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Sales Tweet #111

by Rick Baker
On Dec 20, 2010
Sales Tweet #111 Ernest Seller wants his kids to believe in Santa Claus…he wants his wife not to.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
You got it - Ernest Seller is a bit cheap!

When he was a boy, Ernest believed Santa Claus snuck into his house using the chimney. Now he thinks Santa gets in through the hole is his wallet.

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Sales Tweet #108

by Rick Baker
On Dec 15, 2010
Sales Tweet #108 Ernest’s boss thinks Ernest is in denial. Ernest thinks denial is a river in Egypt.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Most of me suspects I stole this from Zig Ziglar. But part of me is pretty sure I overheard a conversation, some time ago, between Ernest and Ernest’s boss where Ernest actually said he was definitely not in denial…he was nowhere near Egypt. Then, Ernest walked out of his boss’s office… shaking his head, he muttered something about his boss having a few too many martinis at lunch.

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

Sales Tweet #106

by Rick Baker
On Dec 13, 2010
Sales Tweet #106 Ernest Seller gets no respect. He asked for help with cold calls. His boss moved his desk outside.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Ernest is a patient man. He knows his boss makes these sorts of mistakes from time to time. Only a few months back he made a similar mistake and sent Ernest to Greenland.

What a waste of key-man sales talent!

Sitting at is desk…outside…in the cold…reminds Ernest of his Grade 12 Math class…but, that’s a digression…for another day…

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Sales Tweet #104

by Rick Baker
On Dec 9, 2010
Sales Tweet #104 When Ernest Seller first heard about 'Dress For Success' he visited his wife's clothes closet.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
As mentioned last week, Ernest loved ‘Procrastinate For Success’. On the other hand he was troubled by the concept ‘Dress For Success’. However, Ernest is no square. So, he visited his [saintly] wife’s closet to check out the dresses.

Update:

Don’t expect to see Ernest in a dress as he presses for success.

2 reasons:

1. none of his [saintly] wife’s dresses fit him...[Ernest is a brawny, bulging man]
2. none of his [saintly] wife’s dresses were plaid…[Ernest’s favourite colour]

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

Sales Tweet #101

by Rick Baker
On Dec 6, 2010
Sales Tweet #101 Ernest Seller loves that Thought Post called ‘Procrastinate For Success’. His big arms embrace it.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Of course, that doesn’t mean Ernest read the Thought Post. Ernest has no time to read. He did way too much of that while he was in school.

A friend mentioned 'Procrastinate For Success' and Ernest's nimble mind jumped all over it. In fact, he sees himself as a Master of procrastination. Been doing it all his life. Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow…or next week, or next month…or…

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Sales Tweet #98

by Rick Baker
On Dec 1, 2010
Sales Tweet #98 A sales teacher asked about 6 degrees of separation. Ernest replied, ""That happened to my shoulder once"".
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Yet another piece of proof…it makes no sense to go to these sales-training classes!

It’s a stretch of the imagination to think injured joints and limbs have anything to do with selling. Sure, you have to twist buyers’ arms from time to time. But, it’s just plain illegal to twist them so hard you separate them from their shoulders.

Every good sales person knows that.

Ernest better mention this to his boss when he gets back to the office. Oh, maybe not, that guy never listens anyhow.

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