Seen that? - Do You Wait To Talk Or Do You Listen?

Filed in archive Best of on February 17, 2010

Do You Wait To Talk Or Do You Listen? Bizinformer

Sales people tend to talk too much. As a career sales and marketing professional, I feel I own the moral authority to say so :-) That being said, sales people should talk less and listen more. Kevin Stirtz asks an interesting question at the Revenue Roundtable...Do you wait to talk or do you listen?The difference is tremendous. And it may be the difference between winning a client's business and chocking up [...] Read More


Are You a Good Listener? Bizinformer

Does this sound familiar? You are having a conversation with someone (co-worker, spouse, boss) and they are telling you a story. You are listening, but they talk so slowly you are tempted to reach down their throat and pull out the conclusion so you can stop the pain. Or You are listening to someone give their opinion and you are tempted (or perhaps can't help yourself) to jump in and give your view [...] Read More


Listen Up! VoIP Quality - Sucks Sometimes Bizinformer

I used to record Podcasts over a VOIP corporate network but about every fourth word would be unintelligible. This was probably due more to the ineffective IT staffs management of the bandwidth demands on the network as VOIP wasn't the only application that was slow. Anyway, here is some factual feedback via Computerworld. "The quality of service is bad and getting worse. And IT is using the wrong tools to measure [...] Read More


Listen to Your Body The Dating Weblog

When you're out on the singles scene, looking to meet someone new, it's easy to get caught up in the search. You might even disregard a cold or two, thinking you'll stay active right on through the illness. As much as you want to meet that special someone, you've got to slow down once in a while, especially when your body breaks down on you. It's sending you a message that [...] Read More


Listen to Me! The Personal Finance Weblog

If you've always wondered what I sound like (and you know you have), I talked with Kimberly Palmer of U.S. News & World Report for this week's Alpha Consumer podcast. We talked mainly about credit cards and the credit crunch, but also a bit about other personal finance topics, including my big blue box (you'll have to listen). Kimberly was nice enough to edit my rambling and make me sound fairly [...] Read More