Hi Guys! I knew that I would be out this week and would not get to The Apprentice in time to write my review. Because of this I asked my good friend Andy Smith (who has been commenting on the series on my blog every week to write a review). Andy is an NLP, EI and AI expert so he has some interesting tips for us... On that note, I can't wait to get home... It seems I missed a decision from Sir Alan that without seeing it... Anyway... Week 10 of the Sales Apprentice and we're down to six candidates - three boys, three girls, and no place to … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2010: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Week 10
December 9, 2010 By 10 Comments
The Sales Apprentice 2009: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part V
April 22, 2009 By 4 Comments
This week on the Sales Apprentice the task was for our two intrepid teams to come up with a brand identity for a new product – Sir Alan’s new breakfast cereal concoction. He wanted them to name it, create a brand, think up an identity and produce an advertisement to pitch it to an agency. The team with the best campaign would be the winner. Leading Ignite this week was marketing consultant Kimberly and leading Empire was licensing development manager Kate. From the start of the task the two teams could not have been more different - … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part XI
June 4, 2008 By 9 Comments
Love them or hate them, tonight The Apprentice treated us to the “interviews” of Lee, Claire, Lucinda, Helene and Alex. There weren’t any sales training or business lessons to be learned and we didn’t get to see much of the interviews. You can’t learn much about interviewing from The Apprentice either unless you want the spirit if not the weight of UK Employment Law bearing down on you. Still, let’s be straight here, this is not about interviewing, this is about sensationalist TV and nothing more. If someone with Sir Alan’s … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training & Business Development Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part IX
May 21, 2008 By 6 Comments
Well! Well! Well! What was that all about? What did you miss if you chose to watch Man U and Chelsea rather than tuning in to Sir Alan and his wannabee business moguls! After tonight’s Apprentice I was left feeling that something must have been left out in the editing, that something must be lost in translation somehow... Tonight’s show was an odd one with few or no sales training lessons to learn but plenty of mini-lessons in personal development, management and presenting. Week 9 – Atishu! Atishu! We all fall down. At the … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales Training & Business Development Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part VII
May 7, 2008 By 7 Comments
Lights! Camera! Action! We were down to 10 but by the end of the show these 10 were to become 8! What went on in tonight’s Apprentice and what sales training and business development tips, if any, could we learn from it? At the start of tonight’s programme I was concerned for Sir Alan… Could it be that there is no-one remotely worth hiring in the show at all this year? I’m really not sure and not much occurred to change my mind tonight although there could yet be some dark horses to watch for… 7am. Michael answered the phone to … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training & Business Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part V
April 23, 2008 By 8 Comments
Week 5 and Sir Alan is still looking for a new apprentice but what exactly is he looking for? With Claire in the frame to be a project manager for the second time in 5 shows tonight, this should be interesting. 730am and Sir Alan turned up at the house. Maybe he has, but I cannot remember him doing this before. Interestingly, the vast majority of the wannabees were still in bed. Now I have nothing against people grabbing some extra shut eye but I thought this was “the job interview from hell”? Few serious business people I know … [Read more...]
The Sales Apprentice 2008: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part IV
April 16, 2008 By 11 Comments
[widget:ad_unit-157502571] This week the teams were sent by Sir Alan to Blue Water, Europe’s largest shopping centre to photograph customers and to sell them their photos. To try and shake things up a bit Sir Alan mixed the teams up a little sending Jenny, Sara and Claire to the boy’s team and Raef, Lee and Kevin over to the girl’s team. Their task this week: to set up photography stands, charm customers into posing for them and then convince them to pay for their pictures. The winner as usual, the team with the most … [Read more...]
