there’d have been no EU-UK Leave/Remain referendum has just resigned. Again. Part of what the press now dub Brexodus. Anyone supposedly at the helm of either campaign seems to be gone. Or going. This particular party leader is certainly not an overwhelmingly popular politician.

Re-Sharpen The Forgotten Sales Skill The Brexit Way; Negotiation

Back in the Sixties, a week was famously considered a long time in British politics. The seven days following the Remain/Leave Referendum, suggests this adage needs a rapid 2.0 reboot. As today’s current favourite (only today’s) for next PM states “brexit means brexit”, there’s the

10 Questions You Should Always Ask Your Next Sales Boss

From the juggernaut that is mailonline, a tip or ten this week on what to say to your interviewer to ensure the “money and respect you deserve” [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3654359/The-ten-questions-ask-accepting-new-job-ensure-money-respect-deserve.html] in your new job. I wasn’t especially enamoured with their list: > 1.

Can Your New Product Cocktail Drown England's Footballing Sorrows

[https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jun/29/england-roy-hodgson-fa-farce-euro-2016] It’s still so raw. England. England who couldn’t play football. Of the countless pages of media post-mortems I’ve scrolled down, here’s one that suggests continual failure follows an established pattern. I have used the analogy of

David JP Phillips TEDx How To Avoid Death By Powerpoint

Twenty terrific minutes of presentation tips. The vid above pretty much speaks for itself. Any Sales presenter should watch it. And act on its advice. There’s irony in that the slide he chooses to use as demonstration (about a super-car development) is neither sexy nor ground-breaking in its eventual

5 Selling Sins From England's Icelandic Football Humiliation

> L’incroyable fiasco anglais L’Equipe newspaper headline, Paris 28 June 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So England crash out of yet another tournament. Hardly can it ever have been more humiliating. Well done, Iceland. As one former player quipped, the world’s most highly paid team were beaten by“a country