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Behemoth

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:00 pm Post subject:
i knew a consultant would be required. Perhjaps you should all meet off site for a "thoughts shower" and to generate critical engagement with all household members and the beans.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:01 pm Post subject:
Thoughts Shower oh my good grief, they don't really say that do they

Fee

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:03 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

You'll be telling me I need to upgrade my compost next.

No, no, your compost's fine, I'm sure, but you might like to think about some Fee-Grow to help them along?

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:03 pm Post subject:

Unless you understand (and appropriately use) the customers' jargon, you don't have a hope of making sales.

There definitely are times for "qualifying the prospect" and asking "closing questions".

My own sales inhibitions involved wanting the customer to be aware of the limits of what he was buying. And most specifically saying "or" where any real salesman naturally says "and" !!!
Example: think of an estate car - the salesman says "It can seat five adults AND it has 2 cubic metres of loadspace" - I'm afraid that I tend to say "It can seat five adults, **OR**, if you fold the back seat down, you have 2 cubic metres of loadspace." Saying "and" (even if the things are mutually exclusive) is the expected way to increased sales...

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:04 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Are you meant to catalogue them to encourage germination then?

With beans I'd go more for the folksonomy approach and tag them. I'll bet you haven't added them as 'friends' in Facebook yet, have you? Beans are very sensitive plants, you know.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:08 pm Post subject:
MARY JANE - THEY'VE BEEN AT THE FROG PILLS AGAIN

Behemoth

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:24 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Thoughts Shower

oh my good grief, they don't really say that do they

Apparently 'brainstorm' is now a tad offensive for people who are a bit mental.

Behemoth

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:24 pm Post subject:
D'Oh!

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:27 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Penny wrote:

Thoughts Shower

oh my good grief, they don't really say that do they

Apparently 'brainstorm' is now a tad offensive for people who are a bit mental.

The word "golden" is floating around in my head...........

Behemoth

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:31 pm Post subject:
Eh?

Fee

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:32 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

The word "golden" is floating around in my head...........

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:32 pm Post subject:
Where's NL when you need him

Behemoth

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:35 pm Post subject:
Ah! It's something sordid then?

hedgewitch

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:36 pm Post subject:
I used to work with someone called Brian who got very nervous the day the 'brainstorming session' was mis-spelled as 'brianstorming session'.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 2:36 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Ah! It's something sordid then?

Just google it - but perhaps not at work

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