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I'm a local energy advisor in your area, hope you're doing well today...

Ew. Still have a landline? Even know what one is? One I came to answer rang the other lunchtime heralded an opening of this blog's title. A bright and breezy chap. Not sounding in first flushes of youth either. Rattled off the above in unaccented, clear, smooth English

Motoring Campaign Metrics

Trailblazing petrolhead (& earliest of e-heads too) writer and broadcaster, Quentin Wilson, left us with quite the legacy. Of the many obits lauding his work, this message above prominently features. One even said that his tireless campaigning saved British car users an astonishing combined £120bn in tax. That's

Budget Leadership of Sales

Here's a screenshot of a 'work' conversation that just went viral. How do you feel for Jake? And what do you think to his boss? As the lad bringing it to the attention of the world rightly notes, this is indeed an indicator of truly '

Think of a Number (that Hits)

"A firm selling boilers asked me to help so we wrote the commercials and their business increased 1,000 per cent in 12 months — they went from selling 500 boilers a year to 5,000." Reminiscence of 87yo English telly legend, Johnny Ball. As revealed to London'

What Does Scott Galloway Get Right?

Precious little. I hear anyone familiar mutter. You want to like this guy. Successfully starting more than one business. Making the money of dreams. Living it large. He certainly does have, as they say today, a platform. Yet his schtick - at best Centrist Dad, at worst, well, search if

London Trader Dubai Offshoot Demand '100 calls a day'

Make 100 calls a day, City wealth fund orders trainees on £24k So ran the broadsheet headline this month opening a piece destroying the ethics within a financial boiler room. For good measure, warning from the off that 'the job is ‘not for the faint-hearted’ despite low salary'

£37m Fine Wine Boiler Room Scam Prosecutions

These criminals deserve jail. The deception of the vulnerable is heinous. Don't be like these baddies. I heard a trading standards officer called Sue describe the scene upon obtaining a warrant and entering their offices. 'All the staff were standing, because apparently they weren't allowed

Are You Happy To Sign Off On That?

I was in close proximity to a techie talking with a client. Soft spoken, deliberate, measured speech. The phone conversation focused on an issue one had which the other could aid. There was a 'we could do this, we could do that' segment. Just as the chat seemed

Similarities Of Sealing Prime Home Purchases With Solution Selling

Spoiler Alert: Price is not an over-riding factor. I discovered the interesting switcheroo at play from disclosure of someone helping secure prime property for the past twenty years in the fierce London house market [sub'n req'd]. Here's opening observations offered; Securing your first-choice property

Video Signalling Baddies for 67pc Close Rate

hired a russian model for Zoom calls our close rate jumped 43% but only when she said absolutely nothing here's how we discovered sales psychology's dark secret: client kept rescheduling calls always "too busy" classic time-waster my sales guy was frustrated "let me