Business is so slow, the accounts are up-to-date

Have you ever wondered what comedians do to drum up performances? Here my favourite 20 sales and marketing activities:

1.     Doing nothing.

2.     Fiddling with my LinkedIn profile.

3.     Fiddling with my website.

4.     Writing jokes for possible future performances.

5.     Ditto for actual upcoming gigs.

6.     Thinking.

7.     Thinking about thinking.

8.     Thinking about writing humorous anecdotes.

9.     Over-thinking.

10.  Thinking that I’m over-thinking.

11.  Thinking that I’m over thinking.

12.  Messaging a LinkedIn contact who I’ve worked for.

13.  Messaging someone I haven’t worked for.

14.  Considering investing in Google AdWords.

15.  Deciding not to invest in Google AdWords.

16.  Reconsidering investing in Google AdWords.

17.  Deciding definitely not to invest in Google AdWords.

18.  Considering investing in LinkedIn Ads.

19.  Deciding definitely not to invest in LinkedIn Ads.

20.  Writing a post, such as this one.

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People are Human Resources, too

Buzzword bingo for HR: Here are 25 keywords to make you sound like you know what you’re talking about. Pepper your conversation with them, sound authoritative, appear authentic and your upward mobility is assured.

  1. caring
  2. silver ceiling
  3. glass ceiling
  4. rotation
  5. challenges
  6. incentivise
  7. satifaction
  8. climate
  9. culture
  10. indicators
  11. learning
  12. commitment
  13. strengths
  14. weaknesses
  15. opportunities
  16. threats
  17. competence
  18. enlargement
  19. enrichment
  20. reskilling
  21. upskilling
  22. motivation
  23. performance
  24. personality
  25. transformation