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

How A Spurious Stat Can Spur Your Sale

It finally happened. England had the better of a day Down Under in The Ashes. Before the wheels came off once more. If you are oblivious to the charms of the wonder that is cricket, don’t despair. I often download a podcast to hear analysis of the day’s

Have You A Global Ego When You Need Local Focus?

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/11/thepaper94-a.jpg] I caught Ron Howard’s 1994 movie The Paper the other night. The attention to detail for the set of a New York newsroom is fantastic. About half-way through, there’s a scene tucked away in one corner of the

Have You Cyber Billing That Won't Make You Cringe?

Selfie. It’s officially the word of the year. Many a poll counting down the best of the year got hasty re-writes this week. Smashing straight in at number one appears to be the hitherto relatively unknown prime minister of Denmark. When she, dubbed the “flirty Dane”, roped in Barack

If A 10-Yr Old Can Plan On A Flip Chart...

BSkyB produced comedy Spy. Season Two, episode Codename: Growing Rogue. There’s the son of a spy. But the ten year old isn’t to know what Daddy does. So when said son is in a battle royal for class president, Dad tries to apply his trade to help out.

Can Your Selling Learn From Success Teaching 15yr Olds?

["http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/12/15/what-education-lessons-can-u-s-learn-from-overseas/"] The World Is Flat author, Tom Friedman, commented [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/opinion/friedman-the-shanghai-secret.html?_r=0] recently on the large survey into how clever 15-yr olds are around the planet. Being as the two largest

Loosening Those Year-End Purse Strings

Many if not most salesteams face the hectic annual financial year-end rush as the calender year also draws to a close. The stories you can tell as your selling career lengthens. Christmas hamper delivery, doorstepping for the Christmas drinks, ‘preferential’ customer gifts. And of course, the biggie, the now-or-never year-end

Seeing Your Sales Grid Of Despair (& Repair)

[http://quantifiedbreakup.tumblr.com/] Here’s some wonderful illustrations I came across by way of downtime tabloid reading. The unfortunate author appears to have suffered a relationship breakdown. Hopefully their blog charts their return to form. The above graphic (click to go through to the site) sought to assess the

Sales 'Elf 'n Safety

I received this amongst the usual festive season spam from pals. > A request was made for Christmas decorations in the office, please follow the guidelines below: • Do not bring electrical equipment on site. Any lights or unapproved electrical goods will be confiscated. • Do not stand on chairs or desks

How Message To Stop Breast Cancer Can Improve Your Sales

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/11/20131119-143801.jpg] UK breast cancer charities are renowned for their sterling work. I noticed with interest their latest awareness campaign. Apparently, an incredible 94% of women do not know the 5 ways to spot breast cancer. So, their latest poster had plastered

Are You Tunnelling Your Benefits Better Than New Tube Or Subway Lines?

Recently I caught an interview with the chairman of Crossrail, Terry Morgan. The entertaining business journo Jeff Randall was clearly excited about his £15bn project that tunnels across London. And it seems, with good reason. Not just because it’ll afford him new travel options from what he described as