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Personal branding. It’s a minefield. And when it doesn’t quite hit the mark, it can be embarrassing. Skynews’ Jeff Randall live had on a couple of ‘treps’ – as the Americans seem to be calling people that set up their own business these days – to discuss the Chancellor’s

Consternation among the chattering classes. London broadsheet The Telegraph reveals that on a daily basis, The Royal Mail now delivers 54 million [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100189644/forget-junk-mail-the-real-evil-is-cold-calling/] pieces of junk mail. That’s just about one mailer for each UK citizen, every single day. Who said

And ad for the latest home coffee machine system. No Hollywood a-listers for this launch. No. Instead, a ‘typical’ cold-caller. Hardly what you’d expect to expose the cutting edge of poor sales-ship. Yet it ably shows what cold callers are up against. The comedy value of being sales-ist is

A couple of studies this week highlighted the contrary nature of people. One discovered how demanding you enter into ‘no smoking [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9675460/Just-say-no-campaigns-could-have-opposite-effect.html] ‘, was more likely to trigger the urge to light up. Another I overheard dissected on some magazine show, went

Here’s terrific insight from global travelling Newsnight anchor, the talented Gavin Esler. Taken from his experiences interviewing the world’s ruling classes, he’s recently penned a tome about what makes a great leader. His conclusion? They all tell very good stories. His favourite story surrounds the driving force

One aspect I do enjoy getting into, is the company-, and to a lesser extent industry-, specific jargon I encounter when getting to grips with a new salesteam for the first time. Their choice of terms, unique to them, can be incredibly revealing. It betrays how they truly view their

Micro-targeting has been around a fair while across the democratic world. The current American presidential race introduces technology like never before. Skynews ran a piece on the delights of an app for that. Their reporter stood outside the house of a lady called Sarah, identified by the Obama team’s

More dishonest reps giving the rest of us a bad name. This time from the pension trade. So I learn from London’s Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/9627293/Dodgy-annuity-salesmen-should-be-hounded-out.html] that many an annuity seller fibs about the level of their client’s health so