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quirky

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

Seasonality Is Not Just For Ice Cream Sellers

This week in England is the last of the traditional long summer holiday. Before the big back to school for the new academic year. I saw a magazine show feature how the staycation trend has boomed lately. Jetting off to The Med now so passé. Tourist pounds sterling flood into

22p

> “Sorry, sir, could you help me out with 22p?” The shopping streets of urban Britain can resemble an obstacle course in avoiding groups of intimidating beggars. The police instruct citizens not to give them anything. Apparently seeking to quell the current frightening trend for such monies to get spent

Show Your Key Number The Basecamp Way

[https://basecamp.com/] The detail of this chart above isn’t that important. It shows biannual growth in users of an old favourite anti-project management ‘app’. Before the word app meant what it means today. Fourteen years in and they’ve nearly three million “accounts signed up”. It adds up

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