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VideoCallsThatSell

A collection of 268 issues

Four-Sentence Rule

I note a current resurgence in this. As coined by George Kohlrieser from at least as back as 2006. There are plenty of similar steers. If he wasn't quite the first to suggest such brevity scores, he certainly does seem to be the first to report a genuine,

The Empty Chair Speaks

I first learned of one from a wrong turn off a Sarajevo street. How did that end? If indeed, it ever has. Political assassination anywhere can head news feeds everywhere. So stark and shocking as they can be. Given the editor adage, 'it it bleeds, it leads' this

No10 Optics Form

It's not often you can brave a post brushing the political. Given that the current UK govt is "underwater" maybe today can be that day. For this week pollster YouGov found the now twelve-months-in Labour administration approval rating has slumped to minus 59. An astonishing 70pc

Video Signalling Baddies for 67pc Close Rate

hired a russian model for Zoom calls our close rate jumped 43% but only when she said absolutely nothing here's how we discovered sales psychology's dark secret: client kept rescheduling calls always "too busy" classic time-waster my sales guy was frustrated "let me

A Whale of a Deal

Not quite your Moby Dick, but the label 'whale' can hold similarly mythic meaning among Enterprise sellers. Yes, it's a big one. Perhaps, the big one. They so seldom land as to be the stuff of legend. A trailblazing titan of late-night broadcasting just put his

Rembrandt Reminder (not forgetting Vincent)

A tiny minority of people, including myself and Rembrandt, believe that you should site your webcam at a slight angle to the body. pic.twitter.com/p1RJ6koKhI — Rory Sutherland (@rorysutherland) August 28, 2020 I lament that it is indeed a 'tiny minority'. Yet we are in the right.

Brummie Rock Legend Kitchen Backdrop

"Good morning!" So sang Ozzy. Cheerily. As filmed by his daughter at their English kitchen table in this poignant final clip. It's unclear whether he was locked into watching content on his tablet there. Or maybe he was preparing to video call, headphone-ready. Yet it'

Telltale Bookcasing

the guy's a pro, already scrubbed all his socials, no pic of him online so, here goes pic.twitter.com/mTYNRcXcpC — Flo Crivello (@Altimor) July 2, 2025 This is a still from a video call. The reason given for its sharing by the above AI agent startup founder

What Does Mbappe Know That Most Zoomers Don't?

Tricky to truly relish football's first 'proper' world club cup tournament. Skewed qualification criteria, player burn-out ignorance, blatant money-grab by the dictator-friendly suits. American stadiums never designed for the beautiful game, climate conditions wholly unsuited for elite ties, poor pitches that would shame the grassroots. Yet

Six Fingers Mirror Video Call Reminder

"I can't decide whether it's flattering or not, but it's certainly an engaging photograph" - Cressida Wetton, reviewing tomorrow's papers on Headliners I awoke in the country of my birth to hear of a remarkable parliamentary by-election result. It was