Archive for April 2017
One of The Greatest Sales Pitches of All Time
The following transcript is an addendum to the article Honest Selling Secrets From a Dishonest Man published on Think Growth. Read the article here. This is minutes 14:31 -16:50 of There Will Be Blood where Daniel Plainview makes an offer to a group of townspeople for a lease to drill for oil on their land. [Voiceover begins: Shot of Daniel Plainview…
Read MoreMillennials Want to Change the World. Why Don’t We Let Them?
It was 1PM in the afternoon when she called. She was upset. Her boss undermined her authority again. He’d gone on a verbally abusive Slack rant, disrespected her in front of her entire staff, and continued to doubt her expertise. Naturally, she needed to vent. She had 10 minutes during her lunch break, so she called…
Read MoreMarketers Manipulate Behavior and This Is Why You Should Too
There’s a common saying in marketing circles that “You’re only responsible for what you put out, not what people take away.” I’ve even preached it as an inevitability of being in the Arena. People will skim and miss your point. People will love you a LOT or hate you a LOT (both of which have nothing…
Read MoreHow to be Good at Marketing
“Yea, but he doesn’t really know marketing.” She was talking about her husband. He works in marketing, apparently. She clarified, “He’s a designer. More than anything, he’s an artist. He doesn’t really know how to (air quotes) “market” things.” I feel for this guy. The truth is the majority of people who work in marketing,…
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