I met my friend Jeff for lunch recently and it went like this: Jeff: Notice anything different about me? Me: You’re licking the inside of a Pop-Tart wrapper. Tell me you didn’t find that in the subway. Jeff: I mean do I look thinner? I have a high school reunion coming up. Me: So you’re […]
Six Ways to Not Suck at Selling Things to Me
Did I send some message into the universe that attracts bad sales people? Is there a rehab centre nearby for under-performers? Have suppliers everywhere been forced to hire chipmunks and voles instead of real Sales Squirrels? I’m in a new role these days, one that spends more than the old role. Plus I’ve been pretty […]
The Favour of a Reply is Requested– Why We Should Start Loving Email Again
Do you remember when email was invented? I don’t have any specific memory of the day it turned up, like magic, on my computer at work, but I am fairly certain it was a matter of minutes before I joined every other marketer on the planet getting very excited about the possibilities of the medium. […]
Four Things Marketing Can Say "Yes" About in 2013
You’ve got to love January. Those plans you’ve been revising for months are finally in motion. The agencies are gorging themselves on billable hours to fund their trips to Cannes, after an exhausting December of canapés and signature martinis. Yet even as that New Budget Smell lingers in the hallways, the Sales Squirrels are already […]
Lost Squirrels: Putting Sales Where it Belongs
Mostly statistics just annoy me, but every now and again I am absolutely gobsmacked by one. Like this gem I picked up from Sirius Decisions at a marketing conference: sales people spend only 18% of their time in front of customers. You read that right, folks. Your Sales Squirrels are spending less than one-fifth of their time […]
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