I’ve had a couple salespeople call me twice recently…without their realizing it. If you are doing outbound calling, don’t you keep track of stuff like that? And another guy trying to sell me an expensive ad package without qualifying me (or he would learn he is wasting his time). More salespeople lost in the MAZE.
Semirelated: [...]

The Semicon trade show in San Francisco last July gets a harsh critique for not executing its new combined ‘front-end’ and ‘back-end’ shows into one site, as published in Chip Scale Review Magazine:
“And some of this year’s exhibitors, especially those who were exiled to the third floor of Moscone West-where you could fire off a [...]

I found this approach interesting:
“There is one way to beat the Chinese threat to US manufacturing…
There is a way to beat the negative impact China has been having on manufacturing in the US. Don’t learn to speak Chinese. Instead, communicate more effectively about your product in English. That will increase the “perceived value” of your [...]

Well, it seemed like forever till I was able to be full-time marketing manager. And for my next dream, a marketing assistant. And that person’s first assignment will be to deal with promotional item sales reps (logo-encrusted tschotchkes). Geez, I’ve probably had half a dozen contact me in the last week…including the relentless guy from [...]

I found a couple more posts to share. These intersect somehow:
What makes an idea viral? by Seth GodinSeth says that ideas are only shared if they are understood:
“No one “gets” an idea unless:a. the first impression demands further investigationb. they already understand the foundation ideas necessary to get the new ideac. they trust or respect [...]

It has been two weeks since my last post. Maybe a record for a non vacation period in the 3+ years of this blog. With our annual sales meeting and congested internet service here at work, its been tough to get posts up. Hope you haven’t been wasting away waiting
To get things going [...]

Its fun to go to the mall and wonder around…unless you want shop for shoes. Now you have to figure out where all the shoe stores are, which can sometimes be frustrating, even with a mall map.
And so it goes with trade shows. Despite show guides that contain our 50 carefully crafted words about our [...]

Next week is our annual sales meeting. I always prepare a ‘technology’ presentation to help our reps take advantage of their computers and the internet. This year I am going to present web content that can help them be better salespeople. Four distinct categories quickly emerged: blogs, podcasts, newsletters, and ‘tools’.
Podcasts may be the [...]

I’ve spent more time shopping for lesser things. It was a great price, its a Honda, and it suits my needs. Yea, its not exactly what I wanted, but at several thousand less, I’m willing to compromise. Part of the the compromise, too, is that I need to share it with my wife, who now [...]

Honest, I’m not getting lazy, I really like what Kathy has to say at Creating Passionate Users blog. Can I assume all my readers are reading her blog, too? No, so that allows me to make what looks like a fresh post to some of you. Three good posts I didn’t want to slip by:The [...]