I had reached the decision with the DAPL fight that the water protectors could never be allowed to win as they are essentially calling out greedy corporations who see only $$$$$.
The pipe line can be diverted, the issue there, and here, is now a battle between long term sustainability and short term profit making.
Ethical sales skills
Why customers don’t need to know your hourly rate – a confession
I’ve always been told never to give quotes using an hourly rate. This week an experience with a trader I really trust made me fully understand why. This is a confession and my light bulb moment!
Business Reflections from a Buddhist Retreat
At the New Years Day teaching at the Buddhist retreat we looked at how so much of the misery in the world has come about from too much attention on I, and I pondered how that applies to ethical businesses
WWF Use YouTube And Will Power To Get The Planet to Number 1
This year I am taking an interest in the Christmas number 1 for the first time in a good few years because WWF have joined the race and I hope they win because that would mean money going to save the big cats, not feed the fat cats
Putting Your Customers 2nd – The Secret to Real Customer Care.
This week I went to see Michael Finnigan CEO of i2i , and I had an ‘ah ha ‘ moment when Michael enabled me, for the first time ever, to get my head around the true purpose of a mission statement – engaged staff equals a better customer experience.
Putting Your Heart Into Sales
Whether you run a business or a charity, the skills of selling are vital to secure your future, and yet this is the side of business that people struggle with most. But selling does not have to be, and should not be, the dirty side of business. In her new book, The Heart of Sales, Jane Binnion takes us through the skills needed to sell successfully without selling out!
What do you love about running a small business?
Yesterday afternoon Theo Paphitis posted this on twitter asking small business owners what is the best bit about running a business. I liked the responses so much I thought I’d share them and see what you think ..
2nd time lucky for the School for Naked Sales?
Whilst the voting for the Pitch to Richard Branson (#pitchtorich) competition closed on May 5th, because their website kept crashing and people were unable to register their votes, those very nice people at Virgin have decided to re-open voting..
from 10am on May 18th to 5pm on Wednesday May 20th and I need your help to get shortlisted
The great stuff I learnt from joining #pitchtoRich
I’ve spent the last few days on a mad mission in the #pitchtorich competition, which, in case you missed it, was to win a chance to pitch to Richard Branson. The winner in each of 3 categories gets a cash injection plus lots of other support. Nice eh!
I didn’t make the top 50, but I’m so glad I did it and this is what I learnt…
Sales Skills for Artytypes – a Q&A with Lisa Hooper of Hoopoe Prints
I have one claim to fame and that is that I have been friends with artist Lisa Hooper for a very long time. So when I was asked to run a sales skills seminar for Lancaster artists it was a great excuse to do a Q&A with her.