Topic

quirky

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

Spam Intros

I accidentally clicked on a bit of spam the other day. It somehow got through the filters for all this kind of nonsense. It really was quite something else. Whilst not quite on the scale of channelling a distraught Nigerian Prince, here was the first line; > This is our

Animal Quote Bandit

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/07/tiger-roar.jpg] A weekend post with a potential single slide idea for those inclined to be a touch ‘motivational’. Not that I necessarily recommend this approach, but for the odd internal rah-rah it can (just) have a place. It also serves as

Another Healthy Five A Day

I blogged a few years back on how the roaring success of the 5-a-day fruit and veg portions message gave rise to a more general wellbeing action quintet. And pondered how these could translate to winning sales [http://salespodder.com/healthy-5-a-day/] activity. Well, now the trick emerges once more, this

Get A Sense

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2011/08/tottenhamriot.jpg] My blood pressure boils just about every time I catch myself stupidly listening to BBC phone-in radio. In the aftermath of the weekend’s N London riots and looting, they even had a fella call in who’s first words,

Sales Goals Less Wild

I read with interest a recent magazine article reappraising goal setting [http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/908158/Why-excessive-goal-setting-bad-business/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH] . Here’s a summary sentence for the gist. > Creating learning goals rather than performance goals is what the authors of Goals Gone Wild recommend The paper referenced has

Till Pressure Grows

I was wondering through a sparkly regenerated town centre the other day and passed a new store selling smart gentlemen’s “fine tailoring and etceteras“. In the mould of the explosion of such English outfitters from a decade ago (Pink, Hawes & Curtis, TM Lewin, Charles Tyrwhitt, Emmett, Hilditch &

A Sushi Legend

Another idea on solution selling pricing options from the world of retail, this time from Simon’s Town’s Just Sushi. Beautifully overlooking False Bay even on a stormy day, it reminded me of menu engineer [http://salespodder.com/be-a-menu-engineer/] tips on which I’ve blogged before. “The Legend” features

Smart Goals Upgrade

I was just reminded of a post I wrote long ago onSales Year Resolutions [http://salespodder.com/sales-year-resolutions/]. In the intervening two and a half years, one related experience I had was when running a solution selling 101 day for a twelve-plus strong, £40m salesteam. I suggested each person write

Your Cat-Poo-Chino

[http://www.facebook.com/urbancoffee] Encroaching towards the mists of marketing I know, but I couldn’t resist this story. I myself go out of my way to occasionally use the coffee house featured in this national Daily Mail article [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2000209/Enjoy-cat-poo-chino-Coffee-shop-serving-drink-beans-passed-civet-cat--9-cup.html] when

Faulksian Plot

Being a huge cricket fan, I often find myself with Test Match Special [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Match_Special] on in the background wherever I am in the world. Apart from when the pitiful Christopher Martin-Jenkins or bland Simon Mann are commentating. So I was annoyed to be torn