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The Battle Against Being Shanghaied By Buyer Crimps

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/07/pepperpot.jpg] In a lunchspot the other day, I was on a communal table where an artist was chatting to an anti-nuclear power campaigner. The annoyance of being expected to do ‘free’ work in return simply for exposure was quick to surface.

Walking The Forecast Anticipointment Tightrope

Never let it be said that I’m not up with the zeitgeist. I learnt a new word this week. It seems to have been around almost a decade. And a portmanteau to boot. Always entertaining. Here’s the two-thirds-reliable wiki; [https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/11/anticipointment-definition.

Coldplay, Your 2nd Favourite Band

I was at a friend’s pad having a few cheeky drinks. People I’d not met before were also there, adding to the fun. As inevitably happens in such circumstance, we moaned about the DJ. The rest of us threatened to ‘steal’ his speaker’s connection and play proper

Can You Do Better Than Luxury Hotel Chain Slides?

The Shard. A wonderful new addition to the London skyline in one of my favourite parts of town. It houses a hotel with lofty ambitions. As well as having the highest bar view across the capital, the Shangri-La global chain aim to have London’s Number One luxury hotel. And

Can You Picture The Winning Beeb Way To Enliven Barcharts?

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/11/uklanduse-newsnight-graphic-10Nov14.png] Tuesday’s Newsnight. Our Evan Davis assessed how Britain’s land was distributed. I quickly snatched the above pic of their graphic. I really did admire the idea. I’ve long used photos as backdrops for slides, and this image

Will You Succeed With A Fiverr Pitch?

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/11/fiverr-option1.png] The online tasks marketplace is such a crowded and bewildering space. Elance and Odesk merged recently. Then there’s the other end of the spectrum. Amazon Mechanical Turk. And all manner of options in between. Do freelancers and their clients

Do You Say Thanks When A Door Is Left Open For You?

It’s ridiculous what you can catch from the merest glimpse of a telly in a swanky office reception. A ‘comic’ was plugging his latest book for those who like to read on the toilet. A collection of already published newspaper columns on life’s oh-so-hilarious irritations. Viewers were asked

The Cure For High Prices

So a chatterati radio news show this week had a feature on what’s happening with commodity prices. Numerous supposed luminaries discussed why they are all either at or near five-year lows. Is oil price suppression due to a US-Saudi pact to destabilise evil Putin’s economy? Are the lunatics

How Food Intolerance Allergy Festers Inside Your Big Account

So a friend of mine was concerned she had food allergies. She decided to go for testing. Part of the documentation she received featured this ‘fact’; > food intolerance is 60% of human illness It also stated that there are supposedly three stages. Stage One is where there is an immediate,

STAR Moments

I chuckled to discover another ‘star’ acronym. I now use (and teach [http://salespodder.com/star-pitch]) a differentone [http://salespodder.com/star-interview-method/] regularly that helps both focus client stories and provide the usually missing punch. This one is short for, > Something They’ll Always Remember The idea is that whenever