Topic

quirky

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

Monster Doctor Case Wall

This past month Netflix released a 90min documentary on the harrowing crimes against humanity, morality and security of an American fertility doctor. Fathering perhaps over one hundred children through his Indianapolis artificial insemination clinic, using his own sperm. Suffice to say there is allegedly not a mother who appears to

What's Hypothecated Here?

> To hypothecate is to pledge money by edict to a specific purpose. A word used around government debate and pitch where politicians ring-fence certain tax income for a particular, often pet, project. (Not always of the pork-barrel [https://salespodder.com/pork-barrel-projects/] kind note, although 'earmarking' is perhaps more generally recognised

Logo Business Card Trademark

I came across this quote through citing from a fashionista at a graduation ceremony. From a self-styled America influencer, labelling himself a brand strategist. Around since at least 2015, you can see why it enjoyed a viral half-life beyond the norm. Your smile is your logo Your personality is your

Can You Reach Your Prospect's First Friend?

> People don't change their opinions when supplied with a potent argument. They change their minds when their friends change their minds. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) April 22, 2022 [https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1517486506079838208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] At time of blogging, 236 of the twitterati pitched in with a

Client Lifetime Somatic Mutations

What determines any particular species of animal's lifespan? From a team of Cambridge scientists, we learn the previous theory - body size as proportional to life expectancy, known as Peto's Paradox - must now evolve. The new hypothesis being that; > "lifespan is inversely proportional to the somatic mutation rate". In

Vranyo in Sales

vranyo :: the Russian tactic of saying outrageous things and expecting to get away with them. Here's another definition, via glossophilia [https://glossophilia.org/2018/09/vranyo-a-previously-untranslatable-russian-word/] ; > “You know I’m lying, and I know that you know, and you know that I know that you know, but I go ahead

Billion-Dollar Tender Fiasco

The UK public sector somehow presided over a shocking IT procurement. The postal service bought a new accounting system. For the independent 'moms 'n pops' shopkeepers who ran small sub-post offices. The result? “the worst miscarriage of justice in recent British legal history". After a string of wrongful convictions, livelihoods

Pause-Push-Pulse

British university biologists coined a great term during their study of what happened to wildlife when humans en masse went into lockdown; the anthropause. Now no longer shielding from that coronavirus, they suggest we now enter a frenzied phase of catching up activity; the anthropulse. I couldn't help but think

Renaissance Seller

If someone calls you a Renaissance Man or Woman, then they imply you're a person with expertise in more than one area. I've seen this concept also apply the label, 'Ultimate'. There's an old joke I've heard too. Unsurprisingly from female comics. 'Never trust a man who tells you he's

Don't Go The Way Of The Tank

Are we witnessing the end of tank warfare? The dogged Ukrainians are stopping the Russian invaders in their tracks. Literally. Tanks stranded. Their movement stalled. Many destroyed as sitting ducks. Much comment from those in the know wonder whether this is the moment signifying we are passed Peak Tank. In