quirky

A post-London 2012 hangover blog. How many salespeople have you heard say that they are passionate about what they do? I’ve suffered it far too many times. Including witnessing this in live prospect presentations. It’s pretty much always been cringeworthy, to put it mildly. The obvious point to

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2012/08/olympic-park-megastore.jpg] The merchandise cathedrals inside Olympic Park are incredible. Huge and overflowing with several items that will be filling up car boot sales for the next few months. Yet they do have lots of clothing. The main attraction is the Team

Here’s an interesting sales chat I had with a Kiwi sales manager. I know, hard to believe, but true. I was running through all those chirpy 70s-style selling phrases with the word ‘price’ in them; > take the ice out of price he who buys on price pays twice

[http://image.comms.london2012.com/london2012/ftp_images/JoinIn/Olympic/PDF/asktheboss.pdf] Wow. The London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony. There is hope for the world yet. Beijing’s conformity and control usurped by London’s expression and exuberance. And what fun it was. As I somehow snared some tickets

I ran an afternoon sales workshop for 40 people recently. And after the enormous luncheon that preceded it, I knew I needed to be on super top form. At one stage, I asked each participant to write something on a post-it. I then took them in a break and put

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2012/07/ben-and-jerrys-wheel-and-shakes.jpg] Great World City, Singapore. One of countless shopping precincts. This one had a Ben & Jerry’s. So I stopped to sample their milkshakes. The young lady behind the counter seemed pleasantly unfazed when I cheekily mentioned my favourite such

Here’s something quirky that happened at a sales kick-off event I was recently at. I’d witnessed this kind of thing before a couple of times, but had completely forgotten about it. And how good it is. You can imagine the stage. The first post-lunch (and by the way,

So, today is Friday [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/jul/13/netnotes.derekbrown] the Thirteenth. It’s how I learned about the bizarre word which is the title of this blog. It means the fear of the number 13. I came across it when one broadsheet pondered [http:

Organised religion. I share the bulk of my compatriot’s Dawkinsian outlook on these things. Yet each to their own. Except, it seems, when that ‘own’ is Scientology. The press have fallen over themselves to lambast these guys in the wake of the TomKat split. Even locals in Bali talked

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2012/07/bank-boiler-room-warning-letter.jpg]Here’s a letter someone I know recently received from their bank. A huge global finance institution. And therefore one to be hated by just about everyone for their greed, deceit and arrogance. So, boiler room outfits are evil, unscrupulous