November 2007
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Does Your Business Really Need a Website?
The Salesman 21 Nov 2007 | : Uncategorized
Does your business really need a website?
According to the BBC the answer is no.
So what reasoning have the BBC given for why business owners should not bother having a website?
Simple!
One guy failed, and therefore the other 99.9999999% should give up.
They focus on one guy in particular:
James Pople, who runs a building contractor firm in Tunbridge Wells, is not convinced that a website is an essential tool for business success.
Nine months after his website went live, he insists it has not generated a single phone call from a customer.
He hasn’t generated a phone call in 9 month? Wow, the Internet must be useless! Or…. maybe, just maybe, it is James’ fault.
Let’s check his site and search for evidence:
His site is not even findable by the search engines. So no search engines = no users = no phone calls = Stupid journalism from the BBC = Me writing this article
Don’t let people like James put you off from making a website. I personally know people who makes tens of millions from the Internet, and whilst it is not a get rich quick method, you can benefit greatly from having a website.
Salesman Carl Birkenshaw Not Guilty Of Assault
The Salesman 07 Nov 2007 | : Sales Motivation
Salesman Carl Birkenshaw Not Guilty Of Assault
On the 28th October Confessions Of A Salesman ran a story which we picked up via the UK Daily Mail called: Give Me the Sale or I will Punch You
This is a Follow Up to the “story” - you see, the salesman in question - Carl Birkenshaw was found NOT GUILTY at court on the 5th November.
It appears that most people / most media and indeed rather shamefacedly ourselves here at Confessions Of A Salesman want to assume the worst about sales people.
Today we are pleased to correct that “story” - please see:
Carl Birkenshaw has been cleared of assaulting customer
I have been in contact with Carl and there is no doubt he is a sincere, professional guy, one that the selling profession should be proud of - there is also no doubt that he has been through a Nightmare of a time.
It is a Nightmare I dare say many people would never recover from - but my impression is that Carl is very strong of character and will handle this much better than most of us. That said, it is any professional sales person nightmare. Think, if you were a Doctor or a School Teacher and you were accused of professional malpractice and the implications of that - even when you are proved NOT GUILTY.
This is what Carl is having to recover from and rebuild his career around. There is no doubt that the real “story” here is the way that the MEDIA sees us salespeople and that is something we should all be working at to correct.
Carl Birkenshaw We Wish You Well and we are pleased to say it LOUD and CLEAR - NOT GUILTY! NOT GUILTY!