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Sales Tweet #151

by Rick Baker
On Feb 14, 2011
Sales Tweet #151 #1 Client, Mr. Kaye, says Ernest Seller is like glue...he is always getting stuck on himself.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Some sales people go off topic by talking on tangents. The tangents take them far away from the topic and the Client is not able to follow. Ernest doesn’t do that. He doesn’t go off on tangents. Ernest talks in spirals. That happens often, and it often happens sooner not later. At the centre of Ernest’s spiral-talk you will find – Ernest. Ernest starts with a topic then spirals the conversation to – Ernest. That’s what Mr. Kaye, Ernest’s #1 Client, is talking about.

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

Sales Tweet #150

by Rick Baker
On Feb 11, 2011
Sales Tweet #150 Ernest Seller gets carried away with the sound of his own voice...but, not far enough.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
After thinking more about Sales Tweet #144, I have decided it is more accurate to say “Ernest gets carried away”. And, as I suspected the Boss has confirmed he thinks Ernest should get carried away. The Boss would do it himself. But, Ernest is a big fellow…well over 6 feet. And, the Boss is a smaller fellow…about 5 feet 6 inches. That reminds me…I haven’t spent much time describing the Boss. I will work on that.

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

Sales Tweet #149

by Rick Baker
On Feb 10, 2011
Sales Tweet #149 More ancient sales advice: when not able to move ahead, kick self in behind.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
If [like me] you have less-than-perfect knees then you may have to ask a friend to do the kicking for you…wouldn’t want you to self-injure while you are self-starting.

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Humour | Sales | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #148

by Rick Baker
On Feb 9, 2011
Sales Tweet #148 Ernest Seller is a self-made man...some say “That's why his head is so big”.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
To be clear: there's nothing wrong with having an extra-big head…as long as it is used properly…for example, consider the Woodpecker.

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

Sales Tweet #147

by Rick Baker
On Feb 8, 2011
Sales Tweet #147 Ancient sales advice: salesperson better to wear out soles of shoes than seat of pants.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
This has been paraphrased. The original version, I believe translated from Greek around the time of Plato, was: “When a man desires to succeed at the noble profession of sales that man must wear out the soles of his sandals before he wears out the backside of his toga”.

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Humour | Sales | Thought Tweets

Sales Tweet #146

by Rick Baker
On Feb 7, 2011
Sales Tweet #146 Ernest is ambidextrous, he doesn’t favour the right or the left...he's self-centered.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Now I want to make sure I paint the right picture of Ernest Seller here. It is true Ernest is self-centered. But, he isn’t the type of fellow who orders other people around. He is just real happy with himself and it shows. His happiness shows a lot. And, that confuses other people who see Ernest as…well…not extremely competent. From time to time, Ernest talks about his accomplishments…but that’s not out of control or anything like that. Ernest brags a little…not a lot.

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Thought Tweets | Ernest Seller

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