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The things that creep into your feed… How to say ‘yes!’ to sex [http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/04/how-to-say-yes-to-sex-and-not-just-ok-only-if-you-shut-up-about-it] seemed a cheap shot. Yet I couldn’t help mull how the want-it-now-now-now salesperson and the million-other-things-on-my-plate buyer ever get it together. The original Aussie writing title perhaps

Waterkant. Fairly central Cape Town. One of the many over-styled new eateries there. Yet a real-life example to flow the juices of menu engineers. On occasion I blog on the crossover between food retailing and b2b solution price lists. Here’s another idea. This place had a menu without headings

Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs. Not a great flick, but does look slick. Kate Winslet enjoyed award season. Her turn as Apple’s Marketing chief was both Golden Globe and BAFTA winner. Oscar-nominated too. If you’re feeling ballsy, or simply like trying something new a few times, then how

A misfiring water pitch tapped me onto Adam Shaw’s blog the other day. Specifically his recounting of the incredible story of Jack Andraka [https://adamshawbiz.com/2015/11/03/saving-lives/]. Here’s a teenager that, driven by the loss of a loved one, invented an early spot for the

I caught the 400th edition of S Africa’s weekly brand and journalism magazine show. Maggs on Media went to London. Interviewing the publicly funded Brand London CMO, here’s the host’s final question; > “What’s the one undiscovered place to go to in London?” The interviewee was

> “Brightness is a metaphor for happiness.” So I discovered from a study finding listening to happy music makes us feel better. And people are paid to test this? What is perhaps of interest to Sales, is why this is so. It heightens our “brightness judgement”. We associate bright with

Valentines Day. Articles on romance flood our streams. For instance, I learn about the three hormones involved; testosterone (sex drive), dopamine (romantic love) & oxytocin (attachment). A biological anthropologist focused on driving up dopamine. Helen Fisher’s advice is clear; > “If you really want to fall in love with

You know you’ve made it when you have an eponymous ‘law’ [http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws] enter the language. (TakeStein’s Law [http://salespodder.com/sardonic-steins-law-applied-to-your-sales/] I blogged on the other day.) I was reminded of these and their wonderful Sales pitch tool potential

As Facebook shares rally to crazy levels (50-times earnings) in the wake of recent results, one of their pr items also topped global screens. The Six Degrees of Separation concept is well-known. We are no more than 6 contacts away from any other person on the planet. The world is