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Mystic Gideon Foresells Shock. Or Severe Shock.

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a British referendum in a month’s time. Attack campaigning mars both positions so much we’re in need of a new superlative beyond ‘negative’. This week saw the most subterranean low so far. Bremainians got The Treasury to forecast what would

Can Your Selling Match The BBC Drive To Be Distinctive

Eddie Mair [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2ygKVcq4LtT6nqx9zhdZxMJ/eddie-mair]. A newsreader reportedly earning an annual salary of £425,000. How could any of us aware of his talents begrudge him such whopping pay packet? Our ire rather aimed at execs who restrict his appearances across the BBC airwaves.

Say No To Volunteering Your Hard Earned IP

I’ve blogged before on the perils of doing speculative work and free pitches [http://salespodder.com/work-on-spec/]. It is an absolute no-no. Knowledge-based solution selling can fall into this trap. I myself encountered a massive global firm akin to a secretive religious cult once. In the door, I was

Apply Sleek Instagram Logo Trick To See What's Burned Into Your Sales Psyche

[blog.instagram.com/post/144198429587/160511-a-new-look] Who’d have thought it? This week the internet exploded. Instagram updated its logo. Hashtags changeitback and oldinsta flooded uploads. You can’t help but chuckle along with the designer in charge. On reaction that would ensue, Fast Company knowingly quoted [http://www.fastcodesign.

The Bigly Wonders Of Making Up Your Own Word

American elections. Blimey. True democracy takes many forms. Yet is there any country, anywhere, that’s got the voting process right? This week proof yet again that the personalities, gaffes and presentation so often outgun policies. The Donald has got down to the wire. He of the hairpiece, tv fame

Pivot From Your Humiliate Competition Bombast

So London’s media village is getting terribly excited about a new Sunday morning tv show about politics. Host of the self-titled Peston has left the cossetted publicly funded BBC in favour of a commercial rival. He made headlines before his ‘ratings war’ launch through his use of one particular

Don't Copy This Accenture Retail Consulting Fail

[https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/careers.aspx] Alright, so I have little time for business services giant Accenture. Although I don’t quite go as far as those who call them the Mormons of the consulting world. Or is it Moonies? Whichever. If you need a disdainful view justified you

Time For That Sales Office Spring Clean Makeover

Spring cleaning time. Or Autumn rather, if you’re southern hemispherical. What an office I picture up top. A famous place d’you think? It’s a shot from one of this year’s UK local election political broadcasts. Balance prevents me from shaming the name. Ew. Clip art is

The Weird Science Of Comic Seller Buyer Mismatch

This flow chart fed not just business feeds when it emerged. Let me introduceOtaku.A “group of Hong Kong Chinese who have an obsessive interest in computer technology but are socially inept in interpersonal interactions”. Such lone shopping Otaku young men seemed nervous when confronted with attractive 22-year old female

Can You Trail Service Changes Better Than Instagram?

Instagram users encountered this on their homepage, Thursday 21 April 2016. It appears the huge userbase – as represented in this pictured moment one hour after posting by 757 commenters – seemed universally unhappy. Despite all those ‘hearts’. Users wanted only pictures they choose flow through their feed. Not those selected by