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Nine Dumb Things Sales Managers Do
Nine Dumb Things Sales Managers DoRE: Nine Dumb Things Sales Managers DoReally a good article. But I would like to add few things.Mainly what sales manager do is they share the sales target to sales rap but not the sales strategy. Every product has a cycle, and you have to...
Tags: Sales strategy, Team management, Sales force management, Dumb Thing, sales, team
Discussion threads 2008-10-23

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MORE Dumb Things Sales Managers Do
The most popular Sales Machine post over the past few months has been "Nine Dumb Things Sales Managers Do."  At the end of the post, I asked you readers for suggestions about what else should be on the list. You came through, big...
Tags: Compensation, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2008-11-03
Nine Dumb Things Sales Managers Do
  Let's face it: there are some dumb sales managers out there.  Here are nine things that sales managers do which drive sales reps batty -- and on to other jobs: Dumb Thing #1: Update a website without telling the sales team,...
Tags: Sales Manager, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2008-10-23
In Exubera's Shadow: Generex Bets Oral Spray Is Next Big Thing for Diabetics
In Exubera's Shadow: Generex Bets Oral Spray Is Next Big Thing for DiabeticsRE: In Exubera's Shadow: Generex Bets Oral Spray Is Next Big Thing for Diabetics..."What do you think?"...well, right now I think you are either one dumb, gullible SOB or else you're on GNBT's payroll...absorption of oralyn's insulin is...
Tags: Operational accounting, Exubera, Diabetic, Generex Bets Oral Spray, insulin, absorption
Discussion threads 2008-10-01
Why Is the Press So Freakin' Credulous and Dumb?
Via the news letter of publishing consulting Bob Sacks, I learned of a student hoax that won a top prize from the magazine Paris Match. A pair from the Strasbourg School of Decorative Arts convinced a group of "experts" that a faked spread on "students prostituting themselves or looking for...
Tags: Magazine, Professional Development, Advertising & Promotion, Career, Marketing, Erik Sherman
Blog posts 2009-06-29
Don't Hide Behind Screen Names
A few months ago, Whole Food Markets CEO John Mackey was exposed for posting anonymous comments on the Yahoo message board dedicated to discussions of his stock. Amazingly, he kept his job and mostly got away with just a wrist-slap, as well as having to endure a few weeks of...
Tags: Message Board, Screen Name, Internet, Business Ethics, Public Relations, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Jon Greer
Blog posts 2007-11-16
Are smart networks dumb?(Network Architect)(Cisco Intelligent Information Network)
More intelligence in networks is a good thing, right? Vendors love to tell customers how their products provide new features and functions in support of ever-more-complex application environments. The long-term vision is that networks will ultimate More intelligence in networks is a good thing,...
Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., network
Research articles 2004-02-01
Calculated Risk: Why Merging Fannie/Freddie is 'Dumb'
At Calculated Risk, the mysterious Tanta says Andrew Ross Sorkin’s idea of merging Fannie FNM and Freddie FRE is “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of” because . . . well. . . it might involve layoffs: Fannie and Freddie have, in fact, historically paid decent salaries for skilled workers, and...
Tags: Financial, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
External links 2008-09-03
Another Dumb Idea From Google
Reshma Kumar submits: Here’s another idea that should never have made it out the petri dish at Google GOOG Labs. Gmail, which I like, has added a new feature to prevent you from sending email that you might later regret. You can enable a new feature in Gmail...
Tags: Internet
External links 2008-10-10
Bizarre Behavior
As this congressional session draws to a close, there is a lot left undecided. The pressures of time and big issues, everything from the budget to the war, against the backdrop of a battle for control, have prompted some bizarre behavior, even by Capitol Hill standards. Watching democrat Jim...
Tags: Bush, Democrat, FINANCE, Government, Investment, Iraq, Quality, Republican, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-10-04
Airman says he did 'a dumb thing' but was no spy
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An Air Force translator said Thursday that he thinks he knows why he was accused of taking part in a spy ring at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba: He was a Muslim and a pack rat. A day after he pleaded guilty...
Tags: Air Force, Government, prosecutor, SOFTWARE, U.S.
Research articles 2004-09-24
The Death of Risk in Silicon Valley
By Sarah Lacy I was recently at a Silicon Valley conference where one of the debates that raged into the wee hours centered on Silicon Valley's increasing aversion to risk: Is it a good thing, and who's to blame for it? Less risk-taking by entrepreneurs means less outright failure. A...
Tags: Investor, Angel, Money
News items 2009-10-19
Marriott's Financial Woes are Everyone's
Marriott's Financial Woes are Everyone'sRE: Marriott's Financial Woes are Everyone'sOh, they opened a lot more hotels than that and still plenty more to go in 2009!Now they're cutting food and bev...into what, I don't know.Tell me more about "Sales One!"Thanks,BarbaraRE: Marriott's Financial Woes are Everyone'sI worked 13 years for Marriott...
Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, financial, Marriott, Financial Woes, sales
Discussion threads 2008-10-08
Are the iPhone and social networks making the classic Web and intranet obsolete?
Many as-yet-unforeseen new developments will create enormous societal, cultural, and business opportunities over the next decade, just as long as we don't make irreversible decisions down the wrong path. There's been an important and relatively sudden change taking place over the last couple of years in the way that we...
Tags: Web, Mobile, social networking, Platform
News items 2009-10-25
Three Tips for Keeping Your Presentations Alive
There are few good ways to die. Perhaps one of least palatable is death through PowerPoint. PowerPoint offers every manager a compelling reason to retire early and start a vegan farm in Vermont. When offered the chance to present and inflict PowerPoint hell...
Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentation, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Jo Owen
Blog posts 2008-11-06
Bob Sutton: the Dangers of Skilled BS
The Find: A slick manager who sounds smart may seem like a good thing for a business, but Bob Sutton warns that a boss with extremely good BSing skills can actually be more harm than help to an organization. The Source: Stanford professor and management guru Sutton...
Tags: Action, Blogging, Internet, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2009-03-16
Facebook Needs to Face the Security Music ... Now!
Three times in the last week or so, I've gotten "messages" from Facebook friends that linked me to at least, a bogus link, and at worst, a link that would infect my computer if I was dumb enough to click on it.  (I admit the first time I was dumb...
Tags: Facebook, Music, Security, Catharine P. Taylor
Blog posts 2009-05-08
Top 10 Reasons Your Presentation Sucks
Most presentations stink. Big time. This post contains the 10 most common reasons they stink, along with quick advice to expunge the stench. REQUEST: The more people who read this post, the fewer stinky presentations we'll ALL have to sit through.  So here's what I want you...
Tags: Diagnosis, Audience, Presentation, HERE, Handhelds, Hardware, Geoffrey James
Blog posts 2009-09-08
SUPERCOMM keynote: Verizon touts the smart network world
A key theme at this year's SUPERCOMM show is all about using networking technology to create smarts: 'Smarter Planet, Smarter Health Care and Smarter Education.' One service provider taking this notion to heart during the morning SUPERCOMM keynote is Verizon Communications' chairman Ivan Seidenberg. Despite the state...
Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Network
News items 2009-10-21
The Brill Solution For Paid Content -- Not
Okay, we all realize that we have an industry -- print media -- that's in serious trouble here. And it's easy to see why some execs are starting to panic. But a word to the wise: Beware of that first wave of cavalry now visible on the horizon. ...
Tags: Micropayment, Exec, David Weir
Blog posts 2009-04-15
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