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The baying mob are on their cancelling march. Pitchforks in hand, charging through the cyber streets. Often through anonymous mobilising of a tiny group of intolerant belligerent extremists and witchfinder generals positioning themselves as the general public. Some targets perhaps worthy. Way too many others though – whether they be young

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/07/fish-postcard-crop-aadj.jpg] I heard a story about a New York lawyer. Proudly displaying a jokey framed pic behind him, above his desk. A fish with a hook in its mouth, alongside the slogan, ‘if I hadn’t opened my mouth I wouldn’

The world’s housing market is broken. Whether from an economy developed or developing. There are simply too many people chasing too few dwellings. More people born that can be coped with, less wanting to give up second homes or not able to move out or on. In England, a

One travesty of lockdown was the huge extra profits flowing to the supermarkets. These huge – in some cases global – mega-chains drive many unwelcome effects of Big Food. Whilst protesting the public should not be so squeamish as they supposedly drive prices down. A claim demolished by the reality of quality

I came across a fascinating piece of social media management. In this case, available on Twitter. It helps users avoid many of the ills which that platform seems to attract battering your mental wellbeing. In the worst case, the bombardment of abuse from bots, trolls or wumao (China’s 50

When making a decision have your prospects ever been in ‘statistical darkness’? I learn of this intriguing state given the life-and-death calls being made by authorities around the world against a threat for which they have pretty much no stats on which to lean. The perilous state of resulting policy

Yet another fascinating lesson in branding and sloganising from pandemic response. The UK government handling of the coronavirus today’s source. On 23 June, Premier Boris Johnson announced a widely trailed easing of lockdown restrictions. Hibernation is ending. Pubs can open in ten days. Let the country rejoice. England’s

In the world of radio, when a presenter informs you at the ‘top’ of their show that they’re going to “flush the format”, it means they won’t be following their normal running order. Pretty much any show, speech or music, follows a standard flow. Topics will last for

How many people prospectside are you trying to convince so that the favourable action you seek occurs? There’s much debate around what it takes for a ‘movement’ to bring change. There’s (at least) two pillars. First let’s look at numbers. Microtrends [http://salespodder.com/microtrends/] suggested you