Google Keep Discarded
A salutary lesson. The average lifespan of a Google product is only 1,459 days
[https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.
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5 Ws of Winning
Well, yesterday’s [http://salespodder.com/6ms-of-coffee/] post had at least one
fan. A friend of mine was talking to me about it. They touched on CVs, and how
to make them stand out. If you were that kind of person, you could cheekily add
a section along the lines
6Ms of Coffee
Whoa! Steady on, coffee aficionado! I know there are supposedly five, not six,
Ms of coffee, but there is fair discrepant thought on this, right?
For those wondering what on earth I’m going on about, I only just discovered
this ‘rule’.
It seems that the Italians consider a number
Claimant Cull
The ‘progressive’ Left decry the end of compassionate society, the ‘striver’
Right scream ‘about time too’. That seems to be the split of opinion about the
huge news story in Britain this week.
After years of successive governments massaging jobless figures through creative
spinning of why people are not working,
Sales Innovation Enabled
[http://www.gsk.com]
I recently saw a BBC interview with the head of global drug colossus, GSK.
Andrew Witty was waxing on innovation. A key driver of their continued success,
he was understandably keen to ensure it carried on taking place. He stated that;
> all the discoveries take
Unwrap Disappointment
[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/03/lindt-lindor-disappointment.jpg]
Easter weekend. Round at good friends’ place, and the unwrapping of chocolate
goodies.
Audible despair accompanied this particular item.
Now. Lindt position themselves as upmarket, right? Here’s how their website
describes this specific brand today;
> the smoothest creation
Mum's Hardest Questions
It’s Easter. So I’m feeling in holiday mood. Here’s an article read in The
Telegraph
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9959026/Mothers-asked-nearly-300-questions-a-day-study-finds.html]
just now. Mum’s apparently get bombarded with questions from their children.
They have to handle more than the PM is fired
Italian Seaman Wisdom
Arh. Our Italian cousins. Do their menfolk still find it acceptable to pinch the
bottoms of random passing ladies in the street?
In that fine tradition, I can thank a CNN report by Nima Elbagir from their
warship the San Marco, as it patrolled for pirates off the Horn of
Twitter Stories Testimonials
[http://stories.twitter.com/]
I have a lot to say about testimonials.
Only a handful of salespeople truly understand their power. Especially to the
extent that they remorselessly chase them down. And quote with abandon. Each
time I hear a rep say ‘we can’t divulge confidential info’ I scream.
Comedy Decision Making Notepad
[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/03/knock-knock-make-decision-notepad.jpg]
Here’s pics I took from a briefly entertaining planagram near the till of a
Capetonian bookstore. The firm responsible is called Knock Knock
[http://www.knockknockstuff.com/]. They have a plethora of these ‘comedy’ pads
for the impulsive gift