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Flag Up Your Memorability

[http://www.nzflag.com/] So I sat through a presentation depicting an international firm’s regional goals. Several countries were given a slide and a half each. Each was announced by a pic of their flag. Neat, you might think. Well, a little boring, I’d say. I was reminded

Which Moon Shines Through Your Funnel?

So Friday was a full moon. Nothing unusual there. Yet Friday the Thirteenth only sees a Full Moon rather rarely. Roughly every 14.3 years apparently. The last was October 2000 yet the next is way off in August 2049. So in June it is even rarer. 1919 saw the

Can You Better Starbucks' Upsell Rate?

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/06/starbucks-kenyan-upsell.jpg] I’m ashamed, yes. I had to venture into a Starbucks coffee shop the other day. After I ordered one of their standard, middle-sized drinks, the cheery server asked me; > “Would you like to try our new single origin

Stage Your Own Internal Conference Favela Dance-Off

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/06/breguete-in-action.jpg] This is Breguete. He’s a devoted dancer from the Rio favela (as Google’s dictionary states, “a Brazilian shack or shanty town; a slum“), Complexo do Lins. With the World Cup looming, Brazil is getting all kinds of documentary

Keep Track Of Your Progress To Be A Champion

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/06/giggs-at-managers-desk.jpg] To help football fans cope with the difficult emptiness between the end of the season and the start of the World Cup, a documentary of Ryan Giggs’ 4-match stint as Manchester United Caretaker Manager is out. At one point I

Professor Hawking's World Cup Formula Shows How Sellers Score

As World Cup Fever grows, the brainest person on the planet has spoken. England’s football penalty takers “couldn’t hit a cow’s arse with a banjo”. A scientific term that, he tells us. As you may know, I love a good formula. (Here’s another via Eurovision [http:

The Imperfect Time When Nothing Gets Sold

I’ve enjoyed watching snippets from the literary bonanza that is the Hay Festival this past week. An amazing 700 events in such a seemingly unusual place. Famed for “slick willie” Clinton’s description as “Woodstock for the mind”, albeit slightly lost on someone my age. I was intrigued to

What's Your 25-Word Story?

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/05/robbrydon25wordstoryhay31may14.jpg] Another Hay Festival gem. This time from comic Rob Brydon. Inspired by the national 500-word story children’s competition, he composed his own constrained tale. For him though, only 25 words were allowed. Bear in mind, it’s all in

Is Pharrell Williams' Suggestive Close Off Limits?

“Popstar adopts salesman line”. Quite a headline. And who is the biggest popstar on the planet right at this moment? It could well be Pharrell Williams. There cannot be a soul untouched by his mega Happy anthem. Save for some despicable Iranian mullahs. His recent song sales are record-breaking (such

Sales On A Beermat 2005 Southon & West

[http://www.mikesouthon.com/] I was really hoping to like this book. Written by Englishmen for someone new to sales, extoling simplicity from the title. Yet I was frustrated. At fifteen quid for 150 pages I was expecting more. I can’t help thinking the intended audience would be frozen