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The fine art of selling: Space /Dreams /Products...

The Glib Talker Era Finesse and glib talking has for long been the trade mark of a salesman. To the layman, a great salesman is someone who can talk his way through meetings, sell the product he has and come out with a confirmed sale. This has been the model in existence for quite a long time. Times have changed- the client/customer no longer takes a decision based on how well you present. Your product matters, your after sales service matters, your standing in the industry matters, your realtionship with him matters, you matter- in short everything about you matters! So how do you make yourself (applicable for companies also) matter? how do you better yourself in what you are doing? what factors will help you be a better sales man??? Here is an attempt to analyse the issues! Consistency in service: Consistency in service is an attribute that every customer looks for. Be it an auto mechanic, be it a client service executive, be it a doctor or be it a media executive. When he knows that

Gandhi and YouTube

Gandhi is definitely the father of the nation. Gandhi is definitely an icon who got India out of the clutches of foreign domination. Gandhi is someone we should emulate. But do we have a right to make a hue and cry about a movie that was made outside India and aired through a medium which has no boundaries? Do we, as a nation have the moral right to make an issue of this? I believe that India and Indians have not given Gandhi the stature he deserves. Gandhi is remembered twice a year- and because we like to have a day off work- thus because of October 2nd (Gandhi Jayanti) and January 30th (his death anniversary), we are forced to remember the Man himself! Ask the kids in school about Gandhi and don’t be really shocked if you get a blank stare or if you are asked back “Who Gandhi?” While there are so many issues where the government is not being proactive, they tend to waken up when it comes to issues on the so called issues of national pride. Has the government created so much noise ov