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Audio: Improv Comedy For Sales – Focus on Your Outcome!

July 21, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Audio, Business Advice

A few days ago I posted an MP3 of a short audio program I did for Comcast Spotlight. They liked the first one so much, they invited me back for a second one. Comcast’s theme was “simplify,” so in this interview I share how improv comedy can help you simplify the sales process by reminding […]

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Audio: Improv Comedy For Sales – “Say Yes And!”

July 16, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Audio, Business Advice

Here’s an MP3 of a short audio program I did a little while ago for Comcast Spotlight. In the audio, I talk about how to use the improv comedy principle of saying, “Yes, And” instead of “Yes, But” to improve sales. Improv Comedy for Sales – Yes And Take a listen and apply the “Yes, […]

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Audio Interview: Turning a Whole Bunch of Random Content Into a Great Speech

January 12, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Audio, Talk Gooder

My friend Mike (of Game Music, Inc. – guess what his company does…?) recently had to give a short, but rather important talk. He started off strong and came up with some good ideas and an overall theme, but then he hit a wall. Mike got very stuck trying to figure out how to put […]

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New BlogCast: Is the Customer Really Always Right?

October 23, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Audio, Business Advice

Here’s a new MP3 for you: Is the Customer Really Always Right? “The customer is always right,” is a nice pithy phrase, but by falling back on that little aphorism I think people end up missing the point. In this audio, I will share you with you four situations where the idea “the customer is […]

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New BlogCast: 5 Reasons to Use a Funny Conference Speaker

October 12, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Audio, Talk Gooder

Here’s a new MP3 for you: 5 Reasons to Use a Funny Conference Speaker In the current economic climate, conferences and conventions are focusing on using “content driven” speakers for their general session presentations. There is nothing wrong with a presentation filled with information, and nobody wants to hear a speaker spouting nothing but fluff, […]

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New BlogCast: Awful Movies and Target Marketing

June 22, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Audio, Business Advice

Here’s a new MP3 for you: Awful Movies and Target Marketing “Epic Movie” is a truly awful movie made by the same people as Scary Movie and Date Movie. Awful, awful, awful. So bad I couldn’t watch the whole thing, even while fast forwarding through it. However, these movies keep getting made, they keep making […]

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New BlogCast: “The Ignorant Leading the Uninformed”

June 1, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: Audio, Business Advice, Motivation & Success

Here’s a new MP3 for you: The Ignorant Leading the Uninformed “Blogcasts” are audio versions of existing blog posts. I take an old post, read it, and embellish and add things as needed. If you like to listen to MP3s, this is for you! In “The Ignorant Leading the Uninformed,” I recount the time a […]

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New SmartAssCast! – “Motivational Speaker Advice I Hate!”

May 25, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Audio, Business Advice, Motivation & Success

Yup, I’ve started podcasting. Here’s the first one: Motivational Speaker Advice I Hate! A small little rant on one of my least favorite bits of advice to come across from self-development and motivational type folks. (For more info on the audios and to look for future audios, visit The audios page) Enjoy! About By Avish […]

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