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Four Ways A Volatile Mix Gives FT-Sharp Slides

[/content/images/wordpress/2014/03/ft-crimea-infographic-a-volatile-mix-p12-07Mar14-400x381.jpg] The presentation sales front has particularly drawn my eye lately. This is inspired by The Financial Times. Friday, 7 March 2014. In the London print, page 12. A Volatile Mix is the name of their Crimea illuminating infographic. Adapting and remixing the professionals’

A Rare Example Of A Delicious Donut Pie

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/03/donut-pie-on-guardian-alone.jpg] In English broadsheet The Guardian’s irreverent daily poll spot, here’s a tasty donut. As I blog often on the (way better) alternatives to pie charts, it’s only fair to add balance and show where one can actually

Secrets From Inside A Busted 110-Strong Boiler Room

[http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/news-and-appeals/international-police-operation-targets-suspected-boiler-room-masterminds/Pages/default.aspx] The City Of London Police shone last week shutting down a massive boiler room. Based in Barcelona targeting mainly Britons, so far 850 ruined victims have been identified. As you can see from the pic released above, officers found a

Inspire Section Title Slides Like Media Talkshop

[http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/series/changing-media-summit-2014] This image caught my eye. It’s an ad pumped through a particular sidebar of a site I was recently viewing. You won’t be surprised to learn the event it promotes has its own blog [http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/jan/

At Least The Bad Guys From Wolf Of Wall St Love Their Scoreboards

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/01/wolfofwallst-whiteboard1-400x192.jpg] Oscar nominated The Wolf Of Wall Street. Not only is it at least 45 minutes too long (which could easily be cut from the movie with sensible editing) but it is also shamefully light on the “cautionary” and “redemption” angles

Warning: Do Not Use Wolf Of Wall St Call Script

> Sound Fair Enough? That was one potential title for this blog. It’s from the Leonardo DiCaprio starring, Martin Scorsese directed, movie, The Wolf Of Wall Street. It follows a whitecollar criminal, imprisoned for his stockbroking illegalities. And this phrase appears his preferred closing line. Twenty minutes in, we

The One Single Wolf Of Wall Street Sales Tactic You Can Safely Use

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2014/01/wolfofwallst-sell-me-this-pen-nzl.jpg] The first of a trio of posts triggered by this film, up for gongs at this weekend’s Oscars. It features a pair of scenes where DiCaprio’s character demands, “sell me this pen”. The end sequence finds a trio

Plus Sign For Pie Chart Option

[http://www.davidairey.com/design-crowdsourcing/] A quickie by way of a designer I’ve admired before. He posted this image in relation to the design professional’s knotty issue surrounding crowdsourcing [http://www.davidairey.com/design-crowdsourcing/], and its close relative, spec work. I’ve touched on this latter thorn twice

What Sales Job Interviews Can Take From Google's Talent Choices

So a few days ago on Bloomberg TV, I saw a snippet on Zappos. Usually worth a listen, shoe disrupter Tony Hsieh described how his firm has become so sought after to work at. They have dumped judging people on performance. They only assess against the ten core values [http:

Another Cheeky Too Expensive Objection Handle

The latest VW car ad out of London. Filmed in what looks uncannily like Cape Town’s delightful Hout Bay. Whilst strangely at odds with its recent messaging – that their cars are not as pricey as you’d think – this is a terrific ad for anyone struggling against cheaper competition.