Blogspot - drayton-bird-droppings.blogspot.com - The Drayton Bird Blog
General Information:
Latest News:
This is the end, beautiful friend, the end ... 19 Jul 2012 | 07:57 pm
Actually it's not so much an end as a new beginning. You know, "The blog is dead. Long live the blog" ... Or something like that at any rate. What you need to know is that the blog hasn't gone - i...
How are many firms dealing with the recession? Nothing seems a popular option. Why not take Sir Francis Bacon's advice? 19 Jul 2012 | 05:50 pm
What are firms doing about the recession? I suspect many are hiding under the bedclothes and hoping it'll go away. Or maybe they're like this deer. I get this impression from one fact and one observa...
Mysteries of the universe: who on earth approves this sort of thing, and why? 18 Jul 2012 | 04:22 pm
The question I asked when I saw this was not "why not?". It was "why on earth?" I saw it on the platform at Henley Station, just after I had finished interviewing Tony Laithwaite of Laithwaite's and ...
On Chinese charm, Ling the Unstoppable - and to hell with the internet experts 17 Jul 2012 | 04:35 pm
Is it politically incorrect to say this? I fear so. I prefer women to men, always have. They look nicer, are more entertaining and far more practical. They need to be, to cope with men. It is proba...
Serve and volley - a profitable Wimbledon afterthought - and a reminder that this blog is moving 17 Jul 2012 | 04:34 pm
A while ago I confessed that for my first six years in this business almost all the copy I wrote was rubbish, but I sold it very well. The best person I know when it comes to face-to-face selling is ...
Why this blog is not vanishing, but migrating to DraytonBird.com ... plus advice for someone intelligent on how to start a business 15 Jul 2012 | 07:14 pm
Do you find it takes a depressing amount of time to get anything done? And that even when you've done it, you're disappointed? Me too. It is now several months since I got fed up with the "improvem...
Why firms go broke - a mystery ... The blessing and curse of teams ... the astounding Mr. Ogilvy ... and a little luck for Friday 13th 12 Jul 2012 | 11:56 pm
Before you read another word, I am not going to sell you a damn thing. I'm just curious, that's all. No: bemused is the right word. I was talking the other day to a friend who sells a way of finding ...
Sodden and Gomorrah: a little trip back to hippy-ville - and how to get a job 10 Jul 2012 | 12:01 am
Sorry about the dreadful pun, but it seems to have been raining forever and a day. Having said that yesterday I visited Glastonbury, where the ever vigilant Chloe who tries to keep me on the right li...
A sexy social media ad for the oldest profession - and a helpful 5 point check-list 7 Jul 2012 | 01:26 am
Back in 1980 I set eyes on the oldest ad I have ever come across in the ruins of Ephesus, in Turkey. Carved in stone and up to 2,000 years old I guess it is the equivalent of a modern poster. You co...
I have a better idea - only for people in the real world, with notes from Peter Drucker, and an announcement 3 Jul 2012 | 07:08 am
This cartoon by the excellent and funny Tom Fishburne speaks for itself, but reminds me of a discovery I made recently. I was talking to my PA the tenacious Chloe, who gazes each day with renewed dis...
