VideoCallsThatSell

Above (& below) is a lo-res rendering of a virtual background in my colours of Video Calls That Sell. A few days ago I was in a video meeting where most attendees used a christmassy backdrop as provided by central design. Basically their logo inside festive flourishes. Nothing wrong with that.

'Tis the season to be jolly. So I shall make a festive concession. You cannot distil video meeting best-practice into the clickbait style '12 Ways To Ensure Awesome Video Calls That Sell' rundown. The ability to shape truly distinctive, enjoyed and valued Sales video meetings is so much broader and

Internecine fighting is seldom anything other than downright ugly. I note from the 'international news' sections of feeds, that this round's current American presidential hopefuls from the Republican party seem keen to continue in such vein. Shouty exchanges seeming more contrived reality tv than serious political discourse. As we've kind

Well, thankfully we learn the definitive word on this via WSJ [sub'n req'd]. Reporting on the Nov '23 OpenAI coup. Tech types gleefully lathering up in the Silicon Soap as the ChatGPT top dog was toppled. Major funder Microsoft threw a foam party for opportunity. With Chief Exec Satya Nadella

You may well be familiar with what the world of wiki labels as the 'internet neologism', vidlet. Namely, a short video. I trust we can spot its derivation. Very early on in the mass-enforced move to video calls, those already familiar with the method were known to suggest that its

The photo linked to above was recently shared by an American politician local to a Tesla facility where he met Elon Musk. My first impression was, how strangely 'normie' the conference room. Which these days seems hardly the chased look, hey. Around the same time, Tesla opened its latest battery

This is a daytime talking head spot as presented by a large polling organisation appearing on a rolling news channel. I glimpsed this late afternoon display by chance. An instant double-take. I've seen this zoomscape a lot lately. Particularly from this location. Near to Silicon Roundabout. Around the North East

I continue to be surprised by the lesser-spotted curated zoomscape. I blogged on findings of a survey recently, suggesting that two-in-three companies have created a specific space in the office for video calling. My experience differs. Even if such a place exists, the thought put into it seems misaligned to

Above chart from behind London's Times paywall, dated 23rd October 2023. As they drool over the recruitment surveyor's PR interpretation, "the tide is turning on hybrid working". Whether you prefer unstoppable trend or mere stabilisation is though irrelevant. Salt-pinching can lead into rabbit holes such as vested interest bias or