Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman – not the attitude of the prospect. W Clement Stone
My readers and my audiences have turned into my followers. They are more than interested in what I have to say in the subjects of sales, loyalty, attitude, networking, business social media, and becoming a trusted advisor. Jeffrey Gitomer
Lying and bullshit is all I know. The Comic Strip Presents: Four Men in a Car, Rick, Channel 4 1998
Hello. I’m David Brent. You probably know me as the star of the BBC2 documentary The Office back 2,000 and [giggles and puts hand over mouth]. No, that was then. This is now. I’m currently a singer songwriter. And a rep … I am following my dream as the lead singer in the band Foregone Conclusion and this is our story. David Brent: Life on the Road 2016 starring Ricky Gervais & Ben Bailey Smith & Andy Burrows & Tom Basden & Jo Hartley & Mandeep Dhillon & Rebecca Gethings & Nina Sosanya & Tom Bennett & Andrew Brooke et al, director Ricky Gervais
Life on the open road. It’s in my blood. ibid.
I used to have my own office. Better than that in a way. ibid.
I’m sure you didn’t mean to cause offence, David … ibid. Human Resources woman
I took out a lot of private pensions in the ’90s, you know. And some of them are worth as much as I put in now. ibid.
On the road is really where I come alive. ibid.
Accidents will happen: so someone got shot in the face by a T-shirt gun … ibid.
Everyone loves a bargain. And with most of us feeling the pinch, as a nation we’ve become obsessed with finding the best deal possible. And where better to go bargain hunting than the sales. For generations, sales were just a summer and a winter treat, but now price promotions happen all year round … from the way stores are designed to the way they deliberately use scent to help us sniff out a bargain. Cherry Healey: Secrets of the Sales, W 2018
The average woman has 22 items in her wardrobe that are never worn. ibid.
I sell here what the whole world desires – power. Matthew Boulton
Religion is detrimental to the progress of humanity. It’s just selling an invisible product. Bill Maher, Religulous
What you’re really selling first is damnation. Dan Barker, lecture 2001
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk. Crazy Horse, attributions
In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favourite device of persons with something to sell. H L Mencken
Happy people sell. The Call Centre I, BBC 2013, Nev
Multi-level marketing is clearly the worst business opportunity out there. Robert Fitzpatrick, author False Profits, pyramid scheme alert online
Very few people sell anything, they recruit. Robert Fitzpatrick
Good wine needs no bush,
And perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell or soft-sell TV push.
Why not?
Look at pot. Ogden Nash
Every one lives by selling something. Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains, 1892
Pile it high, sell it cheap. John Cohen, founder of Tesco
Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything – including the Christian plan of salvation. Billy Graham
Most popular dream car of all time – the Cortina – sold around 5,000,000 in Britain alone. Ford’s Dagenham Dream
There is a dark side. We also have the highest number of kids in the world forced to work. Storyville: Selling Children, BBC 2018
How can millions of children in the world’s biggest democracy still be so easily exploited and abused? ibid.
Thousands of children are trafficked on India’s railways every year from the remotest parts of India. ibid.
For decades millions of people have come here in search of the American dream but for many that dream is quickly disappearing. Thousands of people around the state are losing their jobs every day … Our experts are going to give you everything you need. You can make a $1,000 in an hour … Masters of the trade are going to reveal to you their secrets. How to Make Money Selling Drugs, 2012
Marijuana: it’s the most profitable farmed product in the country. ibid.
Now that you’ve got some customers you’re going to need some product. Where do you get it? Ask a cop. ibid.
If you don’t end up getting killed by rivals or hooked on your own product, the cops are going to pick you up eventually. In today’s drug market, you’re risking your life for less than minimum wage. It’s not worth it. ibid.
Consider an exit strategy. ibid.
90% of those locked up under the Rockefeller Drug Laws are African American and Latino. ibid.
To be a big time player you need to get committed. It’s time to start building a business. A K is a kilo of cocaine; a single kilo can run you about $20,000. ibid.
You’re going to want some new options on your vehicle. ibid.
The trick to becoming a kingpin in any industry is innovation. ibid.
You’re almost ready for the top level – running a drug cartel. ibid.
Secret Level: New Player: US Government … All you need is a drugs war. ibid.
Richard Nixon would pick up where Harry Anslinger left off. Nixon used drug police as a weapon to move against those he thought of as his political enemies … The Reagan administration stepped up the rhetoric. ibid.
1986 Federal drug war budget: $2.9 billion. ibid.
‘Chemical warfare against the youth of this nation.’ ibid. politician
2012: 50,000 SWAT raids a year. ibid.
2012 Federal drug war budget: $25.2 billion. ibid.
You’ll be so used to killing, nothing will phase you any more. ibid.
Managing Your Drug Cartel: To run a global company, you need operatives all over the world. ibid.
Do you want a job that could change your life? Retire at 30? Make money in your sleep? More than 400,000 people in the UK are signed up. But very few will make it to the top. Secrets of the Multi-Level Millionaires: Ellie Undercover, BBC 2019
All over social media I’ve seen thousands of mysterious job ads. They’re offering massive salaries, cars and holidays. But very few of them say what the job actually is … Multi-level marketing, also known as network marketing or MLM for short, is a way of selling products via individual distributors instead of in the shop. If you sign up for one, there is no salary and no office. You work from home, cover your own expenses and earn commission on what you sell. ibid.
The multi-level marketing industry is worth £2 billion in the UK. Three-quarters of multi-level marketers are women. ibid.
RITA: Recruiting is the answer … There are even scripts depending on whether I’m recruiting friends or strangers. ibid.
There is a growing anti-MLM movement. ibid.
NuSkin 2017: 90,079 in European region; 89.2% = £0 commission monthly; 1.09% = £870; 0.04%/36 people = £18,100 commission. ibid.
People are both victims and offenders at the same time. ibid. professor MLM expert
It seemed a little bit like a cult. ibid. victim
It becomes a culture and a lifestyle that is really hard to escape. ibid.
Salt Lake City: the world capital of Multi-Level Marketing. (Sell & Salt Lake City) ibid.
The global MLM market is worth $189.6 billion. ibid.