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Posted in Blog on Jul 13th, 2008
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I have spent the last few days in a lather of frustration and perspiration. I turned on my trusty (?) computer the other night and found I couldn’t get onto the internet. I did my normal technical checks. Was [...]
Posted in Blog on Jun 29th, 2008
Have you ever gone through a period where the universe seems to conspire against you? Well, I have been through the wringer recently. Firstly we had technical problems with the site that defied the designer’s best efforts. Then we had a sound failure with the three ten minute videos I promised.
Well, the site is back [...]
I recently wrote that we had filmed some howcani questions to release to demonstrate the howcani approach and to provide some valuable information. I just received an e-mail from the producer. The film is fine, the sound is not. Unfortunately it means we will have to reshoot them.
Just a small delay, about two weeks as [...]
Posted in Blog on May 25th, 2008
I received an invitation the other day. One of those bitter sweet situations. Young friends of mine invited me to a reception for the christening of their second child. I looked at the invitation with happiness and expectation. There is another side to this event.
It is a goodbye.
The wife is a partner in a global [...]
In News and Muse I mentioned we would be filming some short videos posing sales questions and providing answers. Well, we shot them last Friday. They are away at the producer and should become available shortly. When I was considering what questions to pose I was influenced by an incident that happened with a young [...]
Posted in Blog on May 11th, 2008
I really must apologise for not writing a news and muse for a while. So much has been happening that the time just slipped away. Quite a confession for someone who teaches time management. Well, like us all, I am a work in progress.
News first. You may have noticed I have begun to write sales [...]
Posted in Blog on Apr 27th, 2008
If you have visited my site before you may have noticed that I don’t send anyone frantic messages exhorting them to buy my DVDs because they contain the latest ’secret’ or that they will change your life instantly by reason of you watching them.
Also you will see no ‘call to action’ so favoured by the [...]
Much of the work I do with Sales people revolves around the use of the telephone. We have all heard the telemarketers who are poorly trained. It is obvious they are reading from a script. They sound like a machine and their responses to questions can be laughable.
I am a great believer in the unspoken [...]
It has been a while since I last posted anything on the blog. I have had an eventful few weeks running sales boot camps. This is where I take, in this latest case, young, inexperienced people and introduce them to the exciting world of sales. I say exciting because it is, or can be if [...]
Posted in Blog on Apr 6th, 2008
I try to approach each day with a sense of anticipation. Some days are easier than others. It is Sunday evening here in Sydney and I am beavering away on my computer. I’ve just done a rewrite and edit on a chapter of my novel, I will do a poem for my other site, ollielind.com [...]
