“Tant Que Je Respire, *J'attaque” its | F.I.S.H. FRIDAY
Friends, clients, associates, PPH buyers and business cards, hope you’re Beaucoupingly better than Cav’s collar bone and smashed the Prime day bargains instead.
F.I.S.H. FRIDAY is my attempt to connect each week with some quick helpful stuff that I came across this week, found earlier this year or remembered again from this lifetime that I hope you might find useful too.
Foolproof | What do you say first when you call someone?
You have about 7 seconds to capture attention OR you just fluff it.
This question on Reddit garnered some interesting sales call openers to take away and try.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sales/comments/14vaqn9/what_do_you_say_first_when_you_call_someone/
Intelligence | The Weil European Distress Index
It’s probably no surprise, that corporate distress among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) hit its highest since mid-2020 in Britain and Europe, an index compiled by law firm Weil Gotshal and Manges showed this week.
https://www.weil.com/articles/the-weil-european-distress-index
Sauce | The Art of Sales | Art Sobczak
“Just be yourself. Don’t have a script. Let it flow.” I was a long time script denier (too salesy, too scripted etc) and the latest edition of The Art of Sales podcast try to nail why you do need a sales script and why it works better than winging it.
Art’s podcast series also provides common-sense, conversational methods, processes and word-for-word instruction on how get through, get in, persuade, and sell.
https://theartofsales.com/268-script-it-or-wing-it-best-know-it/
Hodgepotch | How we spend our time | ICAEW/ONS
The ICAEW do some great easily digested information charts every week. This one complied from ONS data tries to simplify how we spend our time, based on averages across the whole week of all adults from the age of 18.
If only I could get back to somewhere near 8.9 hours sleep.
That’s it.
Regards
JC
“Tant Que Je Respire, *J'attaque” : "As long as I breathe, I attack" is a quote from Bernard Hinault, the legendary 5 time and joint all-time stage winner in the Tour de France.
John Crowder
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Emerald Business Rescue
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