English: Lesson Learned?
“Even monkeys fall from trees.” (Saru mo ki kara ochiru) – Japanese Proverb I was visiting prospects in Japan with representatives from one
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“Even monkeys fall from trees.” (Saru mo ki kara ochiru) – Japanese Proverb I was visiting prospects in Japan with representatives from one
English: Lesson Learned? Read More »
Want a horror story? (I love sales and demo horror stories!) “It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things
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“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know” — Mark Twain
“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly…” Read More »
LITLOH! What is LITLOH? Living In The Land Of Hope. And if the opportunity rolls over into the next quarter it is Lounging
A New Strangely Accurate Forecast and Pipeline Term Read More »
(Stop selling when your prospect is ready to buy!) I was doing a demo for a small but important prospect. The CEO
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When someone starts a sentence with the phrase, “Here’s the truth,” I’m immediately skeptical!
“Here’s the Truth?” Read More »
This same conversation occurs hundreds of times, all around the world every year! “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can
An End of the Quarter Dialog Read More »
With New Stanzas! (and apologies to Clement Clarke Moore) ‘Twas the night ‘fore the demo and all through the house Not a creature
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“A story a day,” says a colleague… What an intriguing idea! A CRO colleague sent me a message that he is buying copies of
An Advent Calendar for SKOs? Sure! Read More »
Warning! Gruesome content ahead! Here’s the rough but strangely consistent timeline for far-too-many overview demos: 00:00: Fumbling with Zoom/Teams/Google Meet 00:04: Introductions, but one-sided
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