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ideas and experiences with a selling angle that come from left-field

Which Three Words Do You Seek

What a good World Cup. Away from the most watchable of footie, PR opps abound. One such chance was duly grabbed by Cambridge University Press. They analysed the Anglosphere for musings on each team and came up with the top three words [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/

Are You Ready For Episelling?

I came across the field of epigenetics. My initial discovery came courtesy of a pop-science author whose huge seller 13 things that don’t make sense I read way back in 2010. Michael Brooks’ latest tome is The Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise. We seem to

Would A Chippie Trust a Brickie?

> “If you’re a carpenter and you want to hang a door you don’t ask a bricklayer how to do it” What a quote. I heard it from the mouth of a football world cup pundit. A Welshman who performed miracles keeping Crystal Palace in the English Premier

Keep Your Sale Perched Atop The Wall Of Fear

> Shares climb a ‘wall of fear’ – there’s never a green light to show you that everything’s fine So went the observation of a rolling news talking head that I caught other day. Cautioning as the global recovery was said to gather pace. This phrase was new to

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

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

Are You Selling Gold For The Price Of Silver?

During watching a programme on an English telly catch-up service I came across this ad. I couldn’t help be struck by the store manager’s sigh. > We’re selling gold for the price of silver He’s clearly a bit miffed that so much fine oak furniture was