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quirky

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

Your John Cleese 3 Questions

[https://twitter.com/secupp/status/1020133533376008192] > What’s your name? What’s your quest? What’s your favourite colour? These are the three questions global comedy icon and father John Cleese would ask his young daughter upon returning home from a work trip. Every single time. Which, as she

Your Maintenance Sell Upkeep

A disaster in the Northern Italian port city of Genoa. A spectacular bridge collapse. Too many souls perish. All the more shocking because it appears a tragedy which should have been prevented. Among the swiftly labelled culprits was construction industry corruption. The Mafia infested sector happy to either regularly skimp

Commuting Decision Flowchart For First Contact

No sooner had I blogged on how to gently open up someone you meet prospectside for the first time (inspired by workplace vicinity eating [http://salespodder.com/swap-agenda-for-food-spot-ideas/]) when I then saw this ad on a train. > Commuting Decision Flowchart; Q: Should I try and start a conversation on

Don't Go Knocking Competition The Samsung Way

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPhetlu3f2g] Results for the tech giants’ latest quarters roll in. Samsung posted a drop for their electronics arm. Their latest smartphone evolution – Galaxy S9 – was it appears neither a significant jump from last time round’s S8, nor different enough from anyone else’s

What's Your Inverted Yield Curve Canary In The Mine

This week I learned of the dreaded inverted yield curve [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/invertedyieldcurve.asp]. Bluntly, its occurrence means a recession is likely coming soonish. Apparently this is a historical precursor to a significant downturn. It’s when long-term interest rates get lower than short-term ones. Especially

Swap Agenda For Food Spot Ideas

[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/18/anthony-bourdains-last-interview-trump-weinstein-and-travel] This above is a selection from the last interview before his recent suicide of innovative chef turned food travelogue presenter, Anthony Bourdain. I couldn’t help but feel the Sales parallel when first chatting with someone new to you when wandering

Are You Selling The Two Luxuries Of Modern Life

The talking head pictured here is assessing the huge impact of the Jumbo Jet. On its fiftieth anniversary, I enjoyed watching plaudits take off in the direction of Boeing and their 747. Author Mark Tungate suggests that one secret to its success was that it unleashed the following; > the

Project Unicorn

[http://www.sportbible.com/football/funny-england-players-enjoy-unicorn-racing-the-day-after-win-over-tunisia-20180619] England footballers in the pool the day after winning their first 2018 World Cup group game in a unicorn race -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I once contemplated writing a pamphlet entitled something like 100 words that sell. Way back then, I’d just begun blogging. Having an

Dealmaker in Chief Deal Length Lesson

> “You know, deals that take too long are never good ones. When a deal takes so long, they never work out.” So spoke The Donald to Britain’s biggest selling daily before his way through Blighty in between this week’s NATO and Putin summits. There’s a well

Leaving Prospects With Your Tetris Effect

Recognise these? They’re the blocks that fall from the top of your screen in arguably the world’s favourite old-school video game, Tetris [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris]. (Several free online versions now exist.) Something I’ve blogged on before courtesy of its remarkable origin story [http://salespodder.