sport & selling

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/05/the-sun-front-page-hairdryer-9May13.jpg] Football manager leaves huge club. Hardly of interest to many a salesperson around the world I guess. Yet this particular manager has claim to be the best ever. In the aftermath of Alex Ferguson’s ‘sudden’ retirement from Manchester United,

A couple of intriguing sales stories emerged today. Last night I was glued to the finale of the Masters Golf major. A gripping ending saw Aussie Adam Scott prevail in a thrilling play-off. It appeared that one reason for his elevation from serial grand slam runner-up over the past couple

With back-to-back Ashes looming and England favourites for a change, you gotta love this story. After getting walloped in the first two Tests by India, the Australian squad were requireded to prepare for a presentation to management. They were asked to detail how they could improve. Four declined to partake.

Yesterday I watched a fascinating documentary about how the English Premier League became such a dominant football force across the globe. In just twenty years TV rights exploded from around £3m, to £2Bn. Utterly incredible. More Than A Ball Game looked at how the league was formed. There were all

Let’s not carried away. England are not yet quite the world beaters we crave. Despite walloping New Zealand and now winning in atrocious Dublin weather. The Guardian [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/08/stuart-lancaster-england-flops-force] wrote this interesting piece on how the building blocks for this

[https://salespodder.com/content/images/wordpress/2013/01/prepare-attack-destroy.jpg] This pic’s been all over the web this week. Where once there was Roger & Rafa, now in their place there’s Murray & Nole. The t-shirt slogan apparently sums up Andy Murray’s thrust. His brilliant development over

Is there a more intense position in world sport than being India cricket captain? Rahul Dravid would have an opinion. In the aftermath of the incredible Test series which England just came back to win, there’s plenty of tips for the astute seller. One was this little gem. When

[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9753011/Chelseas-tactical-secrets-found-in-a-bin-in-Japan-following-Club-World-Cup-defeat-to-Corinthians.html] Defending corners. It evokes my auto-responses when a lady asks of me my likes and dislikes. In the style of a glossy mag quizzing a celeb for ever-so-amazing insight into their personality. Right. You should never concede a

Quite Incredible. What a day out last Saturday. I couldn’t let this week slip by without mentioning this historic Twickenham victory. Kudos to the Kiwis in defeat though. There’s plenty of banter about the identity of the planet’s most biased commentators (no debate necessary – it is any