This week... Stella lost her sheen a little. Liz lapped up the sales. Our Mel was crowned Sales Prevention Officer. The teams continued to show just how sharp they are (Jamie, “Science Museum. It’s either going to be something to do with science or museums.” You think?). And the teams both secured impressive sales figures... Yes, really! The task this week was to pick two products per team and then sell them both on the street and at a handful of sales meetings pre-arranged by Sir Alan. This task had been devised said Sir Alan with the … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2010: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Week 4
October 27, 2010 By 10 Comments
How Important Is Social Media, An Interview With Chris Norton
October 27, 2010 By 4 Comments
As a sales expert and someone interested in improving lives and businesses in general I strive to ensure that I am doing the best that I can to be at the cutting-edge of what is going on with new selling ideas and strategies. One area that I have some strong opinions about is social media and the uses and abuses of social media. I have shared some of these in previous blogs and will do in the future however for this post I sought out social media expert Chris Norton of Dead Dinosaur to get his opinion on a few widely asked questions... How … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2010: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Week 3
October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
Well, I don’t know about you but I thought that tonight’s Sales Apprentice was probably one of the most clueless performances from all concerned that we have ever had the pleasure of seeing. Sure, there were some okay “sales” performances but I don’t really call smiling and offering muffins in the street, sales. If it is, then we really need to be concerned for the economic future of the UK. Anyway, cheery bagel -banter aside, this week’s performances were hopeless. But before we get going here are the sales training tips for … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2010: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Week 2
October 13, 2010 By 5 Comments
“From across the country, 16 of Britain’s brightest business prospects have come to London,” Err, ahem! And with these words, the second week of The Sales Apprentice kicked off. With bad feelings ruling on the boys’ team last week, this week it was the girls’ turn to make the boys look harmonious but they didn’t do it without a helping hand... Stella was moved over to work with them in the absence of Dan (fired) and Raleigh (retired for personal reasons) and promptly took charge. Her strong but fluid style proved to be the … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2010: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Week 1
October 6, 2010 By 3 Comments
“Even bigger egos,” promised the Beeb even before the start of this year’s Apprentice, the programme that many business people love to hate. The Apprentice must be the only TV show that motivates fully, grown business people to crouch behind the sofa and peer through their eyes like they were still 10 and watching the scariest episode of Dr. Who. Welcome back to The Sales Apprentice, my personal take on The Apprentice TV show where we take a light hearted look at the show with some serious sales training and business growth tips that … [Read more...]
