When my friend the sales director blew me off for lunch the other day, I wasn’t surprised. “I’m really sorry but someone just spotted a product manager on the fourth floor,” she gushed like a drunk birder. “I need to corner that slippery little *^#@?%, brush the Cheetos dust off his shirt and get him […]
Four Ways to Get Sales Off Your Back and Out Selling
Last week I gave you a small song to sing at the end of the quarter as the inevitable fingers seek to assign the inevitable blame. I hope that saw you through to this, the first full week of the shiny new quarter. So full of promise, so full of hope, so full of time. […]
All Together Now: Blame Marketing
Who doesn’t love the end of the quarter? Time to kick back with a nice drink and celebrate a job well done! Pardon me? You didn’t make your numbers? You missed the revenue target? You pooched your opex? The finance people are closing in like Dementors? The Sales Squirrels are running in ever-diminishing circles? You […]
Why Marketing Should Stay Off the Pitcher's Mound
Some people think I don’t like sales people. Not true at all! I love, respect and fear most of the good sales people I know. The lousy sales people I know, on the other hand, don’t usually end up on my Christmas list. It happens that a fair number of the bad sales people I know are […]
Sally Step Four: Keep Sales Away From the Email
I am sure there are sales people out there who can write. I just don’t know where they are. And neither do you. I am considering sacrificing a goat in the parking lot so the Productivity Prevention Geeklords will disable the Outlook Send function for all the sales people who have my name. If you […]
