DISQUS

David Risley: What a Vegas Pimp Can Teach You About Sales

  • James NomadRip · 2 months ago
    He was putting his sticker on YOUR badge? Like the thing hanging from your neck? That's a good way to get a lesson in ducking real quick.
  • BenSpark · 2 months ago
    Great advice for all. I head right for the block button on those folks pushing their 300 twitter followers in a day crap.
  • Nathan Hangen · 2 months ago
    Absolutely hilarious Dave...the Yubby guy reigns supreme in my book. I LOL'd with each example and reminded me of the fun to be had at Blogworld :)
  • Rich Lazzara · 2 months ago
    Good stuff and SO true. Real world spammers. You better have your best Spam Blocker in full affect when walking around Vegas! Funny stuff indeed.
  • JR Griggs · 2 months ago
    lol, well looks like you had an interesting week.

    Great observations, I love looking at how internet marketing or spam is nothing but whats been done forever offline. Just digital and quicker now.
  • Jackie Thorpe Ewing · 2 months ago
    Very funny look at how manic some people can get with their "message"! Seems a bunch of us missed a good time at BlogWorld.
  • tampabaybuckeye · 2 months ago
    Great Observation Dave!
    P.S I guess for the Mexicans..its a better gig than sitting in front of Home Depot! LOL....
  • Steve · 2 months ago
    I have never had the pimp come up to me. I've seen the Mexicans and the Mexican's little brother and the Mexican's mother, and the Mexican's grandmother but never the pimp.
  • Tom Wanek · 2 months ago
    Yep, this approach just adds to the noise and raises skepticism. The Twitter example is one most can identify with.
  • Dave Doolin · 2 months ago
    Very good point about business cards.

    My next set of business cards is going to be *expensive*. Not cut rose quartz expensive, but definitely expensive enough that I won't be passing them out like Halloween candy.
  • Richard60 · 2 months ago
    As a former marine I can tell you some stories about "agressive" sales tactics that would curl your hair and not only in the orient either. But I am the champion of the "buzz off" pal comeback, four years in the Corps and not one tattoo, talk about peer pressure!
    I hate the aggressive sales pitch with a passion but that's what they teach you in sales seminars, no matter what they say, overcome the objection, get that sale, who cares if they need it or not? I DO
  • The Niche Think Tank · 2 months ago
    Nice!!!
  • Antti Kokkonen · 2 months ago
    Ugh, conference spam, that's just wrong or stupid, or both. I guess it's that way with all the spam, you throw enough crap, eventually enough will stick (to a badge if nothing else), which is sad. Personally, I have minus-100% conversion when it comes to unsolicited direct "marketing". Not only I won't buy anything, but I refuse to have any contact with such "marketer" (block/unfollow/ignore).

    As a side note, and you know what wouldn't been perfect? That picture right there with similar moustache and pose, but the picture would be you David! It isn't, is it? :)
  • Sonia Simone · 1 month ago
    Ugh, Yubby Guy. If only I'd had a nice little taser.
  • Beau Blackwell · 1 month ago
    There's probably no more important lesson in sales, as in every business, than "what NOT to do."

    It's funny that you guys were talking about the Yubby guy, I immediately thought of someone else who did exactly the same thing at the first three BlogWorld sessions I went to. I was worried I was going to have to hear his self-promotional "questions" in every session of the show!
  • seantmcvey · 1 month ago
    THANK YOU for addressing this. It is unbelievable how much spam is still out there, even with new forms of targeted media. Next time (probably today) someone hands me a flier on the street of NY, I will tell them to come read this post.
  • grantcriddle · 1 month ago
    Hi David, thanks for an entertaining and insightful post. I just discovered your blog via Copyblogger, and glad I was directed this way! :) Looking forward to more.

    Cheers,

    Grant
  • phong khang · 1 month ago
    I totally agree with this post. I hate walking at the mall, just minding my own business, and then out of no where a lady walks up to me and showers me with her new "better than sex" cologne that's the best thing since sliced bread.
  • Blah · 1 month ago
    The irony here is that while I was scrolling down the page, I happened to mouse over the stupid "ShareThis" link that popped up some web page spam that will not go away unless I click it. That's fantastic. Now I've got to navigate my pointer to that microscopic X and click my mouse on something I don't care about.

    Thanks for not following your own advice.

    Don't be that guy.

    Kthxbye.
  • Warren Whitlock · 1 month ago
    I try to remember that many beginners try things out of excitement or ignorance. I point them to a post like this and they almost always agree and change