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Sales Tweet #319

by Rick Baker
On Oct 6, 2011
Sales Tweet #319 At a fishing trade show, Ernest Seller bought a high-pitched whistle guaranteed to attract fish.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
The whistle worked! Ernest caught a lot more fish. But had to stop using that wonderful whistle because for some strange reason his dog, Commission, started to refuse to get into the car to go fishing with him.

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #318

by Rick Baker
On Oct 5, 2011
Sales Tweet #318 The Joy of Pro-active Procrastination - http://www.spiritedsalestweets.ca
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
I think procrastination is a lot like using a dentist's drill on your own teeth. If you have some skill at it, and you use it right, then it can be a very good tool and you can end up with a big healthy smile on your face. If you use it wrong then you can cause yourself a lot of pain and end up with a rotten taste in your mouth.

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Beyond Business | Humour | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #317

by Rick Baker
On Oct 4, 2011
Sales Tweet #317 Many business people are under such stress or distress they are like attacks waiting for human encounters.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
You don’t want these sorts of people on your sales team…do you? And, if you have some of them on your sales team then you want to figure out how to stop them from consuming so much of your time and your energy…right?

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #316

by Rick Baker
On Oct 3, 2011
Sales Tweet #316 The Boss is trying to figure out the best ways to kill ideas. www.spiritedsalestweets.ca
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
So far, The Boss has come up with 3 ways to kill ideas: 1) The angry ‘NO’…that always works, however, he doesn’t want to overuse it; 2) Death by Delay…he can send the work to a committee where the Chair is from some other department in the company…it doesn't matter who is Chair of the committee is as long as the Chair isn’t one of his people, and 3) Belittling the person who has the idea: that works real well with Don Trodden, but isn’t so effective with Ernest Seller. Do you have MORE IDEAS? If you have any the please email us so we can relay them to The Boss.

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #315

by Rick Baker
On Sep 30, 2011
Sales Tweet #315 "If you don't execute your ideas, they die." Roger Von Oech
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
That’s an oxymoronic or at least paradoxical ifferism…ie, it is an aphorism that begins with ‘if’. An aphorism is an original thought expressed concisely in a memorable way….memorable wisdom. [that's an 8-word example of how to hit a bunch of nuances in our wonderful English language...even though, I believe, it fails to meet the rules of proper grammar]

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Beyond Business | Humour | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #314

by Rick Baker
On Sep 29, 2011
Sales Tweet #314 Then The Boss just snapped…“Don Trodden, this is the perfect time for you to become a missing person”.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” Mark Twain said that. Obviously, Mark Twain never met a combination of characters like The Boss and Don Trodden. Don Trodden did not disappear and he wasn’t mad…just more fearful. The Boss was mad…or, at least, he remained angry. And, life around the office continued to defy explanation.

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

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