Prospect or Suspect – Do You Even Know the Difference?

Everyone seems to be a prospect (potential client), but how do you differentiate between a genuine Prospect and a Suspect (a broader audience).

Prospects  are further along the pipeline – they have shown strong signs of interests in your products or services, e.g. they have filled out their personal details, filled in a form to download your white papers, etc.  In essence, they see the value in you.

Whilst Suspects  might have heard of your products or services but would require a lot more pitching. A suspect is anyone who is in your database.

The objective is to develop marketing strategies to convert Suspects to Prospects:

1. Suspects need to be nurtured.
2. Prospects need to be made an offer to become a customer.
3. So always Impress a Suspect, but Educate a Prospect.

Image Source: Digital Trends

Europe as a region has the biggest share of diesel cars:

Percentage of Groups Total:
Peugeot                          42%
BMW & Daimler          40%
PSA                                  38%
Renault                          25%
Volkswagen                  25%
Ford                                20%
General Motors           10%
Toyota                            11%

Source: Wards Auto;  European Automobile Manufacturers Association.  Diesel Image Source from Telegraph UK.  Car Traffic Image Source from Indian Express.

Original Source:  Storypick’s Facebook Page

E.ggtimer.com – a very neat Countdown Timer running in your browser.

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Date: 2 Oct 2015

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Model X is Tesla’s first SUV and third electric vehicle, and vows to be the safest and greenest SUV in history. There are two models: the P90D Signature and the sportier P90D Founder. They come with beautiful double-hinged Falcon wings which require about 30 cm of space on the side of the vehicle.

Its debut has been delayed various times due to production problems, in particularly due to the falcon-wing doors.  However, Tesla already has 30,000 reservations for Model Xs. Pricing start from $74,500 to $132,000 for the Signature series.

The Model X’s main competitors are other luxury SUVs such as Audi Q7 and BMW X5. It will be the only electric model in the luxury SUV segment until Audi releases an electric competitor in 2018.

Tesla delivers Model X, its first SUV http://t.co/fxBeFPAC7g pic.twitter.com/7qIMz24VYM

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 2, 2015

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Tesla’s new SUV is ludicrously fast and ludicrously expensive http://t.co/VNZZrJWhXe pic.twitter.com/CulWrFiEuN — Vox (@voxdotcom) September 30, 2015

Meet Model X. Watch it live here http://t.co/Iag2iwIi0l #ModelX https://t.co/TkVQL5PP67

— Tesla Motors (@TeslaMotors) September 30, 2015

Original Source: Photos by Manufacturer John Lamm, Featured Image by Fortune

Date:  1 October 2015

A law banning smoking inside vehicles carrying children has come in force in many countries, U.K., Australia, Canada, France, etc.  Drivers and passengers violating the law will be fined – even if the windows or sunroof are opened.

Proponents of this Car Smoke Ban law, e.g. Lung Cancer Associations, are very pleased as the law strives to protect passengers from secondhand smoke and improve road traffic safety, for example, preventing the drivers from getting distracted and throwing cigarettes out of the windows.

Smokers and other opponents of this law insisted that you are way better off smoking inside a Volkswagen than breathing in while standing behind one. They argued “We have quite correctly brought in legislation against the harmful effects of smoking inside a Volkswagen, but where is the law about having one run its engine in front of you?“

Volkswagen owner Sanda Watson rebutes: “I don’t see the big deal to be honest, chemicals coming out of the exhaust don’t actually reach me inside the car, so I’m fine with it.”

“If you’re so keen to avoid breathing in any Volkswagen car fumes, then you should just go and live where there aren’t any Volkswagen cars, obviously.”

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[IN CASE YOU MISSED IT] How exactly did Volkswagen cheat? http://t.co/hGzaRddtcA #VWGate pic.twitter.com/kvAFpy6ORn

— Eyewitness News (@ewnupdates) October 1, 2015

Volkswagen AG announces action plan to update diesel vehicles with EA 189 EU5 engines. https://t.co/0q7bdtiM2s — Volkswagen (@Volkswagen) October 1, 2015

Image Source:  Zimbio, Cicero

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Image Original Source: Daily Mail.co.UK

If you are one, then which one are you?  A Manager or a Leader?

People work for the Person, not the Company.
People leave their Manager, not the Company.

The Difference between Managers vs Leaders:

Org Charts can be like Morse Code.  In large organizations, you may sometimes need to decode it to find the real decision makers, upstream and downstream departments etc, the above interesting Org Chart was created by Manu Cornet, do you agree with it?

Source:  Manu Cornet

How do CEOs who sleep for only four to five hours daily can manage to function and run multimillion-dollar companies? appeared as a question on Quora. Below we are republishing an answer from Alexandra Damsker, a CEO of a successful startup.

I don’t have a multimillion-dollar company (yet), but I’m one of those CEOs who function on three to five hours of sleep.

No, there aren’t any drugs involved, nor is there poor management (as far as I know). It’s a variety of things.

First, reduce TV. You sleep much better, and do much more work, when you don’t watch much TV. Your brain is actually less active watching TV than when it’s sleeping. This dullness is addictive. My daughter becomes a giant mess when she watches too much TV — huge tantrums, crying, screaming, complete meltdown. She doesn’t want to eat or listen. It’s like she’s addicted, and I’m taking away her drug. My husband is very similar, without the actual crying. He just sort of grunts more. I’m not certain it happens with everyone, but I’d be surprised if most people aren’t highly susceptible to this “one more show” mentality, and the gape-mouthed stare is the death knell for good work, good eating, good sleep or good play.

I am so incredibly happy that I get to do my job. It makes me excited to wake up, to take the conference call I had today set at the incredibly ludicrous time of 6:30 a.m.

Second, limit carbohydrates. For me, anyway, they just make me sleepy.

Third, limit meetings. Same as carbs. Blah blah blah — hate just droning on, or being droned at. Nothing good comes of this.

Fourth, I actually have specific hours I need to sleep to do well, not a specific number of hours. It’s a quirk of my circadian rhythm, and it’s been that way since my 20s. If I can sleep from 4 to 8 a.m., I’m very happy. However, my home life doesn’t permit that, so I usually end up sleeping from 1 to 4 a.m., and 5 to 6:30 a.m. I have a hard time sleeping in the early morning hours, and love the morning.

Fifth, when I get a few energy slumps, I rely on some tried-and-true solutions: I switch tasks to things I really like (so I save that stuff for sleepy times). I hang out on Quora (dangerous, because I’m on here WAY longer than I should be. There should be a stopwatch or a clock on this thing … !) I go outside. I email or chat with someone personal (not usually on the phone — hate the phone.) I play a set number of solitaire hands. I read the news or one of three gossip sites I frequent (I’m not proud). Or, if all else fails, I take a nap. I usually sleep more on slower days or if nothing is happening on a weekend, but it works out

Sixth, and most important, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LOVE WHAT I DO. I love it so much! I am so incredibly happy that I get to do my job. I have days that suck. I have strings of days that suck. But they are just sucky days — my life is still pretty spectacularly awesome. It makes me excited to wake up, to take the conference call I had today set at the incredibly ludicrous time of 6:30 a.m., to take calls and go to meetings while visiting family, to get over shyness and speak to the stranger next to me on the airplane, to spend the evening playing with my daughter knowing that I’ll be working on a document until 4 a.m. and begging Kinko’s for something.

I mostly just think I am a very lucky person. I have a pretty supportive spouse, a fantastic kid, a wonderful dog.  I’m healthy. I’m privileged to run a company that is about to split into 2, with customers that are acolytes that spare me marketing dollars. People believe in me and my ability to lead, they believe in what I’ve created. I do something that I think makes a difference in the world. And today I’m having a pretty good hair day.

I don’t really worry about the sleep that I get. I get what I can, and do what I have to do every day. Everyone around me is trying to help me out (for the most part), I keep my priorities in order (my kid never suffers, I can’t make myself sick), and I just focus on what I have immediately ahead and in the near future, and what I need to get those done. I truly believe it will all benefit everyone in the end, and my support group does, too.

And that’s how I do it.

Original Source:  Read the original article on Quora by author Alexandra Damsker.  Quora is the best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and get insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.  

Original Source: Infographic 1, 2, 3, OS X Daily

On average we live for 78.3 years.  Most of us remember people we meet after age 5.  Assume we interact with 3 new people daily in cities, 365 days in a year plus leap-year days is 365.24.  In total it will be (78.3 – 5) x 3 x 365.24 = 80,000 people.  Is it a lot?  How many people will you impact this life time?

Original Source:  Anna Vital

This below graphic would be helpful when ordering at Italian Restaurants:

Original Source:  Typologies

This seven and a half feet long Baymax bed can be bought on DeNa Store and can ensure you have a good night sleep!  It is made from polypropylene fiber and costs approximately 49,800 yen – that’s about 415 USD.  Who said money cannot buy sleep?

Original Source: DeNa

TOTO, Japan’s leading toilet manufacturer recently opened a Museum in the southwestern city of Kitakyushu, where the company is based.  TOTO has been called “the Apple of Toilet Tech” by many, and Chinese tourists like purchasing TOTO toilet seats, as the company offers a wide range of sophisticated temperature controlled customizable toilet seats.

The TOTO Museum exhibits the History of toilets, featuring toilets from around the world, and a Library of toilet-related reading materials, which definitely worth a visit!

Original Source: Toto Ltd

This infographic was created by WhoIsHostingThis.com which takes you through the 7 common online scams, for example, Scammers may ask you to install a Plugin that claims to show you How Many Times Your Facebook Profile has been viewed.  It is always good to re-visit these cases and protect yourself from fraudulent activities that might compromise your private online accounts, here are the Scammer’s Tricks:

Step 1:
Log in to your Gmail

Step 2:
Click “Compose” to compose a New Email, and then click wherever you want the Emoticon to appear inside the Body of the message.

Step 3:
Move your mouse cursor over the Smiley Face icon, and Click on your desired emoticon.
(alternatively, press “Ctrl-Shift-2”)

This Infographic was created by NextGeneration Recruitment, it summarizes how different the three generations are in terms of Education Level, Qualifications, Key Characteristics, Skills, and Work Ethics.  Do you feel the Generation Gap?  Do you agree with this Infographic?  Write your Comments below.

Nowadays, we all send and receive a few hundreds of emails everyday, how do you add an Emoticon to your Email Subject to capture the recipient’s attention?  One way is to Copy & Paste from FSymbols.

Step 1:
Go to FSymbols and you will see something similar as above.

Step 2:
Click your desired Emoticon, and a pop-up Window will appear:

Step 3:
Just Copy it, by pressing “CTRL-C”

Step 4:
Open up your Email client, and Paste it in the Subject (“CTRL-V“):

That’s it!  Use Emoticons Sparingly.

Extraordinary!

Original Source: Best Health Degrees

Magical Maths, can you figure this out?

Visual Multiplication with Lines:

Alcohol Gifts created an infographic offering insight on what happens to your body 24 hours after drinking a beer.

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Original Source: Alcohol Gifts

A little red book appeared on the desks of all of Facebook’s employees after the company reached 1 Billion users in late 2012.  Little was known to the public until recently.  The book contains lots of motivational quotes explaining Facebook’s company mission, vision, culture, values, etc.

Former Facebook designer, Ben Barry, who created it, published a series of scans from the book, here they are:

Facebook was not originally created to be a company!

It was built to accomplish a social mission – to make the world more open and connected.

The Little Red Books on the Company’s Shelves:

Changing How People Communicate will Always Change the World:

That means each Facebook engineer is responsible for approximately 1,000,000 people using Facebook!

Moving Target, Myopic yet Long Term:

The Admirable Company:

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Beautiful Printed Pages:

Neither Snow, nor Rain, nor Heat, nor Gloom of Night Stays these Hackers from the Swift Completion of their Code:

The Quick shall Inherit the Earth — Fast is better than Slow.

When you don’t realise what you can’t do, you can do some pretty cool stuff:

If you don’t do something, somebody else will:

Barry and Everett Katigbak co-founded Facebook’s print studio – known as the Analog Research Lab!

Original Source: Ben Barry’s Website

Everyone has that one client from hell.  The one who monopolizes your time, frustrates the entire staff, and makes unreasonable demands.  If you’ve got more than one, you probably spend 3 out of 4 weekends in office.  If we apply the Pareto principle (or 80:20 rule) to the agency-client relationship, 80% of an agency’s resources are utilized in managing 20% of its clients.

Two things are crucial here:

1.  If these difficult clients don’t generate majority of the revenue, you need to start diverting your resources to the ones who do.

2.  If the difficult ones happen to be your highest billing clients, here are a few useful tips to help you identify and manage them effectively.

Original Source:  Ciplex, Digital Synopsis

Today’s Smartphone/Internet-Addicted Generation is brilliantly depicted in these posters by author Ajit Johnson. Check them out below:

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.  Indeed, Shirley シャリー・ウｵン, mother, bento artist, blogger, and cookbook author based in Singapore, created these beautiful “Kawaii Bento”.  Her first bento cookbook “Kawaii Bento” launched in Dec 2014; whilst her second cookbook “Kawaii Deco Sushi” was launched on 11 July 2015.

Original Source: Little Miss Bento’s Facebook page; Little Miss Bento’s Instagram

The above was created for South China Morning Post by Alberto Lucas Lopez, an infographic journalist.  Click here for the full-sized image.

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