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Vranyo in Sales

vranyo :: the Russian tactic of saying outrageous things and expecting to get away with them. Here's another definition, via glossophilia [https://glossophilia.org/2018/09/vranyo-a-previously-untranslatable-russian-word/] ; > “You know I’m lying, and I know that you know, and you know that I know that you know, but I go ahead

Billion-Dollar Tender Fiasco

The UK public sector somehow presided over a shocking IT procurement. The postal service bought a new accounting system. For the independent 'moms 'n pops' shopkeepers who ran small sub-post offices. The result? “the worst miscarriage of justice in recent British legal history". After a string of wrongful convictions, livelihoods

Zoom Booths; Pt 3 Cars

Hello Road Warriors. For many years we've been phoning from our motors. Can we now do the occasional video call from our treasured vehicles too? Well. The answer - provided we are not actually driving at the time - could be found from these examples. Perhaps then, the right place

Zoomscapes so far of the 20s; Pt 2 OBs

Outside Broadcasts. You ever been on a telephone conference call when outside? Then you'll know the travails of pressing the number for the 'mute' key when you want to toggle between your vital utterings. Else the whistling wind, street bustle or car engine surrounding you will make everyone mad with

Your Manifesto Client

Well, yesterday's crunch match was a thriller. Savour two teams in such elite, prolonged and era-defining rivalry. The football match - the prelude to which prompted yesterday's [https://salespodder.com/worlds-best-football-coach-understands-folly-of-chasing-results/] post - ended in an honourable 2-2 draw. Although as a neutral, I think it's fair to say the

Trophies Themselves Don't Create Special Happiness

Spaniard Pep Guardiola has redefined football. Now in a battle of the ages with rival boss, German Jurgen Klopp, the pair pit wits against each other later today. Surely the current best two sides in the world. Manchester City host Liverpool in what is unsurprisingly dubbed this season's EPL title

Video Cellscaping Tips From Clips; Pt 1 Bookcases

The first in my review series of our two years of mass zoomin' self-portrayals should appeal to those for whom the twitter feed of Bookcase Credibility [https://twitter.com/BCredibility] became indispensable, whilst it ran. > "What you say is not as important as the bookcase behind you." Wise words indeed,

Ferrari Cheapstakes

The Prancing Horse. A marque of the highest calibre. A culture steeped in the very best. That's the image. Yet I discover an alternate lens. A salesperson I know was selling into them. Their Stable's retail division. They won the order. The reason? > "We chose you because you were the

8 Things Creatives Showed Us About Our New Videolink Epoch

> pic.twitter.com/o7fWqgdWdt [https://t.co/o7fWqgdWdt] — Cursed Commercials 📺 (@CursedAds) March 5, 2021 [https://twitter.com/CursedAds/status/1367688902409084929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Don't be like Coffee Steve. There's been plenty of promo piggybacking on WFH zoom calls. Above is one example, from a US coffee brand. > 'when your

You Don't Need To Spend A Grand, Unlike Adele

The snippet above links to a bookshop 'mole', confiding Adele's approach [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10679869/EMILY-PRESCOTT-Adele-spends-1-000-Chelsea-book-splurge.html] to curating her zoomscape. In short, she wants a certain style of backdrop for videoing from home. Decides she needs books behind her. Nips down to a fancy bookstore. Spends