Ok, as a blogger I find this Yahoo story downright insulting.  From ‘Most Hated Internet Words’ Revealed:

“Blog”, “netiquette”, “cookie” and “wiki” have been voted among the most irritating words spawned by the Internet, according to the results of a poll published Thursday.

Topping the list of words most likely to make web users “wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard” was folksonomy, a term for a web classification system.

“Blogosphere”, the collective name for blogs or online journals, was second; “blog” itself was third; “netiquette”, or Internet etiquette, came fourth and “blook”, a book based on a blog, was fifth.

They have got to be kidding.  Who did they poll for these results?  I have to admit that I have never heard the terms “folksonomy” or “blook” and I may be able to support those nominations, but “blog” . . . please.  I have suspect my mother may have been polled in this survey.  Or the Red Bird.

On a grander scale, I would vote “synergy” as the worst business word.  My apologies to any synergists who are insulted by my commentary.

Comments(0)

This week we look at an insightful trait that has become more important for salespeople in today’s market.  Sales requires a certain “feel” for a situation even though all of the data is not obvious.  You could call this trait sales intuition.

Decision Making
The ability to accurately compile intuitive perceptions about a situation into a decision or action. This ability allows one to be €œintuitional€ as opposed to intellectual (requiring data and logical reasoning) in effective decision making. This capacity requires a good deal of understanding of people, the outside world and the ability to visualize the whole picture in a mental scenario.

A salesperson with strength in this trait will be comfortable making decisions on their feet without having to study a situation or requiring logical data to examine.

A weakness in this trait indicates a salesperson who is not comfortable making decisions until he/she has had sufficient time and information to analyze a situation.

Comments(0)